Staycation: Around the World Day

It was actually my daughter's idea to learn more about cultures around the world in one day.  Maybe it was the influence of my Russian themed sleepover we had for her Girl Scout troop one year...  Or maybe it's the Paczki I make every year for Mardi Gras... Or that we love to make and eat strawberry crepes on a Saturday morning... Or maybe she just wanted to learn more about the world.  Well, laissez bon temps rouler!




Arts & Crafts
Make People of the Globe Chains using long rolls of paper.
Around the World Crafts

Movie or Video Game
Around the World in 80 Days
Reading Rainbow 54, Mummies made in Egypt
Anastasia

Stories & Books
American Girl Books (Yes, American but most also teach a story about where the girls came from like Kirsten from Sweden)

Judy Moody around the world in 8 1/2 days by McDonald, Megan.

When it's six o'clock in San Francisco : a trip through time zones by Omololu, Cynthia Jaynes.

 

Outside & Games
Mancala
Olympic Relay Races

Field Trip
Public Library

Food
Crepes French (of course!)
French Toast
Baklava Central Aisa
Fish & Chips England
Paczki Polish (my favorite food)
Tacos Mexican
Polish Sausage & Sauerkraut Polish
Borcht Ukraine (my kids loved this at the sleepover, the other girls not so much)