Australia is the only country that is also an entire continent. It’s fun for kids to learn about because it has a unique ecosystem and animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.
This post is part of a 5 Days of Country Unit Studies series. At the bottom of the post, you can find links to all of the country unit studies in the series as well as a link to your FREE My Country Study packet at the bottom of this post!
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Books
Australia’s ABCs: a Book About the People and Places of Australia by Sarah Heiman (kindergarten and elementary)
This is Australia by Miroslav Sasek (upper elementary)
Australia and Oceania(True Books) by Mel Friedman (elementary)
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French (preschool+)
Websites
AtoZ Kids Stuff Australia page- has information, activity ideas, and videos
Tristan’s Oz- a very complete site started by a 14 year old Australian who wanted to teach people about his country
Activities, Games, and Hands-on Resources
Watch and read this video book all about Australia.
Choose one of these Australian recipe favorites and prepare an Australian dish.
Make collages with this Australian wattle craft.
Create your own Aboriginal art dot paintings. This site has great information about it as well as a video and pictures.
Use this freebie with several printables about Australia from Teachers Pay Teachers for kindergarteners.
Other country studies in this series:
Don’t forget to pick up your FREE My Country Study Pack below!
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