Sunbaby kicked off 2023 with a project on Europe
Germany
A German apple cake (apfelkuchen)
It seemed apt for our first day back at school to make a German back-to-school cone (schultuete)
A Lego German castle
German meat for lunch
France
Papa is French so in honour of him, Sunbaby made some beautiful Eiffel Tower art
Grape squishing to make some French wine :)
Papa used to go skiing in the French Alps so we made some cupcake mountains
While they baked we checked the Alps out on the map, and via satellite
Afternoon work consists of curriculum-based study
And obviously, one can't learn about France without making a snail.
A Lego Eiffel Tower
Croissants and pain au chocolat
Life skills :)
Italy
Learning about the tectonic plates which cut through Italy
Volcanic rock from Mount Vesuvius
Pizza for lunch
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Venice!
Switzerland
A Swiss (chocolate cake) log cabin
Learning about the countries around mountainous Switzerland
Snowy mountain work
Poland
Fun with potatoes
Poland is heavily forested so Sunbaby made a potato print forest
Working her way through the countries
Looking at European animals
Scandinavia:
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Greenland
Iceland
Viking homelands and Viking settlements
Runes
So many countries!
Using the sewing machine to make a Scandi cushion set
Iberia:
Spain
Portugal
Paella
The Netherlands
Van Gogh sunflowers
We definitely didn't do all the countries in Europe but we did a whole bunch! We've previously done work on Scotland and Ireland so we didn't cover the UK this time, nor some of the East European countries, but we will be back!
