Fabulous ideas to create interactive "show and touch" tables for International Night- whether at school or in your homeschool co-op!

Planning a multicultural festival is a great way highlight the cultural diversity of your community through music, dance, art, storytelling and more.

We had Cultural Diversity Day at school a few weeks ago! It was so much fun! We each got to deck out our classrooms in the country/culture of our choice. We had everything from South Korea to Australia to Zambia! I loved that we all got to teach about our particular cultures. The kids enjoyed […]

Fabulous ideas to create interactive "show and touch" tables for International Night- whether at school or in your homeschool co-op!

For our International Day, we made heart-shaped fish decorated with our country colors because we're "One School, Many Cultures." Students...

To plan and manage a vibrant Culture Night, anchor the ideas in social studies curriculum, involve the community, and make sure there's food!

Fun activities you can use to help teach your child about different cultures around the world. Promote diversity and cultural awareness in young children.

It's time to rethink how you "do" diversity.

Fabulous ideas to create interactive "show and touch" tables for International Night- whether at school or in your homeschool co-op!

Join me as I show you how easy it is to plan a multicultural night at your school, with plenty of ideas and examples for a successful event!

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able Thinking Day fact card for our passports. Perfect if you chose Guyana for your Girl Scout Thinking Day or International Night celebration.…

The top 10 foreign, ethnic, and international 30 minute recipes on The Wanderlust Kitchen!

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There are many ways to create a multicultural classroom – a classroom where students explore and appreciate other cultures and diversity. The benefits of having a multicultural classroom are endless. Students break through cultural barriers, they learn to appreciate different ways of celebrating or communicating, and it brings the classroom community closer together. Here are some tips to

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With minimal supplies, kids experience the beauty of henna by creating their own henna hands. This simple multicultural art project is great for all ages.

Today is the Lunar New Year also known as Tet which is the biggest holiday for Vietnamese people. It is like everyone's birthday, Christmas, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Today is also celebrated by other Asian countries such as Korea, Tibet, and China. In Vietnam, it is celebrated for weeks. I

World Thinking Day is February 22. Each year on or around this day Girl Scouts from all levels are invited to provide an educational display to develop awareness about their sister scouts around …

What a great way to globalize the hallway at school: awesome bulletin board ideas to expose your kids to languages around the world!

Part of our social studies standards are to learn how cultures from around the world affect our culture. There's no better way to start this standard than to learn about cultures from around the world. The problem for me was how to teach the students about several cultures within the time that we had available. This is when I thought of a cultural fair. I talked my team into teaching each of their classes about a different country and some of the different cultures within that country. We had the students research: food, art, music, clothing, customs, and language. Each class put together a science board with some of the research. We also hung other research on the walls outside of our classrooms. This way the students had plenty of room to read about the different cultures. We chose to hold the fair the day before Thanksgiving break. The cultural fair was so engaging, the students were sure to learn all the way through the end of the day. We weren't so sure that would happen with our every day lessons. Each class prepared one of the more popular food or drinks from their country. I bought prepackaged food from Ikea for my country. This helps to satisfy the rule in some schools of prepackaged food. The year before we had a parent make our food at home. (I did not serve the pear drink.) Each classroom can have a quick craft inside for the students to complete. We made floral headbands for Sweden. Most countries have flowers in their culture so this is a wonderful go to craft. If you search on Pinterest, you will find a plethora of cultural crafts. We also used the folders that you see below to hold all of our research in reading and writing. Every student was given a passport with the countries listed inside. The students were to record details from every country that they visited. So we allowed students to roam the hall. They went into the rooms to enjoy food and a craft. They read information on the countries outside of the rooms. Their teachers held them accountable for details by checking their passports. We had parent volunteers to come in to assist the students in moving throughout the hall and into the appropriate rooms. If you can't do a whole grade level Culture Fair, you can set up centers in your classroom. You can have groups of students research different countries and share with each other. Putting together the materials for this unit took quite a while. If you don't have time to put them together, check out the units below in my store.

Kids can learn about other cultures around the world, broaden their horizons and have a hands on cooking experience with these International gourmet recipes.

Diversity quilts are a wonderful representation of your school, and visual depiction of how distinct traditions can coexist beautifully side-by-side.

Are you looking for around the world games to play with your kids and as a family. I have some fun ideas! We recetnly went on our local morning show here in Dallas (Good Morning

A child-friendly introduction to Thailand from guest blogger Chrissy. Written as part of the Exploring Geography series at Mama Smiles.

able Thinking Day fact card for our passports. Perfect if you chose France for your Girl Scout Thinking Day or International Night celebration.…

It's Japan's Foundation Day & we're celebrating with amazing Joyful Japan Crafts for Kids! Take your pick from Origami, Kokeshi or Hinamatsuri!

So. I just finished my last week of camp. I had a very large, loud, rambunctious group of kids who really didn't like it when I tried to take pictures of them. Consequently, not so many pictures. The theme of the week was world crafts. Here's what it looked like. [Monday | Mexico | Dia de los Muertos Nichos] [Tuesday | Panama | Molas] [Wednesday | Ghana | Adinkra block prints [Thursday | Japan | Koinobori] [Friday | United States of America | Zuni fetish necklaces] [crazy girls] [me. and glue.] over and out, campers

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Ciao! We recently took a "trip" to Italy in our Co-operative Geography Club. With its rich, historic culture, Italy captivated us. Here's a look at our travel log... (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) We began the morning with a little living literature-style learning by reading Papa Piccolo, the endearing tale of an Italian cat and his care for a few stray kittens. Then, we dismissed the younger kids for their book club and began our "trip." Teaching Time Basic Facts of Italy Population- 60 million Capital- Rome Major Religion- Roman Catholic Government- Constitutional Republic Currency- Euro Language- Italian Nationals- Italians Language Introduction ciao- Hello (informal) buongiorno- good day/good morning gratzi- thank you arrivederci- goodbye After learning a few general facts about Italy as well as identifying it on the map, we colored an Italian flag to add to our travel journals. Next, we watched this quick photo tour of Italy. Then it was on to snack time! Before enjoying a bowl of Panna Cotta topped with frozen berries, we learned a few Italian dining customs. Italian Dining Customs & Trivia Italians take their meals in the following courses: Antipasto- appetizer Primo- the first course, usually soup Secondo- the second course, usually meat with a side dish Dulce- dessert Caffe'- coffee which is served after every meal The average Italian will consume 55 pounds of pasta each year. The female guest of honor is always served first followed by the male guest of honor. Pizza is thought to have come from Naples and was a dish served to the peasants as it used up all the "extras" of the kitchen. Other Notable Italian Facts Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, is credited for establishing the first LASTING European expedition of the Americas. Galileo Galilei, famed astronomer, was known for championing the idea of heliocentrism, the belief that the sun is the center of the universe. (For a living-literature style introduction to the controversial, scientific views of Galileo, I'd recommend Starry Messenger by Peter Sis.) Italian, renaissance painter, Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Project Presentations Italian Inventions After reading through the book Look What Came From Italy, Super Boy put together a bag of items that are known to have originated from Italy. During his presentation, he drew out each item and showed it to the group. His items included: sheet music (to represent the piano and musical notation) pants a newspaper a candle a box of pasta socks a thermometer a Valentine card (to represent Valentine's Day) a small clock pretzels a fork Michelangelo Using Getting to Know the World's Great Artists: Michelangelo as her main source, Sweetie Pea put together a presentation about Michelangelo. She mostly focused on the fact that he was known for sculpting but was commissioned (FORCED) by Pope Julius II to paint a fresco mural of Biblical scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. She talked about how at that time, the Catholic Mass was delivered in Latin. As the common Italians could not read and were quite uneducated, they usually could not understand the Mass. Artists were commissioned by the Roman Catholic church to depict Biblical scenes in order that the common person would be able to learn basic Biblical truths by way of art. Faux Sistine Chapel Prior to co-op, Sweetie Pea created a list of nine famous Biblical stories that she thought would be easily recognizable to the average person. She wrote each on a slip of paper with a number from one to nine. Scenes included: Creation/Adam & Eve Noah and the Flood Moses and the 10 Plagues The Ten Commandments David and Goliath Daniel in the lion's den Jonah and the big fish Jesus' birth Jesus' death on the cross On co-op morning, after her Michelangelo presentation, she gave each child one of the slips and instructed each to keep his/her assigned story a secret from the rest of the group. While I taped large sheets of newsprint to the underside of the table, she instructed each "artist" to lay under the table in number order, using the numbers that were included on the slips. This placed each child in Biblical chronological order. With markers in hand, each co-op kid got to imitate Michelangelo, painting Biblical scenes upside-down. Afterward, I gathered all of the murals, brought them to the front, and allowed everyone to guess what Bible story each "artist" created...just like the common Italian would have done during Mass. Need more ideas for global "travels," be sure to check out the rest of our Geography Club trips.

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