Exploring China-Part 3

We finished our week exploring China by learning about the Chinese New Year and by making these wonderful Chinese dragons. I found many different patterns for making dragons online, but I am sorry that I can't find the exact link for this particular one, sorry.

I also found two videos to go along with our study.

Big Bird in China : This video was wonderful. It showed many of the places and animals that we had learned about during the week. Even my older kids enjoyed watching.Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China: We read this story when we focused on Cinderella stories from around the world, and this video was a fun addition to our study.

I am afraid this will finish up with our China study. I believe it is time to get down to the nitty gritty of concentrating on "reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic", but I am sure that it won't last for long.

Exploring China- Part 2

We have continued our study of China, and were thrilled to discover that some of our favorite things were invented in there.

Mark filled in this chart that we added to our China display.

We decided that our favorite things invented are fireworks, so we made this simple crayon picture on black paper to add to our learning wall. We have also learned about many of the animals that are native to China. You can see many of them on our China display. We have read two very cute books about pandas: Pi-Shu the Little Panda and The Legend of the Panda.
I found these panda masks here, and Kim and Luke have been enjoying playing with them.Mark and Grace also learned about pandas by watching this little video from National Geographic.

Stay tuned: we have a little bit more to learn about China.

Exploring China Through Picture Books-Part 1

We have been having a wonderful time learning about China through a wide variety of picture books, videos, and the internet.

We have been enjoying these wonderful books:

The Story About Ping

Daisy Comes Home

Granny Han's Breakfast

Little Tiger in the Chinese Night

Grandfather Tang's Story

Round is a Mooncake

Fish in the Air

The Children on China

Ruby's Wish

I began my research into this subject by using the wonderful resources at Homeschool Share.We have learned about tangrams using Grandfather Tang's Story. It is a story about a little girl asking her grandfather to tell her a story. He tells the story using tangrams. We had fun coping these pictures with out own tangrams which we made out of cardstock. I found many sites with free printable tangrams.After enjoying the book we explored our own creations using the tangrams we made.

Keep checking back to see many more of our activities about China.