China

Lapbook: 

Front cover designed by Katie

Opened up inside of lapbook

To make the lapbook, we used some stuff from here: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/country_china.php

including the cover for the Great Wall mini-book:

·      Population info – wrote out various facts on folded book of people ‘holding hands”:

Opened up population mini-book

We had a long and thoughtful discussion on abortion after she had teased her way through the 'population facts'.

Got Chinese animal info from here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/animals/chinese/

Printed it much smaller, on to card, and Katie cut out and coloured the animals, and put some facts on the back of each.

·      Pocket on missionaries to China, from books we had read either now, or in the past.

·      Map from EHE

·      Pocket on Chinese New Year and customs, including a mini-kite, lantern, photo of fireworks, and a little girls wearing new, party clothes.

Contents of "Chinese New Year" pocket

·      Chinese Zodiac wheel from enchanted learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordwheels/themes/chinesezodiac/

·      Back cover: maze – from previous free colouring book sample saved here: