Tour the World - North America

The last week of our tour was North America, where we learned about Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

 

I spent two days on Mexico instead of just the one.  We ate outside as they often do there.  We had Huevos Rancheros for breakfast, lunch was refried beans, guacamole, tortillas, and red peppers, and supper was tacos.  I had fun using my Personal Trainer Cooking game for most of those.  We also did a 3D puzzle of a Mayan temple which we found at the dollar store.

Our puzzle 

 Coloring the flags.

 Huevos Rancheros for breakfast.

 Lunch...

 And supper.

 

Setting up the fire pit to eat outside... the kids were thrilled! 

Wednesday we learned a little about the USA.  We figured out what our favorite summer activity was (ice cream and swimming) and learned that there are many different groups of people who all have different favorite things to do, and different summer traditions, etc.  I decided to make two American recipes from my game... mac n cheese and meatloaf with mashed potatoes. 

 Homemade mac n cheese... not the stuff from the box.

Our mashed potatoes also contain sweet potatoes... because I can, haha.  And that is bacon around that meatloaf!  Mmmm.

Thursday we learned about Canada... which is where we live.  We played broom hockey (because, well, you know... hockey is a Canadian sport and all that) and we ate pancakes with maple syrup and Canadian bacon for breakfast.

And that wraps up our tour of the world from in our own home.  I kinda wish the tour would have had more stuff to learn about each country... but I wouldn't expect our kids to remember any of that stuff.  I added a lot of my own bits to this (all the flags, trying different foods, sometimes watching youtube videos about the area of the national anthem or maybe a tour video) which I think added to it somewhat.  I enjoyed this 60 day tour and I think it was a great way for me to do some fun little activities with the kiddos each week.  I highly recommend doing this for anyone who wants some extra learning over the summer... I hope they have something like this again next year!

Thank you, Focus on the Family, for the fun summer 'trip' around the world!