This week we didn't get started on things right away and were busy with preparations for going out of town for Thanksgiving, so we were not quite as involved as some previous weeks.
When we mentioned choosing a country, MonkeyD ran to look at the globe again. It's nice to see that she is enjoying that part of our project. I think her choices are made based on the way the country is represented on the globe. We have a small gem-stone globe, sort of like the ones here: http://www.1worldglobes.com/1WorldGlobes/GemstoneGlobes/gt150gmb.html. Regardless of the reason, the choice was New Zealand.
We flipped through the pages of National Geographic's New Zealand
by Barbara Jackson, just to look at pictures. 
The only folktale that I found at our library for MonkeyD's level was Punga The Goddess of Ugly
by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. MonkeyD and I both really enjoyed this story and we referred to it several times when topics came up that had been mentioned in the book. It's about two Maori girls that must learn to properly perform the haka dance. MonkeyD had fun demonstrating her version of a haka for her dad, my mom and me. We looked up youtube videos of people performing the haka. Two of the videos that we enjoyed were http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BoNmpvkavo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7pMvn5_3Vw&feature=related Both of these videos were a little bit scary for MonkeyD though.
We made a lunch based on the recipe and suggestions given in The Kids' Multicultural Cookbook
by Deanna F Cook. We had Paraoa Parai (Maori Bread). Before we ate I gave both of the girls mokos on their chins using an eyebrow pencil. We would have included a kiwi parfait too, but kiwis were too difficult to find in the grocery stores. Perhaps this was because of the time of year or something. 
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