We really had fun with French foods, but one of our favorites was the galette. A large free form fruit tart, it was sweet and fun to make. Because this summer has been so crazy hot, we changed the recipe up a bit to make our own individual galettes instead of one big one… Continue reading World Tour: Fruit Galette
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World Tour – Italian Lasagna
Lasagna isn’t something I make often, simply because my family just isn’t that fond of noodles. I love it, though, so when we began our study of Italy, I knew it had to be on the menu. After collecting all of the ingredients, I started planning out our day and realized something: this was a… Continue reading World Tour – Italian Lasagna
World Tour – The Beginning
We’re going to Disney World in the fall, and so for months we’ve been talking about saving and spending, the kinds of things we might do while there, and what we might see. We don’t watch TV, but the kids know about the basic Disney characters – Mickey, Minnie, etc – and many of the… Continue reading World Tour – The Beginning
World Tour – Origami
While shopping a few weeks ago, I stumbled across an animal Origami kit for only $0.50. Who could beat that? I decided that we should definitely add Oriental paper-folding to our Japanese unit. Our kit had pictorial directions and contained 8 sheets of paper to make 4 different animals. I ‘practiced’ on a ladybug and didn’t think… Continue reading World Tour – Origami
World Tour – Mount Vesuvius
As we’ve studied the Epcot countries this summer, we’ve done more than study their most famous landmarks and desserts (although we’ve done a fair amount of that). My Little Man loves animals and science, so we went to the National Geographic website. Their kids’ site is great and includes short videos of issues within many… Continue reading World Tour – Mount Vesuvius
World Tour – Michaelangelo & The Kitchen Ceiling
Italy is well known for its art, and so we had to study Michelangelo. We started by reading Michelangelo by Mike Venezia. The book was wonderful – it was basically a child-friendly biography of the artist that included many photographs of his most famous works. Being fascinated with the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel, we looked… Continue reading World Tour – Michaelangelo & The Kitchen Ceiling
World Tour – Black Forest Cake
We decided we couldn’t study Germany without making one sweet treat, so we settled on Black Forest Cake. We used this recipe as our starting point. Since we don’t drink coffee, we subbed hot chocolate for that ingredient and swapped out some of the flour for whole wheat. My Big Girl… Continue reading World Tour – Black Forest Cake
World Tour – The Pennsylvania Dutch
I can’t show you any pictures of this one. It’s not allowed. We branched out of our tour of Germany and studied about how some Germans emigrated to Pennsylvania in search of religious freedom,, and how the culture modified and changed into what we know as the Amish culture today. I grew up near Big… Continue reading World Tour – The Pennsylvania Dutch
World Tour – Germany’s Appelfpannkuchen
Our World Tour began with Germany. We decided to make appelfpannkuchen, a type of pancake with caramelized apples on the bottom – something I thought both kids would like. We used a recipe from Emeril’s There’s a Chef in My World cookbook as our starting point. Since this is not my recipe… Continue reading World Tour – Germany’s Appelfpannkuchen
World Tour – Painting Like Monet
There are too many wonderful artists from France to pass up, and so this week we chose to study Monet. We read Monet by Mike Venezia to learn about his life and artistic style. We also read a book by the same series called Picasso by Mike Venezia. (Picasso was actually Spanish but lived in France for… Continue reading World Tour – Painting Like Monet
