We’ve been continuing on in our study of Israel this last week and a half. The girls spent a little more time visiting some websites this week for some virtual tours – which they were thrilled with. In addition we’ve also spent time doing the following:
- Continued practicing our new geography song about the Middle East (from Geography Songs)
- Used the book Welcome to Israel: Talked about the size of Israel (similar to New Jersey), the history of Israel and the birth of Israel as a nation, the first Jews (Abraham and Sarah), the Star of David, and the Dead Sea (lowest point on Earth)
- Mapped a more detailed map of Israel (Enchanted Learning) and also a map of Israel and its neighbors (love this one!)
- Learned about Israel’s currency (and made up a notebooking sheet for it)
- Made a dinner of Baked Felafel Sandwiches with a side of hummus for dipping
- Took a little quiz to see what we had learned about Israel {click on thumbnail below to download pdf}
Sites We Visited
- Israel Embassy for Kids – a virtual trip to Israel for kids that helps kids learn about Israel’s currency, geography and much more – the girls loved this!
- 100 Ideas for Teaching Israel – some great ideas on this page. We used several of these this week in our study of Israel
- Time for Kids – mapping activity for kids focusing on Israel and its neighbors
- About.com: Judaism – free Israel coloring pages for kids
- Israel currency – notebooking page I made showing the paper currency of Israel
- Yahoo Kids – quick facts about Israel
- Go Israel.com – Israel’s ministry of tourism, includes maps and pictures. Also has some great videos that the kids loved!
Books We Used
The dough took a few days to dry, so on Wednesday we were able to paint it together. I outlined a few areas for the girls and they worked together to paint it to make it look more like a scene/cutaway of a volcano. When they were done with the base painting, they let Mommy drip red paint around the ledge of the volcano to make it look like lava was dripping down the sides of the mountain.
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