Woodwater Farmhouse

Geography for little ones... This Antarctic Journal is written just like a journal - real fun to read with the kids! The other book, Frozen Worlds - has wonderful photos! Notice the Princess' Shoes...LOL So we are still studying Antarctica all month and today we really got into the climate and geography of this fascinating Continent.  I was teaching the girls the difference between the Arctic and Antarctica.   Simply put:  the Arctic is a body of water surrounded by land.  Antarctica is a body of land surrounded by water.  THAT they understood!  Also interesting - Penguins DO NOT live at the North Pole but millions of them live at the South Pole.   So you won't see a Polar Bear feasting on Penguins any time soon 8) Besides our Globe (Leap Frog) we are using a new interactive device - the ITIKES I explore Maps.  We just broke it out today and started playing around with it. Scratched the surface...it is interactive wit...

Geography for little ones... This Antarctic Journal is written just like a journal - real fun to read with the kids! The other book, Frozen Worlds - has wonderful photos! Notice the Princess' Shoes...LOL So we are still studying Antarctica all month and today we really got into the climate and geography of this fascinating Continent.  I was teaching the girls the difference between the Arctic and Antarctica.   Simply put:  the Arctic is a body of water surrounded by land.  Antarctica is a body of land surrounded by water.  THAT they understood!  Also interesting - Penguins DO NOT live at the North Pole but millions of them live at the South Pole.   So you won't see a Polar Bear feasting on Penguins any time soon 8) Besides our Globe (Leap Frog) we are using a new interactive device - the ITIKES I explore Maps.  We just broke it out today and started playing around with it. Scratc...