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Uncovering the Terra Cotta Warrior
LD was SO excited when this showed up in his workbox.LD and DD just loved doing this!
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A Study of China
LD worked very hard to put together a book on China. We have a new binding gadget and have moved awayfrom lapbooking and instead are putting pages togetherwith a comb binder. He did some sand writing...
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Country Box Exchange — China
We did a “country box” exchange with another familywho lives and homeschools in China. The kids werevery excited to open their box of goodies. We weretruly overwhelmed by their generosity and it...
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China Fact Sheet (Free)
We started a big unit on China a number weeks ago. At the time, I didn’t feel up for sharing these posts. I’m excited to say that I am on the mend! So, here’s the first in a whole number of posts...
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China Unit: Books, Books! A Huge List of Children’s Books
When we delve into a new unit, I search high and low for a wide variety of books. Not only do I want non-fiction books, but I also want books that bring the topic alive… and stories and novels are a...
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Ancient China Packet (Free Notebook Pages)
We have been studying Ancient China this semester. We are using The Story of Ancient China (see more about that below) as our spine, but also have read selections from the Story of the World and the...
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Chinese Brush Painting Lesson
Today was the type of day when everything pulled together beautifully! I set up paper and paints on the kitchen table and had all our books assembled to talk about Chinese brush painting, read from...
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Free Confucius Notebook Pages
Have you heard of these sayings? A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Respect yourself and others will respect you....
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Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan — Free Notebook Pages, Books and Resources
If you are looking for an engaging unit to do with your kids this summer — this could be it! My kids LOVED this portion of our China unit. We skipped forward almost 1,000 years (from 200AD just after...
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Marco Polo – Free Notebook Pages (Books and Resources)
While we were studying the Yuan Dynasty, we spent quite a bit of time learning about Marco Polo, his travels and his experience in Kublai Khan’s court. To wrap up the unit, the kids tilled out these...
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