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Posted: Jan 14 2007 at 1:22pm | IP Logged Quote ShawnaB
I'm trying to put together a geography (both physical and cultural) unit for my precocious 6 yr old ds. While I want to cover the major physical geography concepts, I'd also like to include a composer study. I also have a fun lesson on Matryoska Dolls, which will interest dd 4 too. Any ideas, book lists, links to Blogs, are VERY appreciated! Thanks!

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Posted: Jan 14 2007 at 3:11pm | IP Logged Quote Dawn
Shawna, we have enjoyed Tchaikovsky Comes to America and The Kingfisher Book of Tales from Russia ...



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Posted: Jan 17 2007 at 2:54am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Picture books about Russia that we have enjoyed.

The Wolfhound (Kristine Franklin) - Set in Tsarist Russia. A boy finds a half frozen borzoi (Russian wolfhound) and nurses it back to health. Adventure follows. ( A rabbit trail on the history of this dog would be very interesting - Borzoi)

Philipok - Adaptation of a short story by Leo Tolstoy. It's about a little boy in 19th century Russia who wants to go to school with his big brother, but his mother says he is too young. One day he sneaks off to school. Cute story about learning (even if it isn't homeschool ).

A Symphony of Whales (Steve Schuch) - Set in a native village in Siberia. It's based on a true story of villagers and a Russian icebreaker ship saving thousands of beluga whales who were trapped in the Senyavina Strait by ice.

Sasha's Matrioshka Dolls - (Jana Dillon) - Set in old Moscow, is an entertaining story about a boxmaker who carves matrioshka (nesting) dolls for his granddaughter. Has fun, folksy illustrations.

The Littlest Matryoshka - (Corine Demas Bliss) is about a set of nesting dolls that are accidentally separated then later reunited. Very cute.

Matryoshka rabbit trails:
History of Russian nesting dolls
http://sbees.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-matryoshka-doll-or naments.html">Paper matryoshka dolls
BLog with a cute Matryoshka ornament craft

And the Patricia Polacco books are great for Russian culture and history - I love Rechenka's Eggs (and we will be coming up on the Lent and Easter seasons).


And here is the link for last year's Tchaikovsky study. A wealth of ideas.

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Posted: Jan 17 2007 at 9:01am | IP Logged Quote stacykay
While studying Russia, I found a video of the Bolshoi Ballet. It had many ballets, including Swan Lake. My boys even enjoyed it, although they found the very old clips amusing, especially when the 1yo hit the fast forward button! There were many different ballet videos from Russia to choose from at our library, and I found them in the adult "non-fiction" video collection.

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Posted: Jan 17 2007 at 9:21pm | IP Logged Quote chicken lady
Ohhh I love all things Russian, fascinating people and country. I love the book ideas, please share more of what you are doing, so I can copy you
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Posted: Jan 21 2007 at 11:03pm | IP Logged Quote ShawnaB
Thank you all for your responses! Mary, I was LOOKING for a Tchaikovsky unit on Real Learning but couldn't find it! Thank you!!

My unit is shaping up very nicely, thanks to your generous help!


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