I'm Ready to Learn | Journeys of Imagination | Hideaways in History | Animals and Their Worlds
Children Around the World | The American Story I | American Crossing 1 | All American I Set
The American Story II | High School American History | Adventures in the Sea & Sky | Quest for the Ancient World Quest for the Middle Ages | Quest for Royals and RevolutionCulturally-Rich Program with all resources
A $584 Value for $489 - #CWC
Reduced Program without Cultural Experiences
A $461 Value for $375 - #CW
Your Passport to World Cultures . . .
Prepare your passport, because we’re ready to go! 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 also take a mid-year break to enjoy learning about cultural and religious traditions surrounding Christmas. You’ll find geography instruction with our “Travel with Me” World Map and the figures you’ll place on it all year!
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 like George Mueller, who involved himself in rescuing thousands of orphaned children, and meet people who are doing the same today.
This is a very full program, so we are offering you the option not to include the cultural activities, but rest assured, these books will add greatly to your enjoyment of the program! We highly recommend them! Activities and learning opportunities this year are focused around cultural gatherings to prepare for your family. As always, they’re practical, fun & full of learning! Add the “Draw Your World” resource for grades 3+.
Take a Look at Features you'll love in your Program Guide:
- Parent helps that are practical and help you “learn together” with your student
- 36-week schedule laid out so clearly, you’ll “open and go” everyday
- Festive cultural gatherings laid out for your family to work on and enjoy together
- Supply ideas for cultural gatherings that will help you plan your year
- Independent study schedules eliminate writing down long homework lists
- Additional ideas for using the study with students older than 5th grade
- Click here to see a sample of this guidebook
Decide Which Package is Right for Your Family!
Children Around the World with the Plight of Children Living Around the World | #CW | $344
Take your family on a journey through world cultures, history, geography and celebrations. You’ll travel to thirty countries, allowing you to focus on a different country each week. During the week you’ll read about a country’s geography and landscape, its unique history, its remarkable features and landmarks, and exotic places to visit. You’ll hear about all of it from a different child “host” in each country, and hear about the details of his or her life in their homeland. Then, you’ll also read books that connect your child personally to the plight of children living around the world who sleep in the streets, live without parents, work without pay, or go to bed hungry. Finally, you’ll have the thrill of seeing your family participate in plans to help some of these children and learn how many blessings your own family enjoys.Should I Add the Cultural Experiences?
Children Around the World with Cultural Experiences Set | #CWC | $454
You can take the learning even further by adding the cultural experiences set to the basic set above. In addition to learning about cultures, history, geography and even the plight of children around the world, you’ll also get an exciting set of books to enhance your study even more with information about national products sought for and used all over the world, crops that support and feed entire nations, and even cultural pursuits for which other countries are famous. You’ll find these books listed farther down this webpage.
Children Around the World Resources
Highlights of Your Children Around the World GuidebookCW-G - $85 - Free with Package Purchase
Click here to see a sample of this program guide.Simple and Ready-to-Go!
You’ll find this program guide is laid out so simply - just open and begin! Each of your 36 school weeks is laid out to reduce your paperwork! Each week also includes activity ideas, geography work, guidance in using the resources, important advice on how to teach concepts, web search ideas, country flashcards and much more!Festive Cultural Gatherings Pages
Your activities this year will be geared around a weekly gathering -- a Brazilian Carnaval, an English Tea, even a Thai Water Festival called Songkran. These weekly planning pages give you ideas and recipes, games, decorating ideas and more for casual good times that will create family memories this year! As always, the fun is something you’ll really love doing, and practical! Oodles of great ideas are provided for you that everyone will enjoy! Click here to see a sample of this feature.
Supply List for Activities
By parent request, we’ve put together a supply list in your guidebook so you can plan your activities ahead of time, and gather any supplies (other than routine items) you need.Student Independent Work Schedules
Each week, your older student will have a schedule all their own to complete the work they need to do on their own. No more writing out “homework” schedules!Rating System for Activities
Activities have a rating on their supplies & skill level so you’ll always know what will work for you.Our Exclusive Notebooking Resource:
“Make-Your-Own” World Travels Diary
CW-M | $19This “Make-Your-Own” resource will help students to create their own travel diary with maps, art ideas, interactive pages, and pages from three coloring books to the right. New full-color pages add photos of landmarks to cut and paste.. Click here to see a sample of this resource.
Around the World Resources
Children of Many Lands | CW-C01 | $ 30
WP Exclusive! Children of thirty countries will welcome you to their homes, their families, foods, lands, history and favorite things about their country. Beautiful watercolor pictures show culturally rich scenes.
NEW! Our World | CW-C29 | $20
Children share what they study, what they do for fun and holidays, and other unique things about their country!
“Travel With Me” World Map & Figures | CW-MAP | $42
Our exclusive map set, made just for this program, includes 6 big continent maps, each measuring 13 x 19 inches. Brilliant colors accent these simple maps, making them the perfect background for our beautiful watercolor figure set. Your student will add figures each week that show children in native dress for each country, famous landmarks, and other notable country facts.
“Travel With Me” Student Map Set | CW-SMAP | $10
This write-on/wipe-off map set allows your student to practice labeling countries for their geography study.
NEW! Student Geography Worksheets | CW-C05 | $8
These consumable worksheets have activities that help students practice finding cities and using map knowledge within each country they study this year.
Activity Resources
Fun & Traditions from Many Lands | CW-C03 | $13
Enough cultural ideas, fun and games to fill an entire year!
Click here to see a sample page of this bookLittle Round the World Cookbook | CW-C04 | $10
Fantastic recipes that will help you “taste” other cultures.Holidays Around the World Col. Bk. | CW-C08 | $ 4
Traditional Houses Around the World | CW-C07 | $ 4
Around the World Coloring Book | CW-C06 | $ 4
Christmas Around the World
These books are about fun and festivity for four weeks this year,
and can be scheduled to coincide with your celebration!Christmas Around the World | CW-C09 | $ 7
Beautiful pictures show Christmas celebrations in twelve countries, with a great explanation of traditions & crafts.Celebrate Christmas Around the World | CW-C10 | $16
Fun activities, informative text and ideas for even more celebrations fill this 140-page resource.Classic Christmas Stories | CW-C11 | $20
A wonderful treasury of stories taken from all over the world. These stories are tale and truth, legend and literature and will bring delight to your family!Plight of Children Around the World
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. You can expect to journey to faraway places where children work all day, have nothing to eat, face a night on the street or have no hope for tomorrow. We’ve tried to choose materials that share these facts gently so that your students will be able to feel the pain of other children, and gain a passion for sharing with others around the world.
Listen to Us: The World’s Working Children | CW-C24| $25
Many of us are only slightly aware of the problem of child labor. Here are stories of what children do, and why they are chosen for the work.Prayer & Personal Involvement Journal | CW-C25| $13
WP EXCLUSIVE! Record prayers and learn about ways to get involved in children’s lives around the world.Material World | CW-C23 | $25
Beautiful photographs show what families possess in many different countries, along with where they work, what their children do, and what they most prize amongst their things.A Call to Prayer for the Children... of the 10/40 Window | CW-C26| $15
Hear a story about the lives of children in this needy part of the world, and discover facts that will help you pray for this part of the world.A Cry from the Streets | CW-C27 | $13
A Dutch couple follows God’s call to Brazil and brings the love of Christ to orphaned street children.Adventure Reading for the Family
George Mueller: Father to the Fatherless | CW-C13| $ 8
Follow the faith journey of a man who provided for thousands of orphans by prayer alone.Mandy | CW-C14| $ 7
A ten-year old orphan dreams of finding a place to call her own, and finds a tiny cottage that needs tender care. Will
she find the same?
Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe | CW-C15 | $10
A collection of homespun tales from Eastern Europe share good morals in fun, imaginative stories that children love!
Rain Forest Adventures | CW-C16 | $8
Exciting stories of animals and close calls in the rain forest.Missionary Stories from Around the World | CW-C17| $10
Exciting stories to challenge youngsters!
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai | CW-C18| $ 7
An African boy remembers his nomadic life in Kenya.
Star of Light | CW-C19 | $7
Hamid rescues his little sister from being sold to a beggar.Island of the Blue Dolphins | CW-C20| $ 7
A brave native girl faces life stranded on a Pacific island.Iqbal | CW-C21| $ 5
One boy makes a global impact when he is brought out of slavery in rugmaking and tells the world his story.
The Doggy Dung Disaster & Other Stories | CW-C22 | $9
Fun stories of kids who’ve made a difference!
Necessary Resource for All if You Don’t Have Another Atlas
National Geographic Student Atlas | #ATL | $13
This atlas is full of color,with regional maps for every continent, including geographical and political, plus views of each continent from above the earth. Introductory material includes how to use maps, different kinds of projection maps, understanding information given by topical maps and more. If you don't have another, this is the best atlas we've found for ease of use with elementary students. Clear and easy to read, they'll use it for years.Necessary Resource for Grades 3 and Up
Draw Your World | #DRAW | $19
Learn world geography by drawing the continents with memory tools that help students get acquainted with the countries of the world and recall where to place the continent on latitude and longitude lines. Practical suggestions allow students to practice in small steps and gain mastery of drawing the continents with their country boundaries. This stand-alone resource can be used over the course of a year or several years for grades 3+. Consumable.
Click here to see a sample page of this book
Cultural Experiences Set
These wonderful resources will enhance your study and are scheduled in your guidebook. Each
book has information about cultural issues that relate to the regions or countries your family will
study. These are part of the Children Around the World with Cultural Experiences Set.
Look What Came from Ireland CW-E01 $ 7
Look What Came from Switzerland CW-E02 $ 7
Find Out About France CW-E03 $13
World of Ballet CW-E04 $ 9
Italy: Ah! The Sweet Life CW-E05 $ 7
Biography of Bananas CW-E06 $ 9
Look What Came from Mexico CW-E07 $ 7
Amazon Adventures CW-E08 $ 7
Biography of Cotton CW-E09 $ 9
Biography of Vanilla CW-E10 $ 9
Oil & Gas CW-E11 $10
Find Out About China CW-E12 $13
Biography of Silk CW-E13 $ 9
Australia: G’Day from Down Under CW-E14 $ 7
What Consumables are Needed for Extra Students?
“Make-Your-Own” Travel Diary (CW-M)
Around the World Coloring Book (CW-C06)
Traditional Homes Around the World (CW-C07)
Holidays Around the World (CW-C08)
Prayer and Personal Involvement Journal (CW-C25)
Draw Your World, for Grades 3 & Up only (DRAW)
Perhaps you’d like to see the Language Arts Programs
that coordinate with “Children Around the World:”
Pre-K/K “Basic Phonics” Language Arts
Advanced K Language Arts
Accelerated Reading Language Arts
First Grade Language Arts
Second Grade Language Arts
Third Grade Language Arts
Fourth Grade Language Arts
Fifth Grade Language Arts
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding this Program
What else do I need to add to this program to complete all the subjects?
We recommend that you add a language arts program, a math program, and a science program. We offer all of these, but this program will work fine if you use components from another program as well. It may help to know that our science programs are designed to be easy-to-use and a great complement to the in-depth nature of our themed programs. Additionally, our language arts are designed to be the perfect partner to our themed programs, as you’ll see in one of the questions below.I have an older student. How can I integrate him or her into this family study?
You’ll find excellent suggestions right in our guidebook as to how to integrate a student from 6th through 9th grade. You’ll find many fantastic ideas and practical helps in this section of the guide. As to language arts, although we don’t have a reading list for these students, they can take the initiative to build their own reading list, and use more advanced country reports for their creative writing outlet, and still use one of our own language arts programs.I’ve already got a few of the items in the package. Can I still get the package price and leave them out?
We love to offer our package prices to our parents to help them purchase a great program with a great discount. We do, however, have to sell all the items in the package in order to honor the discount. Usually the discount outweighs the value of the resources you might already have. If not, you can choose items individually to build your program, but remember -- the purchase of a themed program package ensures you also get free shipping, another discount you’ll want to take into account as you look at your total purchase.
How do the Language Arts coordinate with this program?
We have several language arts programs that coordinate with our Children Around the World Program. One of the wonderful features of our LA guides is that they are hole-punched on the right side so they will lie directly across from your themed guide so you can see your week at a glance. “LA 1” and “LA 2” each have reading lists right at their respective grade levels to enable students to experience comfortable reading growth. “LA 3” through “LA 5” share a common list that will be a mixture of reading levels. You can expect that most students will read comfortably through most of these books. A third grader may find one or two of the titles challenging, while a fifth grader may find one or two on the light side. Creative writing for younger students is covered by many of the interactive resources in the main program. For third through fifth grade students, they are expected to do a brief country report for each week. These can be traditional reports, imaginative displays, or artwork completed with parental input. You can link to any of these program in the section above these questions.
