Last week we started our Asia Unit Study by looking at the different beliefs and religions of the Asians. Click the link of the image for the product details.
We started off with the presentation of materials and an overview of each religion.
Most of my learning materials come with fact cards. If you might be wondering why, I use these cards as a tool for reading practice for Mavi. At times books are not available and these cards come in handy.
Speaking of books, our library has the best resource for this :) My favourite so far are the books from World of Faiths series. I HIGHLY recommend them if you are looking for books that teaches religion. They are so engaging, easy to read, very informative but not overwhelming to little ones and it has suggested activities to go along with the specific religion of study.
The books on the series are the following [aff. links]:
These are really wonderful wonderful books. If I have the resources, I would want them all. They’re treasures! My son reads them every night.
Now, with the books and cards… I printed a map of Asia and Mavi and I tried to mark the places based on their religions. And look what happened when Mavi encountered the YinYang symbol… he labeled it as Kung Fu Panda LOL.
My next post would be about the craft activities that goes along with this study. So stay tuned!
In addition, we also watched videos of the important celebrations of the three major religions: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.
Christianity: Easter and Christmas. Here we watched the death and resurrection of Christ.
Islam: Observance of Eid-ul-Fitr
Hinduism: Celebration of Diwali, the Festivity of Lights.
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