In our Around the World studies, we are headed to China next! There is just SO MUCH to cover with China! We have covered China in the past with various unit studies, like the Olympic unit back in the summer of 2008, as well as various other studies.
This time around there are a few things I want to make sure that we cover, that we haven’t covered in the past. The Great Wall, Chinese New Year, and ancient China are a few of those new topics. I’d also like to review some geography of the country, point out important spots and look at the Yangtze river again.
Of course, there is a classic Five in a Row title that takes place in China — PING!! I really want to do Ping up really big, because this will likely be our last “rowing” of Ping. sniff sniff…and this time, Caleb will get to participate!! 🙂
A Taste of China
Beyond the Mountains: A Visual Poem About China
Bringing in the New Year
Count Your Way Through China
Day of the Dragon King
My First Chinese New Year
Ping
Round is a Mooncake
Videos We Will Watch
Big Bird in China
China Cry (I need to preview, but our library has it, so I reserved it)
Families in China
The Sixth Inn of Happiness (about Gladys Alyward, missionary to China)
Links and Resources
Ping Lapbook – free from HSS
China Lapbook – free from homeschool helper
Ancient China study — EXCELLENT resource from Jimmie
Ancient China lapbook – free from HSS (based on Jimmie’s unit study)
Giant Panda lapbook – free from HSS
Chinese New Year unit study – another excellent resource from Jimmie
National Geographic lessons on the Yangtze River – based on Ping
Great Wall coloring page
China coloring pages
We also have our China Kit that we ordered awhile back!
**Jimmie’s blog – I also wanted to mention this as a great resource if you are unfamiliar with it! Jimmie is an American homeschool mom who lives in China. She posts regularly about their life in China, so we will be looking at “Living in China” category to show my kiddos a little bit from “real” people who live there! 🙂
Missionary Study
Torchlighter’s dvd of Gladys Aylward – free student/teacher guide w/ coloring pages and word search
Missionary Stories with the Millers (short stories on Hudson Taylor and Gladys Aylward)
Hero Tales (short stories on both missionaries)
The Inn of Sixth Happiness (movie on Gladys Aylward)
These My People (biography of Gladys Aylward)
Open Doors video on Christians in China (youtube video, 4 minutes long)
Where did u get the laminated pics of things related to Asia.