Today we participated in the annual Geography Fair with our school. Jacob presented Japan, Kathryn covered Switzerland and Sarah, Emily and Samantha learned about The United States of America. They each created a poster to show off what they had learned and brought a dish from their country to share with the other participants. Jacob brought Coconut Mouchi - basically a cake made from rice flour, brown sugar and coconut milk. It was fairly decent. Kathryn brought Swiss bread - a family favorite, and the little girls brought chocolate chip cookies. Fortunately other children at the fair made main dishes to share so we had a well rounded lunch. After everyone told about the country they had studied we had a Geography Bee. The children were shown a map with country boundaries and were given a card with a country's name on it, then they had to point out where the country was on the map. We started with South America, then Central America, on to Asia and finished up with the Middle East. The competition was open to children of all ages. Jacob, Kathryn and Emily all joined in the Bee. Emily held her own in the Americas, but she hadn't really studied Asia or the Middle East so she went to play with Sarah and Samantha during those continents. Jacob came home with 1st place and Kathryn got 2nd place. I am so impressed! Before you think I am a master teacher, you should know that the kids studied all of it on their own using a website called www.yourchildlearns.com. They currently know WAY more than I do about where things are in the world, I plan to start playing the games too...one of these days.
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