We are about to embark on a unit study of Asia and here are some resources and ideas I've been thinking of using as we concentrate more on China.
- Here are some Chinese traditional nursery rhymes and some Asian mountain poems.
- I love alphabet books. An alphabet book of Asia using some of the words from this word bank will be an easy activity to do.
- I know Bear won't be able to make this origami crane, but she will enjoy playing with it.
- We'll definitely be building the Great Wall of China with blocks.
- Bear already loves to build with her tangrams.
- We'll look at Asian animals.
- After reading about panda bears, we'll create a diorama of their habitat.
- Joyful Mommy and Joyful Child shows a Chinese calligraphy lesson that could be recreated even without a fancy calligraphy set if you have those watercolor disks and a plump brush ending in a good point.
- It will be a good time to introduce the landforms of mountains and canyons, so I will make these out of plasticene for her to play with and explore.
These are just some of my initial ideas as I browse the internet. If anyone has blogged about other ideas, feel free to include your links in the comments.
Great list! If your library has it, we enjoy the book, "D is for Dancing Dragon".
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It's a great list of resources. We are "heading" to China next week as well, and I will try to put together a list of resources that I am going to use.
ReplyDeleteI made a habitat for our pandas but I won't be able to post it until next Tuesday. It's great we are all doing the same unit so we can share resources!
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