Author Fiesta-Koala Lou

"Koala Lou, I do love you. I always have and I always will!"We have not been neglecting our Author Fiesta author Mem Fox. In fact, we have been quite busy enjoying this unique author's work.

We read Koala Lou quite a few times, it is especially sweet for children with many siblings.

I asked Amy to come up with a project for Mark and Grace to do along with this book.
She had them both send this books special message to Mom and Dad.

(We love them both-we always have and we always will!)

We have now begun a full blown pirate unit, based on the Mem Fox book Tough Boris, post to come soon!

Waltzing Matilda - John Williamson

These two videos are wonderful Australian folksongs, sung by John Williamson. They are enhancing our Mem Fox study. Home Among the Gum Trees. Waltzing Matilda.

Author Fiesta for June- Mem Fox

Thanks to Cay for getting us started on our June-Author Fiesta.

We have begun our journey into the world of Mem Fox.

We went to the library right away and check out the seven Mem Fox books that our library had on their shelves. (I ordered alot more through the inter-loan library system-they will be arriving soon.)
I also found this tape at the library of Mem Fox reading some of her stories. This is real fun.

As we learned from Cay, Mem Fox lives in Autralia. This fact about Mem Fox gave us a wonderful opportunity to revisit our Australia Lapbook we made this past year. Cay provides a map of Autralia to add to our Author Fiesta binder, and an information sheet about Australia on the Author Fiesta site.

I think our favorite Australian activity we have done so far, that we did not do for the lapbook project, was to learn two wonderful Australian songs. Waltzing Matilda, and Give Me a Home Among the Gum Trees.

We have printed out the lyrics to both of these songs and have put them in our binders. We don't really need the lyrics printed out anywhere though, as we have all memorized both of the songs. As one of my teenagers asked, "What, are we Australian now?"

Waltzing Matilda- lyrics

Home Among the Gum Trees- lyrics

I can't wait to hear more ideas from Cay. I also have some more ideas of my own to come!