China

{FINE ARTS}

Ancient China by Dale Anderson
Architecture of Ancient China by Zhu Kang
Arts and Crafts of Ancient China by Ting Morris
Chinese Brush Painting by Caroline Self
Everyday Life by Tricia Morrissey
A Girl Named Faithful Plum by Richard Bernstein
Houses of China by Bonnie Shemie
The Kids' Multicultural Art Book by Alexandra M. Terzian
Kites by Demi
The Magic Horse of Han Gan by Jiang Hong Chen
Making Chinese Paper Cuts by Robert Borja
My First Book of Chinese Calligraphy by Guillaume Olive
Young Painter by Chen-Sun Cheng

* Using any of the bold red titles in this post, try a Chinese art or craft activity.
* Using recycled cardboard boxes, build a Chinese doll house in the style of a real Chinese home.
* Watch some Chinese dance on the internet
* Try your hand at Chinese brush painting and / or calligraphy.
* Make your own kite.
* For older kids, try some Chinese paper cutting.

{FOLK AND FAIRY TALES}

The Ch'i-lin Purse by Linda Fang
Chinese Children's Favorite Stories by Mingmei Ye
The Dragon King by Laurence Yep
The Empty Pot by Demi
The Greatest Power by Demi
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi
Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet by Lotta Carswell
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
The Magical Monkey King by Ji-Li Jiang
The Monkey King by Aaron Sheperd
The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker
The Silk Princess by Charles Santore
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
Stories from the Silk Road by Cherry Gilchrist
Tales of a Chinese Grandmother by Frances Carpenter
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof by Selby Beeler
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Yeh Shen by Ai-Ling Louie

* Read a folk tale or two to have your children illustrate before you show them the storybook illustrations.

{HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY and CULTURES}

Any childrens' book about China with good pictures and captivating text.
Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman
Confucius by Russell Freedman
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin
Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne
Dragon of the Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
The Emporer's Silent Army by Jane O'Connor
Hidden Army by Jane O'Connor
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman
Great Ancient China Projects You Can Build Yourself by Lance Kramer
The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher
Homesick by Jean Fritz
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo by Laurence Yep
Look What Came From China! by Miles Harvey
Marco Polo for Kids by Janis Herbert
Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats by Nina Simonds
The Mountains of Tibet by Mordicai Gerstein
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim
You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China! by Jacqueline Morley
Yung Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

* Do a project or two from one of the titles in bold red above.
* Celebrate a Chinese holiday.
* Draw or print a large map of China and fill it with facts about the country.
* Go out for or make your own Chinese dinner.
* If it's summer, and you have access to a pool, play Marco Polo!

{PHYSICAL EDUCATION}

The Boy Who Conquered Everest by Katherine Blanc
Chinese Jump Rope by Anne Akers Johnson
Chinese Jump Rope by Sheree S. Marty
Climbing Everest by Audrey Salkeld
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Tai Chi for Kids by Jose Figueroa
The Top of the World by Steve Jenkins
To the Top! by Sydelle Kramer
To the Top by Stephen Venables
You Wouldn't Want to Climb Mount Everest! by Ian Graham

* Buy or make a Chinese jump rope and teach your children how to use it.
* Go kite flying!
* Find a local climbing wall and go "mountain climbing" together.
* Using a book or video, do some basic tai chi with your kids.

{SCIENCE}

The Chiru of High Tibet by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
How Many Baby Pandas by Sandra Markle
Made in China by Suzanne Williams
Panda Kindegarten by Joanne Ryder
Panda Rescue by Dan Bortolotti
Panda's Earthquake Escape by Phyllis J. Perry
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat by Amy Tan
Science and Scientists by Kang Zhu
Science in Ancient China by George Beshore
Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker
The Story of Paper by Ying Chang Compestine

* Look up, on the internet, pictures and videos of any animals studied.
* Make your own paper.

{WORLD RELIGIONS}

Drawn by a China Moon by Dave Jackson
Eric Lidell by Janet Benge
Gladys Aylward by Janet Benge
Hudson Taylor by Janet Benge
Eric Lidell by Ellen W. Caughey
Eric Lidell by Renee Meloche
Gladys Aylward by Renee Meloche
Hudson Taylor by Renee Meloche
Lottie Moon by Renee Meloche
On the Clouds to China by Cyril Davey
The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China by Leonard Everett Fisher

* Choose a famous Christian missionary to China to study.  Or assign different missionaries to different children.
* Make a poster of the different gods and goddesses of ancient China.