What we have learnt about Papua New Guinea

Here are somethings we have learnt together in 'school' lessons.

The flag of Papua New Guinea:  

*has red and black are the traditional colors
*has the golden bird of paradise as emblem
*has the white stars of the southern cross

Map of Papua New Guinea: 

*Country capital is Port Moresby. 

*it has lots of mountains, and rain forests
*it has tropical climate (wet season and a dry season)
*Transport in Papua New Guinea is limited due to the Mountainous terrain. 

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(We will be going to LAE in the MOROBE province)

Languages

there are over 820 different languages in Papua New Guinea, with English, Papua New Guinean sign language, and Tok Pisin being more common.

We hope to make some of the information we learn into a 'lapbook' for the kids to view as they please.  I'll add photos when I can.

Lapbooking (according to Lapbooking 101) is:  ...a project book or file folder, laid out in a creative manner, that fits in the child’s lap...

Homeschooling

Sharing a few photos of our home schooling.  Its been about 4 weeks and not once have they asked to go back to 'real' school, so we must be doing something right ;)

We are settling into a bit of routine (somewhat) and looking forward to the time we move and can settle into a more permanent schooling routine in PNG!

While we wait, we enjoy making use of the local library for games and books, looking up and learning more information about Papua New Guinea (their favorite thing to look up right now is the Volcanoes), and continue with learning bits and pieces of the Pidgin language.

Playdough is a great tool for school!

Using duplo to do addition and multiplication 

Life Skills training ;) fixing our deadlock!

Having fun with review words - flipping them over

Having another reader in the house is a blessing - and that he loves reading to siblings - a bigger blessing!

Isaac "Hey Mum. I just wrote and drew a story!' (unprompted writing!) 

Apparently this was the best lesson yet:
water colour review words

Getting all the school work done in the morning leaves
lots of time for sibling bonding.
Fort building and fighting the enemy.

and little Miss Madison happy to sit in the grass watching the boys play.

Schooling the boys

After our move to Lae, PNG, we will be homeschooling our boys!  At the present moment we are researching the different homeschool curriculum and programs that are available, in hopes to find something that we can work with.

 
We are leaning towards the programs offered by Sonlight, as that is what other families in the area are already using, making it easier to share ideas and resources together, to make the homeschooling journey easier!


For now, the boys are getting used to the idea that school will be held at home with Mum as their teacher.

In the meantime, we have started teaching some common Pidgin words to the boys, which they are picking up very fast! Their favourites are:

Pikinini man = BOY

Pikinini meri = GIRL

Liklik = LITTLE, SMALL

Bikpela = BIG

Bagarap = BROKEN

Haus sik = HOSPITAL

Skul = SCHOOL



If you want to join us in our new language adventures, join the course 'TOK PISIN" on the website 'MEMRISE'- it's a great learning tool!