A Day in England (Around the World Series!)

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Quick Links:

England PDF (free passport, passport stamps, lesson plan)

Yellow Card Stock (crown)

Acrylic Adhesive Jewels (crown) - you can also find these at Walmart.

Duct Tape (jousting sticks)

Felt Pieces (jousting horse and cross on knight costume) - they sell single sheets at Walmart for 23 cents.

Pool Noodle (horses and jousting sticks from the Dollar Store)

Net (jousting target, I cut out the netting from the Dollar Store)

Hot Glue Gun (horse and knight costumes)

Gray Felt Fabric (knight costumes)

Ikea Trofast Bins (white boxes to joust on)

Tea Set (for the tea party)

Ikea Table and Chairs (for the tea party & Stonehenge activity)

Air Dry Clay (for Stonehenge, plenty for both my boys)

Educational Short Chapter Books: Knights and Castles or The Knight at Dawn from the Magic Tree House Series (we read these the week before and while learning about England).

➤ FACTS: On the “plane ride” (we set up chairs in our home to look like an airplane) to England, give each child an “England Facts Book”. Pass out some plane snacks while you watch these short video clips. There are a few options to choose from:

London Adventure: Big Ben, London Eye & Tower Bridge

Animated Medieval Castles: An introduction to why they started building castles

English Castles: 10 castles in England today

Tower of London: A famous historic castle tour. Home to the crowned jewels (this leads into our craft).

Castles were the home of an important person and a military fortification. They were built to control territory, allowing their occupants to attack and defend. They provided protection from enemies. They were centers of government, court houses and treasuries. 

➤ ART/CRAFT: Royal Crown from First Palette 

After learning about the Tower of London and the guarded Crowned Jewels, make your own Royal Crown. 

➤ SPORT: Jousting Games.

Make a jousting horse and lance out of two pool noodles, a piece of felt, and duct tape. Here are three optional games to play:

• Hang a ring from a tree (we used a net from the Dollar Store, and cut the netting out for our ring.). Children will ride their horse and lance and try to get the lance through the ring
• Set up two boxes about 2 feet apart from each other. Have a child stand on each box and use their jousting sticks to knock each other off their box.
• Defeat the Dragon. Have mom/dad be a dragon and the children will defeat you.

➤ RECIPE: Homemade English Scones from Fifteen Spatulas

➤ SNACK TIME: Tea Party - English scones, hot chocolate or tea, strawberry jam, and finger sandwiches. 

➤ MATH: Stonehenge.

Learn about Stonehenge History or watch this Stonehenge Documentary (Smithsonian).

Stonehenge is considered by many archeologists and astrologists as a flawless design from a geometrical and mathematical point of view. It’s design was extremely precise in it’s day, marking the alignment of the moon and the sun as well as certain weather periods. Travelers typically visit the Stonehenge to see the sun rise. The Heel Stone and Altar Stone, set outside the main circle, align with the rising sun. 

Create Stonehenge with air dry clay (you could also use salt dough or play dough).

➤ MOVIE: 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, or Sword in the Stone.

Glue on your passport stamp!

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