Wonderful Wednesday - Down Under

Each Wonderful Wednesday we will be visiting a different country. This week we 'visited' Australia.
We started the day by singing a song I remember singing in Montessori school when I was a child:

"Continents, continents, do you know your continents?
Continents, continents all around the world.
There's Asia, Africa, North and South America
Australia, Antarctica, and Europe too!"

To hear the tune and see two of our students singing, click on the video below. (That is marker all over her face)

We looked at some pictures and listened to cultural stories from Australia, then we played some traditional Australian games: 'What Time is it, Mr. Wolf' and 'Stuck in the Mud' 'What time is it, Mr Wolf' is very similar to 'What time is it, Mr Fox' a favorite of our students. Stuck in the Mud is like Freeze Tag but a friend has to crawl between your legs to unfreeze you.

Then it was time for our traditional Australian snack - Banana Toast. We spread sunbutter on whole wheat bread and topped with bananas. Very popular with all the kids! We took the liberty of substituting sunbutter for vegemite - didn't think that would be as popular :)

Our art projects were Aboriginal 'dot art' and petroglyph cave drawings on sandpaper.

 Of course, no camp at COLCM would be complete without some good old fashioned playtime!

making mudpies

'This feels weird'

'Do we look funny?'

We closed the day by listening to some music featuring the didgeridoo, a traditional Australian instrument. The kids loved it and were dancing up a storm! We look forward to seeing everyone next week, when we explore our home continent, North America!