We have decided to return to our studies with an in depth approach to everything connected with Norway.
Animals that are unique to this country:
National Treasures: The Lily of the Valley is the National flower and the Silver Birch is the National tree.
Language:
national anthem is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PX7cPorwX5M
This group always makes the best clips for children on countries, this is their Finland video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc9CcJoiGF4
Geography: We found the best resource on Finland:
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/finland-facts.html which we used to retrieve the shared facts below:
The population of Finland is currently 5,562,014 according to: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/finland-population/
Barron outlined the map of Finland and labelled it.
Currency: To purchase items the Finnish people use the Euro. We never knew what a Euro was until we found this wonderful resource: https://youtu.be/uCOZdi5Qm2w
Foods: Some popular foods are:
Famous Norwegian People from the past and present:
Erik (Eriksson) Tulindberg was given the title as the first Finnish classical musician. He was born Feb. 22, 1761 and passed away Sept. 1, 1814. He was a musician and a composer and an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of music in 1797. He loved to play violin. Source: https://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/tulindberg-erik/
Robert Wilhelm Ekman was a Finnish painter of the 19th century. He was born August 13, 1808 and exited February 19, 1873). He was an important teacher and painter who often created romantic portraits. Source: https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Robert-Wilhelm-Ekman/5E5EB9ED81EA79DD
Finland has created several famous scientists such as Mikael Agricola who was a clergyman. He founded literary in Finland and translated the New Testament into Finnish and made hymns and prayer books. He was born in Perna Finland in 1510 AD and died April 9, 1557. Source: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/finnish-scientists.php
Santa Claus who is called Joulupukki. On the morning of Christmas Eve a special rice porridge is made with sugar, cinnamon, butter, and milk called Kokonarput and whoever finds an almond in their porridge is lucky. For more neat information travel to: https://adventures.com/blog/christmas-in-finland/
A lovely children's author is Tove Marika Jansson. She was born August 9, 1914 and passed away June 27, 2001. She spoke Swedish. She was an illustrator, comic strip writer, and author. She studied in Sweden, Finland, and France. Her popular books are the Moomin books which she began in 1945. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Metal in 1966 for these works. These books were then made into comic strips. She also writes novels for grownups. Her webpage is truly one of a kind: https://tovejansson.com/
Special Delights:
We were told in Vapu's newsletter that a neat game to play is Molkky which is similar to
Barron played bowling with some toilet roll and canned pasta labels that we created and our new ball from a lovely home hardware shop at the beaches. We scored the sweetest treat at our local Dollarama, a mini bowling set. It is a great treat for less than five Canadian dollars. The company Montoy makes the best toys, if you are in Ontario, Canada and you find their products they are worth the valued price, educational, and rather one of a kind. We adore this company.
Barron and I believe that something sweet would be to learn a lullaby in a new language (perhaps surprise a family member when they need comforting) The most delightful Finnish children's song is called Tuiki Tuiki Tahtonen and Barron sang it very well. I struggled a bit. It is similar to the North American version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. You can enjoy it at: https://youtu.be/Vrn9dma0cm0 Sing along with these lyrics:
Tuiki Tuiki Tahtonen
Iltaisin Sua Katselen
Korkealta Loistat Vaan
Katsot Alas Maailmaan
Tuiki, Tuiki Tahtonen
Iltaisin Sua Katselen
Kaikki Lapset Maailman
Tahtosia Katsovat
Miettivat Miks Loistaa Ne
Maahan Asti Valaisee
Kaikki Lapset Maailman
Tahtosia Katsovat
Barron drew a lovely masterpiece for this lullaby in his neat Nintendo Switch game Art Sqool:
We also found a neat way to learn facts about Finland through music. This video is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCEo0vinR_U
Barron selected a really nice plate at the Dollarama and we found two cute bowls (reminds us of Andy Warhol) and we thought they would be cute to enjoy some Hernekeitto sometime soon since Finland is souper (super) wonderful to us. A really lovely Finnish shop with such unique mugs is found: https://www.kuksa.shop/en/lapland/catalogue/
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We concluded with a Christmas craft inspired from Finland of two Tonttjua and added a little trail sign for snowshoeing as we discovered that snowshoeing is a winter activity that is often enjoyed in Finland. We recreated a winter sign that we found at https://www.nationalparks.fi/snowshoeing. We were thinking what a neat trend to begin: flower garlands on trees, especially the lily of the valley flowers placed upon the branches of the trees as they are so lovely and resemble snow drops.
