Around the World in 80 Days

We recently did our monthly kids' book club. The book was Around the World in 80 days and Cannon got into the spirit of it. You can see my dad in the background. He came down and brought some money from different countries for the kids to see.










I'm sorry I didn't get any other pictures of our activity, but it was great! The kids all brought some kind of snack/treat from another country to share. We had goat cheese from Norway, rice candy from Japan, cookies from England, french bread, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

What? Why Kentucky Fried Chicken?

In the story they pass through Utah on a train and get quite a lesson in Mormonism. The first KFC was in Salt Lake City. It was a hit--the kids loved it.

We also had a geography bee based on questions from the book. It was boys vs. girls because in our family room we have two couches that face each other. All the girls crowd on one side and all the boys crowd on the other. We're talking 8-11 year olds. They are at that age where cooties are a real concern. "Circle, circle, dot dot. Now you've got the cootie shot". A few more years and I'll be wishing they didn't want to sit by each other.

Sadly for the girls, the boys were on average about 2 years older than the girls, so the boys wiped the floor with the girls. But the girls sure screamed loud when they did get one right! We threatened the girls that if they kept screaming so loud we would have to take points away. That's when we thought it would be a little more even. I didn't have the heart to actually take any points away. Consequently, the screaming continued.
Next month, A Christmas Carol.