Cultivating Childhood

Overview of the United States N and Z at a 4th of July party 2015 Videos Fun Facts for Kids Star-Spangled Banner  (National Anthem) Flag Worksheet Map Coloring Page Geo-Puzzle America Learned about The Statue of Liberty About Coloring Page Science: Thomas Edison Short Video of his life Snap Circuits (Light) Copywork Quotations from Thomas Edison Do not be afraid to fail, keep trying, learn from your mistakes Never stop learning, keep improving yourself. Excerpt from "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus  (written on the Statue of Liberty) “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Art: Georgia O'Keeffe Biography Worksheet Examples of her art Painting Tutorial Reviewed some American artists we've already learned about from Mike Venezia's

Overview of Mexico Videos 10 Facts about Mexico  (we skipped the folklore section) Flag Worksheet Children Just Like Me  book Map Coloring Page Geo-Puzzle America Food: Tortillas and Salsa! Pyramids Mexico Pyramids Pyramid Book Make a Lego Pyramid Art: Make an  Ojo de Dios  (this was a HUGE hit) Frida Kahlo How to Draw Frida Kahlo Body Cast Printable Art History Lesson and Printable Things we didn't do at school, but could be fun: Make  Aztec Hot Chocolate Tons of resources here Mexico Unit Study Math: Mayan Numbers  The Dawn of Numbers Mayan Counting Worksheet Science:  Monarch Butterfly Migration Life Cycle and Migration to Mexico Song Monarch Butterfly Release Butterfly Symmetry Art More Mayan Info: Hour long video on Mayan Code  by NOVA Mayan Glyphs explained Mayan Math Game Archaeology Game featuring the Mayans Another game (costs money) with a lot of worksheets Read Esperanza Rising (about a g