Summer World Travel: Asia

Hello again, and welcome here!  Are you travelling with us around the world with Focus on the Family?  If not, why not join in?  It is fun, and can be as simple as just following the itinerary they have themselves, or as complex as you wish to make it.  I decided to post the links to recipes and youtube videos that I am using with my own kids, as well as the maps and printables I made to go with the 'program' myself.  You can view those by clicking the links below.

Time for a Summer Adventure!
Summer World Travel: Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Summer World Travel:  Australia, New Zealand, PNG

And so, our third week of our 'travels' took us to Asia.  I know this is super late to post, but I finally blogged about it.  I need to do this more frequently.  I hope the links to the videos we watched and the recipes we found help you in your 'travels' as well... even if you do this at another time. 

I am trying to keep up with scrapbooking these days as well.  I'm further behind on that than I am on blogging about it.  Oops. 

July 18+19 India

First, after reading the clues above, we found India on our map and colored our flags and stamps.  We also took note that our sponsored child is from India.
We made curry and rice.

We also prayed for India according to the 'tour guide' Focus on the Family provided.
M - For them to have food and water, for them to accept Jesus in their hearts

Bram - for them to have Bibles and not follow Islam but Jesus instead
A - India, OK.  Amen.

Went outside and played Seven Stones (also called Pitthu) (kids preferred knocking down the stones, not so much the stacking part) and pretended to be rickshaws.  They got bored and wanted to fly a kite instead.

We  also watched a variety of videos:

• a game of pitthu
• a video about monsoons
• a cricket video
• 2 videos about the cows.  Click here and here.
• Some of the National Geographic video for the Secrets of the Taj Mahal (long, 45 minute video.  I don't recommend making your kids watch all of it.  We skipped parts) 
• the national anthem Jana Gana Mana

Japan - July 20 and 21

After reading the clues, once again, we found the country on our map and colored our flags and stamps.  The kids love coloring the flags, even ones as simple as Japan's.

We watched national anthem Kimi Ga Yo

We practiced bowing.  To the floor.  Giggles all around.

We watched a variety of videos:

• Japanese Table manners here and here.
• Japanese vs American appliances
• Treatment of an American in rural Japan
• school lunches in Japan
• Japanese street food vendors (long video... I skipped lots as well)

We even looked at what Japanese breakfasts are like.

We watched Totoro with supper.  Got to see and talk a bit about how the Japanese people live in the country.

I made a Japanese breakfast and lunch, using this site to see some of the things they have as breakfasts.  We had a fried egg on rice and miso soup with toast for breakfast, and lunch was homemade chicken ramen with rice noodles and purchased california rolls.

We also made origami cranes, using this video to help us.

We then prayed for Japan.

July 23- China

We once again read the clues, found China on our map, colored the flag and stamp, and watched the national anthem

We prayed that more people would become Christians in China.

I then played the game '5, 10, 15, 20' with M.  Bram didn't want to play.

We all drew the symbol for righteousness

I made chicken/broccoli/bell peppers stir fry with rice and Costco's pot stickers for supper, and a coconut milk/orange jello concoction for dessert (no real recipe... I just used leftover coconut milk to replace some of the cold water and used gelatin molds for extra fun).

There were two vids I watched later with the kids (did them on the 26th).  They are about the Great Wall of China.  You can see them here and here.