School Journal - Morocco

This week we traveled to Morocco. But...first thing we did on Monday morning was play in the snow!



After we got that out of our system, we were able to concentrate on our schoolwork. We finished our flag and map activities from Homeschool Creations and looked at a few of the links that we found on her blog about Morocco. We also read some literature from Around the World in 80 Tales and The Butter Man. We really enjoyed Star of Light by Patricia St. John.

It had a really clear gospel message and told the story of a young boy in Morocco growing up in the Muslim culture and trying to take car of his blind little sister and their adventures. It was really exciting and moving. The boys (6 and 8) really enjoyed it.

The boys worked on their Animals handwriting practice from COHS Expedition Earth Discovering Gods Creation .

Our art for this week was decorating our own khamsas. In Morocco, these traditionally red hands are supposed to represent the hand of Mohammed's daughter, Fatima. It's used to keep away evil spirits and bring good luck. We got out the pink and orange construction paper because we were out of red and just painted and glittered our own designs. 

We ended the week with a Moroccan meal eaten at the coffee table on cushions. Moroccans usually eat outside, but it was a little chilly here for that!

We fixed grilled lamb with a Moroccan marinade, vegetable stew and couscous. All the recipes came from Eat Your Way Around the World . We had a good time of recounting what we knew about Morocco around the table, too.