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Homeschool share lapbook on storks

It's so much more than about storks - Penney Douglas

There are so many different ways you could extend this story for a unit study.

Geography – You could use maps to find the flight path of the storks from Africa to Europe, specifically The Netherlands. You could study The Netherlands and the dikes and the land that is below sea level, and the ways people have developed to live in such a naturally inhospitable place. You could learn all about The Netherlands, also known as Holland.

Science – You could study all about storks. You could also study about storms. There’s a big one in the story.

History – Study the history of The Netherlands and the culture, especially of the fishing villages on the coast.

Research Project – You could have your kids do the same kind of thing the kids in the story did. Tell them to think of a question they want to know the answer to, and then have them research to find the answer. If it is something that they want to do, then help them find the materials they need to make it happen.

Creative Writing – Students could write a story about storks or some other bird that children helped to make nests in places where their habitat had been disturbed. Or this could be extended to any other kind of animal that needs help finding a suitable place to live.

There are many ways to extend the story if your children are interested in a particular element from the story.

These ideas could also help you to develop a lapbook based on the story.