Abby Sunshine

We have been working on a 4th grade “Culture Box” project. Essentially, it is a report where the students choose a country, research it, interview someone from there, decorate a box to reflect the topic, place “artifacts” in the box and each student writes a personal story of their interview combined with what they’ve learned. It is considered a family project, so though Renae is the “project leader,” we are all participating.

Anyway, she chose to study Denmark. We are fortunate enough to live near a family originally from Denmark. New neighbors are always exciting, but when we met the “new” family and they had just come from Denmark, it was particularly interesting. They moved here for work (sadly only a couple of years). Renae has played with their children and they were clearly an inspiration to her choosing Denmark for the big task.

What do you know about Denmark?

What is the capitol of Denmark? Copenhagen, yes. Did you know Legos originated in Denmark? Brush up on your Shakespeare- where does Hamlet take place? A castle in Denmark- correct! Who is the current queen of Denmark? Margrethe II, correct.

And now some other little known facts that relate to the Abby Sunshine topic. . . .

Did you know that the people of Denmark have different words to describe animal sounds? (There are also 3 additional letters in the Danish alphabet, so not all of these words are spelled with accuracy- close, that’s all)

A pig says “of” not oink

A frog says “quak” not ribbit

A duck says “rap” not quack

A horse says “vrinsk” not nay, nay

A rooster says “kyeliky” not cock-a-doodle-doo

Those in common with us (cat says meow and cow says moo)

What does a dog say?

Excellent Abby. Good dog.