Expedition Earth- China

This year we're using the Expedition Earth curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler.  This is actually our 2nd week.  The first week was just an intro to geography- learning the continents and oceans.  This week the real journey began!

*we stamped our passports with a China flag
*learned basic China facts- religions, currency, population, etc
*Read about an average Chinese kid- food they eat, clothes they wear, school
*China map worksheet
*Flag of China worksheet
*Watched videos about Chinese Acrobats


We made our own China paper dolls.

We studied Pandas and made panda masks.  We also watched the IMAX movie China- The Panda Adventure.  Good movie!

We learned about the ancient Chinese puzzle Tangrams and made a swan.

For each country we will make a pin to represent that country.  I made a "suitcase" to place all of our pins on.  The suitcase is just a piece of felt with a cloth handle that we hung up on the wall.  China's pin is a mini version of the Tangram swan we made.

We learned how to say and write our names and numbers 1-10 in Chinese.  We learned Hello, goodbye, please and thank you as well.

To end our trip to China we went out to eat at a China buffet!  It was delicious!  Although they didn't have Chinese music playing, just some good ol' American rock and roll!  Oh well the food was really good! :)

This week we travel to South Korea!