What is Scandinavia?

 This term, the children will be studying Scandinavia. Here is a copy of their journey. 


The first lesson recapped the different lines of latitude and longitude as well as the four hemispheres. The children then located the continents and oceans before identifying the three countries that make up Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. One of the children through Iceland and Sweden were part of Scandinavia, these countries are part of the Nordic Countries. Finally the children compared the three flags and how they were similar to each other. 








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