Stories We Tell – Australia
Fifth through Eighth Grade Summer Readers took a trip “down-under” – yes, to Australia, the only country that is also a continent. We began with a short fact finding session about our very interesting neighbors who live in the Southern Hemisphere of our world, their country and some very unusual animals who share the “bush” and “outback” regions of Australia with them.
The kids enjoyed painting wooden lizards. Wow, were they colorful! I’m not sure if this specie would really roam the wild of any continent, but they were really very unique
and the kids enjoyed painting them! Next each participant designed their own boomerang. We took the boomerangs outside for some test flights and discovered this sport is much harder to master than we had time for.
Back inside where it was cool we made ‘fairy bread’ an ‘Aussie treat’ which was enjoyed with mangos, papaya, pineapple, grapes, bananas and some ice cold juice. Sitting at each place at the table were wild animal skin boxes that held a treat of animal crackers of course! Everyone received a sack of goodies to take home (binoculars, bracelets, pencil and note pad, animal print fans and a few more treasures).
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