Letter I: Inuit, Igloo, Ice & Island
kContinuing with our Alphabet Theme studies into 2022, we moved to the letter I. We managed to combine it with the seasons-learning about Inuit culture: igloo's, ice fishing, island and Inuit artist, Kenojuak.
kOur first attempt at igloo's was to look at geometric shapes with paper. Essentially, turning a piece of paper into a 3D object by cuts and folds. This proved extremely challenging-the paper is not prone to fold like a dome and ended up looking like pyramids.
We could have used marshmellows-but those would have never made it to an igloo stage. We opted for play dough-recently made gifted to us over the holidays. Mr. made rectangular blocks by cutting squares in half lengthwise.
The most successful igloo's however, came days afterward...with the snow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKfJQpZtaM
kNext was an assignment to create a list of items necessary for ice fishing.
kLastly, we learned about Baffin Islands and Inuit life though print-maker Kenojuak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxGEX4jZSYc
