Italy.
Two of my favorite things in the world. Yep, I fell in love with "Papa Piccolo" by Carol Talley when I looked at the cover image! And so did the kiddos.
We had a great time rowing through this book, and really delved into Italian culture, checking out the language, music and history. Plus we learned everything we could about Venice -- oh, what a lovely city that is! We learned about the great artists like Michaelangelo and Leonardo daVinci, and threw in some color theory and drawing lessons.
We also focused on cats, learning facts about that breed of animal. And then we threw in some herb lessons on catnip for fun!
WE READ
Olivia goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
Madeline and the Cats of Rome by Marciano, John Bemelman (Fun to revisit one of our past FIAR characters!)
Owls: Hunters of the night by Elaine Landeau
Big Cats: Hunters of the night by Elaine Landeau
Raccoons: Scavengers of the night by Elaine Landeau
Night animals by Cohen, Daniel
Night animals by Selsam, Millicent E.
Dark emperor & other poems of the night by Sidman, Joyce
Italy ABCs : a book about the people and places of Italy (Country ABCs) by Katz Cooper, Sharon
Zoe Sophia’s Scrapbook: An Adventure in Venice by Claudia Mauner
The orphan singer by McCully, Emily Arnold
Gabriella’s song by Fleming, Candace
This is Venice by M. Sasek
Angelo by Macaulay, David
Michelangelo (Getting to know the world’s greatest artists) by Venezia, Mike
Michelangelo : the Renaissance (Ticktock essential artists) by Spence, David
Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
Six Dinner Sid: A Highland Adventure by Inga Moore
Socks by Cleary, Beverly
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Cats (Pets plus) by Head, Honor
Cat (Eyewitness (Dorling Kindersley Limited)) by Clutton-Brock, Juliet
Why do Cats Meow?
Cats by DK Publishing
The dog who had kittens by Robertus, Polly M.
Five little kittens by Jewell, Nancy
Wish Come True Cat by Ragnhild Scamell
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake by Laura Numeroff
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Moses the Kitten by James Herriot
WE DID
Rowing through "Papa Piccolo" gave us the excuse to learn about Marco Polo, the great teen explorer who traveled between Italy and China. Wow. We watched several videos about him as a family. I didn't find any good children's books about Marco Polo, just longer chapter books geared towards readers.
But we used this map to learn about his route, and read through the biographical information on the site.
Click here to read about all the cat activities we embarked upon.
Click here to read about all the virtual traveling we did to Italy.
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