Expedition Earth: Mexico

Hola and welcome to our week on Mexico!

Here’s what we did this week, and what we got pics of!

• Located Mexico & the Gulf of Mexico on the map and completed our worksheet
• How to say “Hello” in Spanish– Hola!
• Prayed for the Spanish people
• Learned a Spanish Song
• Made homemade tortillas
• Completed a lapbook activity
• Learned about and classified 6 animals of Mexico
• Learn about the underwater city of Tenochtitlan
• Made a play-doh Aztec Temple
• Learned more about Mexico from National Geographic Kids
• Geography from A-Z pg 40 Seamount
• Learn about the 4th Wonder of the World: Chichen Itza
• Children Just Like Me Book
• Made sun clay faces and pots with Terracotta clay
• Went out to a local favorite Mexican restaurant, yum!Each week we go over all of the countries we’ve learned so far, plus our new one: Mexico!

  

  Here’s our Mexico whiteboard, we review the facts daily through the week and sing our fun song:

  

  We worked on our mapping and flag sheets:

  

  Learned about 6 animals that can be found in Mexico. This is by far my kids favorite day of the week!

  

  We experimented with terracotta clay, made sun faces and pinch pots.

  

  That concludes our week in Mexico, stay tuned next week for Brazil!

  Click here to learn more about the Expedition Earth Geography curriculum!