Growing up, I don’t really recall my parents reading to me. Being immigrants at that time, their focus was on providing a life for us. They were wonderful parents -very involved, loving and very education oriented. But they just didn’t know the importance of reading aloud to their children. I think like most parents in …
This week, we spend time studying ancient China. It was fun time traveling through the past where one of the earliest civilizations was born. Every dynasty that ruled China, left many contributions, discoveries and inventions. Using this book as our guide, we completed a few projects from each dynasty, from the Bronze Age to the …
We started our study of China during the Chinese New Year. I love exposing the children to different cultures around the world. As an introduction, we explored China on a map and identified the continent, neighboring countries, the capital and major cities, waterways, deserts and mountains. We also labeled major attractions like the Forbidden City, …
