We started on Madeline this year - to complement the use of our big world map and to get the ever active kids to start learning and learning. I am thankful that since so many homeschooling mommies in America and other parts of the world have also tried their hands with Madeline that there are many available resources online.
So it is off to the continent of Europe and the country of France for this lapbook. Our first lesson was simple - to identify where France is on the world map. The kids colored the flag of France and they were introduced to the Eiffel Tower. Sarah calls the Eiffel Tower - the "I-Phone Tower" much to my amusement. We played a nice illumination game on the computer via the official Eiffel Tower website- http://www.tour-eiffel.com/play-with-the-eiffel-tower. What was fun was the incidental learning which Sarah and Samuel had to type their own names onto the space provided. There are also much things to explore on the website. [check out the look of concentration on Sammy's face] Sammy is the diligent learner and Sarah is the casual learner.
Our second lesson, we tried to recall where France is and the continent it is in. We still did quite a bit of work in this department. The kids simply insist that France is in Asia. Haha...Anyway, when I asked them, "Is France in the same continent as Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines?", they both could tell me, "No". That's a relief:) We colored the Eiffel Tower and glued a little sprinkler and did a simple craft on it. It was a craft I learnt in my childhood days.
- Take a piece of cardboard and divide it mentally into different sections.
- Color each section a different color using crayons.
- Lastly, use a black crayon and color over the different colors.
- finally, using a sharp tip [we used the end of a scissors], etch out the outline of the Eiffel Tower. I helped the kids with the tower and they did the fireworks.
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