Gibbons Zoo Day and Russia Day

We were a little behind on our planned home learning activities, so today we had Russia day and went to the zoo. Every time we go to the zoo I try to learn a lot about one of the animals, and we talk about it on the way. Today it was the gibbons. Fun facts: gibbons can reach nearly 30 miles per hour swinging from trees. They also have the longest arm span compared to their legs of any primate, with arms so large that they have to walk with them up when they are bipedal in order to keep their balance.

Afterwards we had our Russia night, making homemade beef stroganoff from scratch (more difficult than I thought it would be), and we watched Hunt for Red October.