Tag: Europe

  • Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens craft

    Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens craft

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    So, one of the traditions of Iceland is The Christmas Cat.  He’s nowhere near as friendly as the cat in The Legend of Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens*, but this was the closest I was going to get.  I found a poem about the Christmas Cat, and included it in the printable I made for…

  • Christmas in Iceland

    Christmas in Iceland

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    I attempted to recreate Christmas in Iceland, and very quickly discovered I do not have the necessary baking skills.  So this became a slightly less aggressive set of homeschool Christmas and homeschool geography lessons, and instead focused a bit more on the spirit of the activity.   Christmas in Iceland So, an Iceland tradition is…

  • Stonehenge lesson for preschool and elementary

    Stonehenge lesson for preschool and elementary

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    For our homeschool history lesson this week we read about how Stonehenge was made, and how we aren’t entirely sure how the ancient Britons moved these huge 26-ton boulders from place to place.  Of course, you can’t just read about Stonehenge without building your own Stonehenge. {This post contains affiliate links} Stonehenge lesson resources I was…