This post is basically to catch up with October. I am not even sure October is completely done but getting some of it done is great.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Geography Fair - Belgium
Last year our church announced we would be partnering with a church in Belgium for mission trips. They even did a big reveal as well as one for the kids. With all the talk about Belgium, we decided it would be the perfect country to study for the fair. Then my mom brought the awesome outfits for the kids so we put it off... but this year picking a country was easy.
Now let me tell you... this was the first year that I played a secondary role on our display. We picked up a couple books at the library and the kids read them. Actually Adreana read them out loud to Ben and I as we traveled in the car. They then decided what information was important enough to use on the display and what they should look for on the web. Truly it was more Adreana because she is older but Ben helped her along. I supervised the web search and then taught them and helped them put together a slide show display and pictures for the display. Then Jorge helped print it. It was so fun to see what they deemed important. (Let me note NONE of the history made it on the display... apparently that was too boring)
They were so very proud of themselves and Adreana kept telling me how much she felt she knew about Belgium. What can I say? My kids are growing up!
Our display had less "things" than ever before so we had to get creative when deciding what to do. The kids kept getting the German and Belgian flag confused so they each colored a flag and we put together the "which flag is from Belgium" poster board. It was funny to see how many kids even though they had just seen the flag on the display still got it wrong. The older kids didn't get it since all they did was look up to see which flag was right. Benjamin still gets them wrong.
Our other big deal this year was the "Aquino Family Waffle Experiment". It wasn't scientific but was fun. Our friends that had gone to Brussels had told us how the Belgian waffles were completely different than the ones we eat here so I was curious and searched the web. In the web they talk about two different recipes and when I told the kids they wanted to try both of them and then see what we should do for the fair... But I messed up on the Liege waffle recipe so we decided to do the Brussel waffle recipe. This was by far the best part of the fair for me. I really need to do a separate post just on this. What I really need to do is do the Liege waffles right and then do another post. We shall see... The waffles were a HIT! We had kids coming to have seconds and some even thirds and we brought 0 waffles home.
The bad thing about the fair was that I forgot the camera so all I have are cell phone pictures but it should do to help us remember.
Now let me tell you... this was the first year that I played a secondary role on our display. We picked up a couple books at the library and the kids read them. Actually Adreana read them out loud to Ben and I as we traveled in the car. They then decided what information was important enough to use on the display and what they should look for on the web. Truly it was more Adreana because she is older but Ben helped her along. I supervised the web search and then taught them and helped them put together a slide show display and pictures for the display. Then Jorge helped print it. It was so fun to see what they deemed important. (Let me note NONE of the history made it on the display... apparently that was too boring)
They were so very proud of themselves and Adreana kept telling me how much she felt she knew about Belgium. What can I say? My kids are growing up!
Our display had less "things" than ever before so we had to get creative when deciding what to do. The kids kept getting the German and Belgian flag confused so they each colored a flag and we put together the "which flag is from Belgium" poster board. It was funny to see how many kids even though they had just seen the flag on the display still got it wrong. The older kids didn't get it since all they did was look up to see which flag was right. Benjamin still gets them wrong.
Our other big deal this year was the "Aquino Family Waffle Experiment". It wasn't scientific but was fun. Our friends that had gone to Brussels had told us how the Belgian waffles were completely different than the ones we eat here so I was curious and searched the web. In the web they talk about two different recipes and when I told the kids they wanted to try both of them and then see what we should do for the fair... But I messed up on the Liege waffle recipe so we decided to do the Brussel waffle recipe. This was by far the best part of the fair for me. I really need to do a separate post just on this. What I really need to do is do the Liege waffles right and then do another post. We shall see... The waffles were a HIT! We had kids coming to have seconds and some even thirds and we brought 0 waffles home.
The bad thing about the fair was that I forgot the camera so all I have are cell phone pictures but it should do to help us remember.
Past Geography Fairs
I came to post about this years Geography fair and was trying to reminisce of years past and it became evident that I only posted pictures of last year... so I decided to do a couple pages with past years... So here is 2008 and 2011.
In 2008 we did Honduras. Adreana decided to dress up in her soccer jersey because she loved it! She was in Pre-K and all we really learned about was weather (we were doing seasons in Science) and food. We made horchata as sample and brought a TON home. Jorge had a good time finishing it off. It was the first time we had even heard of the Geography fair and we learned a lot. But mostly we learned not to do it until the kids were older and could help out!
In 2011, we decided we should give the Geography Fair a try again. This time I let the kids choose a country of someone we knew. Benjamin wanted China because of Luis but after I told him he grew up in Panama, he wasn't as interested. There were quite a few countries on the table but the kids chose Aruba. I think because they love Ada and Luis. So after talking to Ada she got us a whole bunch of things and gave me a lesson on all thing Aruba. I learned so much and then went to the web to find pictures for the kid to see. I so want to visit Aruba some day. Sounds like the perfect place to relax. When talking about food, Ada told me that they ate cocadas and since my mom was coming for a visit the day before the fair we decided to have her bring us some. Again not a lot of fans of the cocadas except a friend from Mexico that took a bunch home. But we were able to share some with Ada and I enjoyed the left overs. The best part of this Geography Fair
was having my mom be able to experience school with us.
And if you are interested in our Geography fair for 2012: Go here! and for 2013: Go here
In 2008 we did Honduras. Adreana decided to dress up in her soccer jersey because she loved it! She was in Pre-K and all we really learned about was weather (we were doing seasons in Science) and food. We made horchata as sample and brought a TON home. Jorge had a good time finishing it off. It was the first time we had even heard of the Geography fair and we learned a lot. But mostly we learned not to do it until the kids were older and could help out!
was having my mom be able to experience school with us.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Halloween 2013
The kids choices for costumes this year... An owl (handmade by me :)!) and a Ninja...
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