We are wrapping up our studies on the Inuit tribes of North America with a fun sugar cube igloo: For this project we watched this dated, but informative video on “How to build an igloo” and paired our craft with this fantastic early reader: A Look Inside an Igloo The kids had a blast with this project, as we added …Read the Rest
Yesterday for art we enchanced our plain white clay with an ancient Inuit technique: *snicker Black Pepper really did add some texture to our clay, and reminded me of the appearance of soapstone: (I would have put more in, but eyes were starting to water) We paired this craft with the book Missuk’s Snow Geese, which is about a little …Read the Rest
Awesome Book + Awesome Craft = Hours of Pretend Play! My house is filled with little (blond) Inuit children making “igloos’ from my couch cushions! Make your own? Here’s the Step By Step with a printable template!
Cardboard + Rocks + Glue = Inuksuk! Wondering what that means? Here’s a video….don’t feel bad for clicking it, I didn’t know either. If anything you’ll at least learn how to pronounce it. Here’s a few helpful books with some fantastic photos too: Going for extra credit? Check it out….an Inuksuk on the 2010 Winter Olympics….
We will be lapbooking all of our fun Arctic learning, so this week the kids made some beautiful watercolor artwork, inspired by the wonderful illustrations in this book: “My Arctic 1,2,3” We loved this book because a new animal is introduced for each page, and below the pictures children can see how the animals names are written in traditional Inukitut. …Read the Rest
We’re starting up our Homechool year learning about the Inuit tribes of North America! My kiddos have been so excited to learn about the Eskimos, and all the amazing creatures of the arctic. We’re using Evan-Moor History Pockets as a basic guide for our studies on Native Americans As well as Draw, Write, Now Book 4 (Animals of the Arctic) …Read the Rest
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