We started our study with The Story About Ping. We added in a Learn About China Kit, a co-op field trip to P.F. Chang’s, and bits & pieces from the Ancient Civilizations History Pocket. We ended up with a boy who couldn’t wait to learn about China each day!
Book List
The Story About Ping
Tikki Tikki Tembo (go along for the classic story & fiction story lessons in FIAR)
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop (go along for the classic story & fiction story lessons in FIAR)
Children Just Like Me (used with geography lesson for FIAR)
Good Times Travel Agency Adventures in Ancient China by Linda Bailey
Usborne Beginners China (has internet links)
The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher
The Magic Boat by Demi
A Grain of Rice by Helena Pittman
Little Pear & Little Pear and His Friends by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Ling and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi
The Empty Pot by Demi
Other Resources
Teach me Chinese (book and CD)
Chinese New Year Celebration printables by Scholastic
Great Wall of China Informational Sheet from Learning Page
Ping Resources at HSS
Dragon Puppet (I can’t find the link for the one we made…sorry)
Ancient Civilizations History Pockets
China Learning Kit (which made this study real and relevant)
Very, very neat – all of it. I love how colorful and fun it looks. I also like the notebook you are using – did you make that?
I love the notebook you are using. Did you just bind together some card stock or do you buy blank ones already made?
Hey ladies,
I did not make the notebook. I am so (SO) tempted to by a ProClick binding machine, but I just can’t get myself to shell out the money.
I buy the spiral bound bare books at http://www.barebooks.com; they have discontinued many of their sizes, though, so I’m not sure what the future will hold for the spiral bound bare books. I was thinking I should really stock up just in case. They are $2.25 each for a 24 page book. The paper is really sturdy. We used these books many times last year and they are all holding up well. š
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Ami š
Love this, of course! A topic near to my heart. Well done, you two!
Here is a link for a dragon puppet very similar to yours.
http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO971.html
Hope this helps some of you.