Children Around the World Theme Introduction

What does it cover? Full credit in History, Culture & Geography
To Purchase Right Away Scroll toward the Bottom of this Page

Daily Lessons Laid Out Weekly
Student Schedules for Independent Work
Tools that Make it All Open-and-Go
Teacher Notes & Instructions
Supply Lists for Every Activity
Timeline Cards & Games
See a Sample By Clicking Here!

Engaging History Reading for Each Country
Read About the Cultures & Traditions in Each Country
See what the Average Family Owns in Material Possessions

400+ Pages of Interactive Notebooking
Engage with What You Are Learning Every Single Day
Spend a Year Traveling the World with our “World Travels Diary”
See a Sample by Clicking Here!

Each Week is Packed with Activities and Hands-On Learning
Plan a “Cultural Gathering” Each Week for Your Friends & Family
Bonus Learning Opportunities Suggested Weekly
Experience Unique Cultural Recipes, Games & More

Large 11×17 Maps to Help You Learn About Each Country & Continent
Dozens of Pasteable Figures and Placeholders
8×11 Individual Markable Maps for Students
Worksheets to Reinforce Geography Knowledge

Scheduled 4-Week Christmas & Holiday Study
Learn About Different Christmas Holidays Around the World
Incorporate Your Traditions Into Your Homeschooling
Living Books Bring Different Holidays to Life

Learn About the Plight of Children in Other Countries
Discuss Steps You Can Take to Help
Expand Your Child’s View of the World

Over 20 Bonus Tablet Books & Ebooks (Ebook Packages Only)
Printable Worksheets for Artistic Learners
Guides for 7th – 9th Graders

Before Purchasing, See What is in Each Package

$219.00 ~~$240.00~~

PRINT GUIDE: Teacher’s Guide with Schedule & Learning Helps
PRINT JOURNAL: 300+ Page Travels Diary
PRINT HISTORY: Children of Many Lands
PRINT CULTURAL: Cultural Planning Guide
PRINT CULTURAL: World Working Children
PRINT ACTIVITY: Fun & Traditions From Many Lands
PRINT BIBLE: Prayer & Personal Involvement Journal
Additional Books Necessary for the Program Below
Buying Guide For Additional Christmas Resources

$119.00 ~~$296.00~~

EBOOK GUIDE: Teacher’s Guide with Schedule & Learning Helps
EBOOK JOURNAL: 300+ Page Travels Diary
EBOOK HISTORY: Children of Many Lands
EBOOK CULTURAL: Cultural Planning Guide
EBOOK CULTURAL: World’s Working Children
EBOOK ACTIVITY: Fun & Traditions From Many Lands
EBOOK BIBLE: Prayer & Personal Involvement Journal
PLUS! EBOOK GEOGRAPHY: Student Geography Worksheets
PLUS! 13 Digital Cultural Tablet Resources
PLUS! 8 “Voice of the Martyrs” Tablet Books
PLUS! 2 Bonus Art and Craft Resources
Additional Books Necessary for the Program Below
Buying Guide for Additional Christmas Resources

Add These Key Resources to Complete Your Year

UNAVAILABLE NEW

This resource is scheduled in the program. It has just gone unavailable from the publisher. New copies are almost impossible to find. RECCOMMENDATION: Look for used copies at your library or at online book sellers. A replacement is being pursued but that does take time. Thank you for your understanding.

$42.00

This map set is filled with several 11×17 laminated maps and even more 8.5×11 maps. This will create the geography portion of your program. Stuck, mark, track and learn about the world through this mapping resource that is shared by your family.

$18.00

To work alongside of your family’s map set, this set is an individual set of maps for your students to work with separately.

Have More than One Student? Add The Consumables Below for Each Additional Student.

$49.00

$19.00

Click here to see inside of our key student journaling resource!

Read a Review of This Program!

Click on the Image Below to Enlarge the Picture

Take a Round-the-World Trip to Cultures Near & Far

Take an In-Depth Look at This Program Below!

Prepare your passport, because we’re ready to go! Children Around the World offers you a trip around the globe, dropping into thirty countries and trying out their culture. You and your students will love our signature Cultural Gatherings, a special four-week Christmas trip, and the weekly focus on the “Plight of the Children.” Find out more below!

To see inside of our WinterPromise Exclusive resource click on the links below.

To see inside of our Teacher’s Guide CLICK HERE

To see inside of our Interactive Student Journal CLICK HERE

To see inside of one of our Reading Resources CLICK HERE

To see inside of our unique Activity Planning Guide CLICK HERE

To see inside of our other Activity Resource CLICK HERE

I read the first few pages of Working Children and I cried… Thank you for all the time and heart you put into that curriculum. I am so excited for my kids to go through it. We lived in Nicaragua for a year and we worked with street boys that are addicted to glue. My four children have seen a different world outside of the United States, but it is still one culture. God’s children live diverse lives all throughout the earth. My heart has always been that my kids would be able to see and appreciate God’s creativity… and now they have that chance! Thank you.

- Katie F

We are 10 weeks into Children Around the World (our second year using WP) and are enjoying the experience. Our kids have retained a remarkable about of information from each country/week, and to me it seems that this is the way to introduce them to the world before diving deep into world history. In summary, we are big fans! 🙂

- Jessica G.

We are enjoying Children Around the World so much. It is adding so much joy into our studies. I find it easy to prepare on the weekends and much less stressful than when I was pulling everything together myself. The language arts program is ending up being a perfect fit for my daughter. I don’t have to even tweak your schedule! I use it as is! What a welcome change to all the adjusting I have had to do in the past.

- Jennifer B.

I just recently got a bunch of your Children Around the World curriculum. I am so impressed! I simply cannot WAIT to get started. The focus and book choices of this program are just amazing — all children (and adults) should get a glimpse of how other people and kids live in this world. Especially to gain appreciation for how good we do have it in the United States.

- Katie F.

Getting to know Children Around the World

Introducing Children Around the World

You are just going to love our most popular program, Children Around the World. You’ll travel this year through more than thirty countries, encountering their cultures and traditions, crafts and celebrations. But that’s not all! You’ll learn a ton about world geography and also take a mid-year break to enjoy learning about cultural and religious traditions surrounding Christmas.

Another fantastic part of the journey is learning about the plight of children around the world. You’ll learn about kids who don’t have access to basic needs like clean water or shelter for the night. You’ll see how many children must work to survive, and find out how you can help to ease the suffering of children around the globe. Along the way you’ll meet people who have helped to dig wells or care for orphaned children, and meet people who are doing the same today. You’ll find the effect upon your family truly is priceless!

Activities and learning opportunities this year are focused around easy Cultural Gatherings to prepare for your family. Prepare meals, entertainment or crafts that will give you further insight into the lands you are studying. Visit fun website links that take you instantly to other sides of the world. As always, the activities are practical, fun & full of learning! It’s all very do-able!

Why You’ll Want to Travel to Thirty Countries Around the Globe!

As you drop in on “Children Around the World,” you’ll get to know the history, geography, and culture of their countries. How?

You’ll read about and see pictures of each land and its people, and enjoy full-color bonus ebooks!
Mapping activities help students learn about each country’s geography
Notebooking work has interactive pages, full-color pictures to add and more to “take you there!”
Hands-on cultural activities allow you to try out parts of the culture or taste its food for yourself
Journaling about the needs of others builds compassion and awareness of global need
Christmastime activities acquaint your family with traditions from all over
Other cultural celebrations are featured throughout the year
Country flashcards help students learn the locations of countries
Other cultural books take you further into regions, countries or important products

Your Family Will Love the International Notebook You’re Creating
The “Make-Your-Own” World Travels Diary allows your family to notebook all your international stops en route this year! An assortment of pages will have students illustrating pages, responding to questions, creating artwork, writing out words in other languages, and adding the included full-color pictures of landmarks around the world.

You’ll Map Your Journey as You Go Along with the “Travel with Me” Maps
We’ve created an exclusive set of full-color country or regional maps that you’ll just love. They are the perfect background for your student to add included, full-color figures each week as you visit countries from Australia to Zimbabwe! Figures show children in native dress for each country, famous landmarks, a nation’s products, or notable facts about the countries. We’ve also added a write-on/wipe-off map set so students can practice labeling countries for their geography study.

You’ll Really Enjoy Festive Cultural Gatherings (or Parts of Them!)
Your activities this year will be geared around a weekly gathering — a Brazilian “Carnaval,” an English Tea, even a water festival called Songkran from Thailand. As always, the fun is something you’ll really love doing, and practical! Whether you complete the whole cultural gathering or just try part of it, oodles of great, flexible ideas are provided for you that everyone will enjoy.

You’ll Love How Easily You Can Add Older Students!
Your basic guide comes with some helps and ideas on adding older students, but in addition, you can purchase our “Older Learner’s Guide and Student Worksheet Set.” This guide offers many helps, including an additional resource list, optional activity resources, suggested reading list, website suggestions geared for older students, additional challenging notebooking pages to add to the Travel Diary and much more! You’ll find more details on this resources below.

What Will We Study?

You’ll study the geography, culture and history of thirty countries! Here’s a sampling of the topics your student will encounter this year!

Students will also love our unique study included within this program, the Plight of Children Around the World. A few of our resources help bring home to your family the challenges some children face. We’d like to share with you that we feel these resources offer you one of the most incredible experiences you may ever have with your children. Your students will get to know the needs of others: their hunger, hard work, and humble homes. They’ll also discover ways that they can make a difference through prayer, awareness, volunteerism, and sharing. These resources share these facts gently in a straightforward manner, so that your children will be able to feel the pain of other children, but also gain a passion for sharing with others around the world. We feel these books will foster compassion and personal contentment in your children.

Introduction

Hello World

Europe

Introducing Europe
The British Isles
Ireland
Switzerland & the Netherlands
France
Germany & Poland
Russia
Spain & Portugal
Italy
Greece

Christmas Traditions

European Christmas
American Christmas
Non-Western Christmas
Asian Christmas

The Americas

Introducing the Americas
The United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Peru

Africa

Introducing Africa
Libya
Kenya
Cameroon
Zimbabwe

Asia & the Middle East

Introducing Asia & the Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
India
China
Japan
Thailand

The Pacific

The Pacific Islands
Australia

Hmmmm . . . .

Wondering why you don’t see Israel or Egypt among the countries studied? It’s because the history, geography, and culture of both these countries are studied extensively in both our Middler and High School versions of Quest for the Ancient World. This allows us to have time to visit other countries that receive less time studied overall.

Children Around the World Resources

This program is designed for students from 2nd to 6th Grade. The materials are easily understandable to young students, yet offer challenge for students working at a higher level. The Children program includes so many interactive resources that provide students with many different ways to experience cultures in faraway places!

Once you look over the information below you can click on the “Ready to Purchase” button on the bottom of the screen to purchase the package you would prefer.

Children Around the World Starter Package – You may choose these resources in ebook format, print format, or a mixture of both.

GUIDE: Children Around the World Guide
HISTORY: Children of Many Lands Culture, Geography & History Book
CULTURE: Working Children
JOURNALING: “Make-Your-Own” World Travels Diary
JOURNALING: Prayer & Personal Involvement Journal (WP Exclusive)
ACTIVITIES: Cultural Gathering Planning Guide for Family Activities
ACTIVITIES: Fun & Traditions from Many Lands Activity Book

PLUS, These Additional Items are Included When You Choose an Ebook or Mixed Bundle!

ACTIVITIES: Faraway Places Doodle Placemats
ACTIVITIES: Native Costumes Stand-Ups
GEOGRAPHY: Student Geography Worksheets
CHRISTMAS: Classic Christmas Stories
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Touring the United Kingdom
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: An Irish Jig & Other Irish Stuff
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Sightseeing in the Swiss Alps
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: French Cafes, Pastries, Chefs & More
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Germany: Black Forests & Fairy Tales
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Russia: Land of Tsars
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Spain: Running with Bulls & Throwing Tomatoes
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Let’s Eat Italian!
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: It’s All Greek to Me
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Let’s Visit Brazil
COUNTRY FOCUS EBOOK: Australia: A Walkabout Down Under
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers – The Wurmbrands in Romania
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in Chiapas
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in Nigeria
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in Saudi Arabia
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in Iraq
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in India
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers in China
SERVICE & CULTURE EBOOK: Bold Believers Among the Hmong People in Thailand

If you want more than just the WP Exclusives purchase one of our Basic Children Packages. These resources are Print-Only resources regardless of the package type you use.

Material World
These Are My People
Celebrate Christmas Around the World
Christmas Around the World
“Travel with Me” World Map & Figures (WP Exclusive)
“Travel with Me” Student Map Set (WP Exclusive)

NEXT: Think About Unique Children Add-Ons Resources That Customize Children For Your Family

Add Any or All of These Books and You Can Use Optional “Extended Trips” Weeks in Your Guide!

Africa for Kids: Exploring a Vibrant Continent
Guide offers other suggestions to deepen your study of each continent.

To Complete Your Package Purchase the Adventure Reading or Other Resources Listed

Adventure Reading: Fictional Readers to Enjoy Together as a Family
Geography Resources: Helps to Complete Children Mapping
Consumable Resources: Adding Items for Additional Students
Other Subjects: Considering Language Arts, Science, and Math

How Do I Use Ebook Versions?

The Children Around the World program has many resources that are offered in ebook. You can take advantage of them in numerous ways. Here are some tips on how to use this program in our ebook format.

Viewing Certain Resources on Tablets or a TV

There are several reading resources and bonus resources that do not need to be printed out to be used. You may read from the digital version on tablets or even set them up for viewing on your TV. This will save money printing as well as offer a unique learning experience for the tech-friendly families. The guide can be used electronically which would save money printing and could then be taken on family vacations/travel much easier than if you had the whole guide.

Multiple Students & Selective Printing

If you are a family with multiple students you can use ebook copies to make multiple prints of exclusive resources that are consumable. You can also be more selective with younger students about what pages you actually print for them to use which can save money in the long run. There is a lot of flexibility in the digital format that is not as accessible for those that use the print resources only.

Explore Relevant Digital Content!

Explore articles, reviews and blog posts related to our Children Around the World program to help you learn more about it!

Here is a great review of Children Around the World by Cathy Duffy, which put us in her “Top 102!” REVIEW HERE!

Take a look at what interesting facts you will learn about in our Children Around the World program! Read Here!

See what our Germany & Poland week is like from this families review of that week! Read Here!

See a review of a week in France! Read Here!