The kids and I needed something to focus on this summer. Thanks to a treasure of a find at a recent library book sale, we decided to visit exotic countries from the comfort of our own kitchen. Clara chose 12 countries and entitled our little project the "Around the World Tasting."
Clara started getting excited almost immediately. Her plan was to help me cook the meals. Lucas would make the flag for our dining room wall. Both kids would be required to introduce interesting facts about the countries at dinner. Poor Eli wanted a job, too.
We also hung our huge wall map in the dining room, so that the kids could get a real sense of the countries' locations. Clara created tiny little thumbnail-sized flags to attach to the map. My plan is to get pictures of the dining room walls at the end of our journey, so that we can see where we've been.
I am recording our journey in a blog specific to this project. If you, too, want to follow us, you can find us at Around the World Tasting. I originally didn't want a separate blog for this, maybe just a new page, but couldn't figure it out... so this seemed the easiest alternative. Hopefully, I'll see you there!
