In October last year, Mama went back to her beloved Argentina for a fortnight where she spent a year of her young adult life. So, it was time for a South America project...
The main theme that came out of the whole unit was that Sunbaby clearly really loves llamas! I booked her for a llama-trekking experience for her birthday shortly after the project finished and it was a fabulous way to end it!
A whole (hilarious) family of llamas
Role playing llamas...
Maths with llamas
I spent a lot of time in Argentina horse-riding, including two expeditions in the Andes, so we did a little bit of work on horses.
South American animals
And their habitats
Books from the library about South America
South America is bordered by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Measuring sharks
Animals in the Andes
Indigenous tribes of Argentina
More llamas
Peru
Machu Picchu has incredibly engineered stonework. We made it out of cheese to show how closely the building blocks were joined - to water tight precision, without mortar (and also for memorable fun!)
Inca timeline
Peruvian flag
Inca food
Corn
Rainforest work
Sloth yoga
Sloth handprint painting
A lunch break for chameleon making
Layers of the rainforest
Rainforest science
Sloths
Brazil
Bubble anaconda
The Amazon
Pink river dolphins from the Amazon River
Monkey handpainting
Rainforest maths
The Boy found a sloth in the living room
Rainforest animals
Measuring rainforest animals
The topography of South America out of clay
Inca gold - one of our favourite board games - El Dorado
The Amazon River is fresh water
The oceans are salt water
Peruvian art
Spanish vocab
Argentine empanadas
Brazil flag
Some reference books and some reading books
Spanish and English pirates smuggled South American gold
Papa made Sunbaby a sloth
Salt water vs fresh water science
The Atacama Desert
More about pirates
Pirate phonics game
How the Andes were formed
All done! Ta da!
And now time for some llama trekking...
Happy Birthday, Sunbaby! You are so loved!
Coming up...
The Romans vs the Celts
