Explorers (part 5)–Drake, Hudson and Cartier

This week we talked about: Sir Francis Drake - a sanctioned English pirate who was the 2nd to circumnavigate the world. Henry...

Explorers (Part 4)–Magellan & The Conquistadors

We continued learning about Explorers through good books and hands of learning FUN! We added Magellan, Conquistador, and Aztec sections to o...

Explorers (Part 3) – Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Vespucci

- Played ‘Captain says’ (If it had been warmer out we would have done this on driveway and drawn a ship in chalk, but it was cold so we play...

Explorers (Part 2): Marco Polo & Prince Henry ‘The Navigator’

MARCO POLO - We walked the silk route (like Marco Polo did).  I put different items along our route to ‘discover’. Items we discovered a...