Around the World top ten

"Around the World" is among the 5 subjects we hit in our home pre-school

Each day after prayer, verses, bible, and the bible story activity/game/or art... we go to our boxes and figure out where in the world we are traveling to next. We visit a new country or people group about everyday (yes, i know, we are adventurous).

The first day i used this box inside of a box teaching lesson to teach where we are from. Earth/North America, USA, VA, etc., and inside our little city box... there we were... :). Elijah liked our little laminated family.  I taped plastic on the top of the boxes so i could slip the country and continent cards in and out easily. This is a good site for country and contient maps.

Now each day we are looking inside the boxes to find out our next surprise destination. We are in Asia for the next several months. 

my laminated family

After we find out our destination we get our passports (which are passport looking journals i made where we record pictures and info about our travels each day.) 

I had to officially witness Elijah signing it on the first day.. :) 

THEN... we start at our big world map where we live and fly ALL around the room ... several times.... to our destination! We are going to Asia so it takes a while. he he... 

Then we watch a video, a you tube infomercail about the country, and/or read about the country and people who live there. Then we usually do a art project that we can add (or stamp) to our Passport Journals. We add recipes and games from the country too sometimes. 

Isn't she sooo cute. 

 and lastly we pray for the people in the country or people groups that we have learned about. I love it and i love praying with my boys for people around the world!!!

TOP 10 GREAT RESOURCES that we use for our AROUND THE WORLD studies:

It is a bit pricey but what it teaches my kids is priceless and i will use it as curriculum for years to come. Thank you to the parents-in-law for this gift for the boys! 

They have many printouts for art-projects, games, recipes, and all kids of great info. Comes with 12 different videos. We have watched the Malay People video over 5 times already and Elijah loves seeing people around the world and has alot of great questions. Plus he really learns how to pray for them.

Great resource for detailed info on every country in the world and how to pray. 

Very fun and informational for kids with lots of pictures and short stories. 

Great Short Stories about people groups, beautifully illustrated. 

Here is a site with some great around the world printouts.

I know i am plugging these videos again but they are such powerful true stories from people around the world throughout history that have loved Jesus. In other words you need to check it out.... they are real heros for our kiddos.  

Little Pims Videos are good if you are interested in introducing a specific language for your kids. We have the Arabic version and the boys really like it. 

This one has beautifully illustrated short stories about people around the world. :) I really like it! 

This book does a great job of introducing the whole concept of the world and all the people in it. 

  

These are 2 fun game/puzzles that introduce people from around the world. I am sure there are a ton out there. These are a fav in our home. 

I also am collecting a great library of individual true story children's books that i cry through most of the time and the kids get a real picture of a little boy or girls life in another place around the world... one day i throw that list up here. :)