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Few weeks ago, Mavi and I were learning about Ancient China. I decided that this year, we’ll be focusing in country-based studies rather than continents. Last month we worked on Australia, and because of Chinese New Year being celebrated during February, I guess this month is the best time to conduct Chinese-themed activities.
To start with, we created a small world play tray with Ancient China objects in it. To know more about this, click the image below or here (Small World Play: Ancient China).
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Then we worked on learning about the location, biomes, lifestyle, and culture of the people of China. We used our China Learning Pack: Reading Materials, Activity Pages and Cards in these activities. I printed the Asia Map from here and the fact cards were from our Asia in a Nutshell. Here you can learn about the way of life of the Chinese people and their religion.
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This picture book is Mavi’s current favourite obsession. He reads it, enjoying his discoveries about China and loves working on the coloring/writing pages. So funny that Vito saw Mavi working on the cards that he couldn’t resist matching the cards to that of the outline pages!
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My 2 year-old toddler loves the cards! He matched the control cards to the outline pages.
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They’ve been practising how to write Chinese characters in school. He’s good (But I couldn’t understand what he wrote in the cards LOL)!
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Finally, we made Chinese lanterns on the eve of Chinese New Year. The boys had fun making the lanterns and observing the lights. We used this Hands-on Ancient Chinese History book from the library for our arts and crafts. I highly recommend this book!
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My daughter and I will be studying Ancient China soon...love your ideas and Asia in a Nutshell--thank you!
ReplyDeleteLooks like Mavi's chinese characters look better than mine!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous! I've been waiting impatiently to get to our country studies this year. I had planned several of them. Hopefully we'll get to them soon. When we do get to China, I know where I'll be going for printables!
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