Circle Time for Little World Explorers
This circle time offers cultural adventures to different parts of the world, storytime, show and tell, music, art, and crafts, all while reviewing preschool foundations.
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Are you a parent who loves to travel?... Do you have young kids who already have a sense of wanderlust?... Do you wish you could show your children the world, but have time, financial, and life constraints?... Are you looking for a fun way to combine your love of travel with activities with your child?... In this Ready To Learn Circle - circle time series, preschoolers will learn about life in different countries around the world starting with the United States of America followed by the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, Canada, Italy, Uganda, India, Brazil, France, Ethiopia, Mexico, Japan, Spain, Australia, and Madagascar. Our circle leaders will be your "tour guide" as they facilitate fun and engaging learning activities including storytime, show and tell, fun hands-on art and crafts activities, music & movement, easy-to-do science experiments all while reviewing pre-reading and phonics, colors, shapes, pre-math, emotions, weather and much much more. Learning Through Hands-on Activities: We will provide a list of general supplies and the raw materials your student will need during the daily circle time activities including glue, scissors, tape, paint, and raw materials for crafts like paper plates, yarn, pom-poms, pipe cleaners, colored paper, pencils, straws, and googly eyes. Students will create a London Tour bus, African drums, and collar rings, dragons out of toilet paper rolls, weave small baskets using yarn and paper plates, to name a few. Each day your student will dance, sing, play, share and create. They will make new friends and engage in fun-loving conversations with other students. Just be sure to have an open workspace and plenty of room to move around safely. It's time to explore! Teaching early learners about other cultures will prepare them for amazing success later in life. By learning about other countries, we open up their world to wider possibilities, to accepting and loving others despite differences, and finally, it fosters curiosity and a love of learning. Monday, Jan 3, 2022 - United States of America Storytime Title: America is Arts & Crafts: Flag Pattern Necklace/ Bracelets Monday, Jan 10, 2022 - United Kingdom Storytime Title: King Who Wouldn’t Sleep Arts & Crafts: Castle Water Color Painting Monday, Jan 17, 2022 - South Africa Storytime Title: The Talking Cloth Arts & Crafts: African Drum Monday, Jan 24, 2022 - China Storytime Title: The Boys Who Painted Dragons Arts & Crafts: Paper Roll Dragon Monday, Jan 31, 2022 - Canada Storytime Title: Carson Crosses Canada Arts & Crafts: Palm Printed Canadian Flag Monday, Feb 7, 2022 - Italy Storytime Title The Perfect Pizza Party Arts & Crafts: Making a Pasta with Play Clay Monday, Feb 14, 2022 - Madagascar Storytime Title: Flying Lemurs Arts & Crafts: Madagascan Sunset Moth Symmetry Monday, Feb 21, 2022 - Japan Storytime Title: Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms Arts & Crafts: Cherry Blossom Printing Monday, Feb 28, 2022 - Mexico Storytime Title: A Piñata Arts & Crafts: Maracas Monday, Mar 7, 2022 - France Storytime Title: France, Imagination Vacation Arts & Crafts: Play Clay Croissant Monday, Mar 14, 2022 -Uganda Storytime Title: Tendo's Wish (Arts & Crafts: Paper Bead Bracelet Monday, Mar 21, 2022 - India Storytime Title: Festival of Colors Arts & Crafts: Play Clay Rangoli Monday, Mar 28, 2022 - Brazil Storytime Title: Nini at Carnival Arts & Crafts: Carnival Mask Monday, Apr 4, 2022 - Spain Storytime Title: The Story Of Ferdinand Arts & Crafts: Pom Pom Flower Monday, Apr 11, 2022 - Ethiopia Storytime Title: The Perfect Orange Arts & Crafts: Lion Mask Monday, Apr 18, 2022 - Australia Storytime Title: The Great Barrier Reef (Arts & Crafts: Ocean Creature Transfer Art
Other Details
Supply List
Materials for each by country and craft title: USA - Flag Pattern Necklace (Blue pony beads, Red and White striped paper straws, Elastic thread) UK - Castle Watercolor Art (Watercolors, Watercolor paper, Black construction paper, Salt) S. Africa - African Drum (Sturdy Plastic Cup, Balloon, Tape) China - Chinese Lantern (Red paper, Battery Tea light) Canada - Palm Printed Canadian Flag (White Paper, Red Paint) Italy - Pasta out of play clay (Play clay) Madagascar - Sunset Moth Symmetry (White paper, Multi-colored paints) Japan - Cherry blossom Painting (White Paper, Brown Paint, Pink Paint Soda bottle) France - Play Clay Croissant (Play Clay, Rolling Pin") Mexico - Counting with Maracas (Plastic eggs, beans, Plastic Spoons) Paper beads bracelet. ( Elastic string, Pencil, Strips of magazine pages) India - Play Clay “Rangoli” (Play Clay - All Colors, Black Paper) Brazil - Carnival Mask (Paper Plate, Paints, Feathers, Elastic String) Spain - Pom Pom Flower (clothespins, pom poms of varying sizes, white paper, paint - Multi Colors, plastic fork) Ethiopia - Lion Mask (Paper Plate, Orange Paper, Yellow Paper, Elastic String) Australia - Ocean Creature Art (Foam Plate, Water Colors white paper) General Supplies: Scissors, glue, glue sticks, tape, watercolors, washable paints, markers, crayons, color pencils, globe and/or, world map.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Primary Class Sources Include:
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic Kids Magazine
- National Geographic Little Kids Magazine
- National Geographic Education Magazine
- National Geographic Family Magazine
Secondary Class Sources Include:
- JEOGRAPHY Songs: Video portraits of the countries using original songs - featured on Youtube. Each song includes instrumentation, melodies, and rhythms that reflect the musical traditions of the host country. Songs currently on the channel includes musical tributes to the USA, China, Canada, Spain, Russia, and Indonesia, among others.
- Kids-world-travel-guide.com is owned and managed by Regina Graeff and a team of young writers, student travellers, curious explorers and students. Kids World Travel Guide is based in Cape Town/South Africa. https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/
Joined September, 2021
Teacher expertise and credentials
As our main circle leader and program manager, Ms. Shanna understands the importance of cultural awareness in teaching and uses her extensive experience traveling the world to teach in a culturally responsive way. Her training as an international Montessori classroom liaison has helped her develop a baseline understanding of cultural elements outside of her own. Her circle time lesson plans are carefully curated to ensure that less widely known cultural differences are taken into consideration and properly presented to help students adapt to the class environment and feel safe and comfortable. She is an expert in creating an atmosphere of inclusivity.
She believes that it is her responsibility as the "Lead Learner" to model cultural awareness and sensitivity. Early learners are curiosity-driven and are designed to wonder about the people around them. Ms. Shanna does not expect early learners to always ask their questions in a sensitive way. Therefore, she is readily prepared to answer these questions in a way that: validates all cultural differences, explains differences in an academic, unbiased way, and show students how to ask questions and discuss cultural differences with sensitivity.
Ms. Shanna is currently enrolled in an online degree program for teachers who specialize in teaching cross-culturally.Reviews
Live Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 13 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 3-5
3-10 learners per class
