A trip around the world!

Today was the HVCS World's Fair, a day where all of our classes come together to share what we've learned about our assigned country or continent! It's always so much fun to tour the world -- we enjoy seeing the classroom decorations, looking at artwork or costumes, and hearing interesting things about each place.

Here are some photos (well, actually a lot) of K3's trip around the world! First up was Australia!

Learning from the Aussie second-graders.

Examining models of Australian animals.

Learning about Australian geography.

In Africa, we played the drums ...

... stamped hieroglyphics ...

... and went on a safari, searching for animals. We found giraffes, snakes, tigers, and birds!

After our safari, these kiddos felt like being snakes!

In Asia, we saw different costumes and heard a snake-charmer song!

The children loved seeing this fifth-grader demonstrate Asian martial arts.

We got to play with this origami bird!

Learning about Europe on a map.

Listening to some Spanish guitar music was really cool!

Where else can you have your picture taken with the Queen of England?!?

Mrs. Carlone shares about her native land, Puerto Rico!

In Puerto Rico, we learned what an island is, and we got to play traditional instruments. After this particular lesson, one of our boys whispered to me, "Jimmy Buffet lives on an island!" Ha ha! 

We also visited Central and South America, as well as the good old USA! What a fun, educational day!