January 26th is Austraillia Day – and thanks to my friend Kath, we had a fantastic experience! We started out with free exploration – the Bugs simply dug into the package Kath sent. There were too many squeels of glee to describe.
Mrs. Crabtree Started off the lessons with a map of the world – showing the bugs how far away Australia actually is. We also talked about the international Date line and the fact that it’s actually tomorrow in Oz!
Next each bug leafed through the travel brochures and picked a spot they wanted to visit. We circled their destinations on a map… Using each bugs’ color for easy identification. They had to cut out the picture and write a story about visiting the location. Douglas is all set to visit and asked quite frankly when we could do what HE picked. Hopefully someday!
Lauren chose a big Water Park in Lightning Ridge, Megan wants to hike a rainforest in New England National Park and Douglas found some rocks to climb in Armidale.
We ended our lessons (for today) with a Thank You note. Each bug had a favorite thing to be thankful for – and they wanted to send Mrs. Kath a picture.
Lauren was s thrilled when the tree frog book had a platypus – because she has this giant platypus she uses as a pillow.
Megan’s favorite item was the kangaroo key chain – she appropriaely named her’s Joey.
Douglas loved the flag and plans to hang his on his bed.
Another wonderful fun filled day at the Gandara Bug Academy! My heartfelt thanks goes out to Kath – whom I simply asked to send postcards – she donated so many educational things – we are truly blessed!
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
3rd Party Cookies
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!