During the summer we decided to "Island School" after seeing the movie Nim's Island. Every summer the kids get to pick a topic they would like to learn about so anything that had to do with Nim's Island it was. We started off reading the book Nim's Island by Wendy Orr. It was so good we had to read the sequel- Nim at Sea. These books are great pieces of literature! I missed reading the girls the last chapters of Nim at Sea one night because I had a meeting. When I found out they finished the book I had to read it for myself.
We studied islands, marine animals, maps, water, and recycling. We ate coconuts and drank the coconut milk. We painted murals. Emma did hers of the tree house with Nim and Selkie inside. Hannah and Kristen did theirs of the island with the volcano, the garden, the treehouse and cave. Our field trips included going to Marineland to learn about dolphins, to Blazing Reptiles to learn about bearded dragons, to the zoo to pet and feed the manta rays, and watching the Dolphins IMAX movie. We even grew our own Protozoa and named them (you'll need to see the movie to understand that one). Then went to EcoEd to view them under the microscope along with some bio luminescent creatures from the Japan. We almost got to excavate baby sea turtles. Next year we'll go to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and do that. Our biggest adventure was when we went to Boston, MA to the New England Aquarium. What a day of learning that was! We mostly concentrated on the sea lions since we can't experience them in Florida. Here are some photos of us enjoying coconuts, field trips, etc. The first week of school we finished up Island schooling by making paper mache animals and sewing sea turtles. Here is a picture of our bearded dragon and starfish. I have also attached a photo of "our" Nim.
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A google alert on Nim's Island picked up this entry - I love what you've done for your home studies, so hope you don't mind if I link it it to the Nim's Island blog?
I'm very glad you enjoyed the books so much!
cheers
Wendy Orr
Thanks Wendy. You are welcome to link our blog to yours. My kids and I are are wondering if you are coming out with another book. We are rereading your books again this summer as we are getting ready to do a whole study called Apologia Swimming Creatures with our coop. My daughter Kristen still has her Nim's Island poster up in her room from last year. We are recently learning about Australia so you'll have to go to our site and see our photos.
Kim
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