The End of Norway- Land of the Midnight Sun

This week we are packing our bags, grabbing our passports and saying goodbye to Norway. I have always loved learning and find it fascinating the facts you remember and relearn through homeschooling in elementary. We learn so much through school.

This is just a list of some of the facts we learned (and for me, re-learned) concerning Norway:

1. The bodies of water surrounding Norway are the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea.

2. Part of Norway lie on the Arctic Circle, or as we say, brrrr.

3. Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights. I find them absolutely incredible. If there is something I would want to do before I pass, it's see the Northern Lights in person.

4. The Olympics were held in Lillehammer in 1984 (so happens as we studied Norway the Olympics were being held in Vancouver).

Books-
We really enjoyed reading the book The Day Hans Got His Wiay by David Lewis Atwell. I can see us reading it again in the future. It has a very good life lesson as well.

Welcome Back Sun by Michael Emberley. A story about the dark months from September through March and how the people try to hasten to arrival of spring and the sun.

Recipes-
Friday we are cooking making two recipes from Norway-

1. Fruit Soup and 2. KRAM.

Music-
We have also been singing a Norwegian Song in our Wee Sings book. (Music from around the world) Row, Row Little Frogs. Jana has even started to sing it on her own. No song does she sing as much as Going Over The Sea, which is a song we learned studying Canada.


Next stop...................France. Jana wants to learn French and we are starting now that we are arriving in France next week. Hopefully that will "all come back" as well. It's been years since I've spoken French.