Today was "Passport Club" for the older kids. We learned all about Spain. We started out with a look at the map-we pointed out the country, bodies of water, the capital and the surrounding countries. We then went around the table and talked about their reports. We learned about animals, food, government, climate, religion and sports. June Bug (he is not part of the club but he does help teach) told everyone all about Ponce de Leon and the Spanish-American War. Ladybug gave us a brief overview of Picasso's life. We watched a video on Spain. The video covered all of the history for the country and showed important places. After the video we learned some spanish and made some flash cards. June Bug taught them how to play dominoes while I cooked some Torrijas (fried sweet bread). The kids left with their passport stamped, with a guitar or a hot pepper, a miniature black and white picture of a Picasso, a timeline of Spain and a crossword puzzle.
I didn't feel like I had enough time fit it all in! Two hours is not long enough to fit a whole country in. Oh well...that's why this is just a kicking off for the country and (hopefully) they do more at home!
Linz
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How many kids/families participate in the Passport Club? Is it always at your home or do you rotate amoung families?
There are six kids (4 families)in the older Passport Club. They are 7-11,although the only 7yr is mine, my 8yr, three 10yr. and one 11yr which he is getting too old and his mom said he'll be stopping. For them, we have them each bring a report on a topic (food, government ect..),each page should look like a Eyewitness Book (pictures with a paragraph,underneath it, describing it).
We also have a younger group with six kids, ages 6-7 (except my JB he'll be 5 next month--but he can handle group fine). With them we read a story and do an activity based on that country. We usually eat food and make a craft.
Each club meets once a month. The older kids go first so that they can help teach the younger ones. Each family chooses a country that they are interested in teaching and then we just rotate. This was my second time teaching (some mom's couldn't teach when it came to their month) since October. My first country was Taiwan. The kids have a lot of fun and it's a great way to kick off the month!
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