Sparking curiosity is easy. Kids need the time and encouragement so that their mind expanded with joy, they explore their environment, likes and dislikes, interests and ideas. More play. A few simple tools and kids will dive in.
6 WAYS TO EXPLORE IRELAND’S CULTURE CLOSE TO HOME You’ve heard of armchair quarterbacks. Well, we think it’s time to put armchair travelers in the game, too! Plumb the depths of Irish culture for kids, and help broaden their global horizons from the comfort of your living room when you pull out these simple activities …
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Summer Kids Activities for World Exploration! Between summer camps, staycation getaways and spontaneous beach excursions, there’s plenty to do around town on summer vacation. In fact so much so, it can make the great big world seem far away. But it’s easy to infuse global exploration into local adventuring if you know what to look …
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Raising Global Kids in Springtime With Spring Break around the corner, and summer vacation on the horizon, you’re on the lookout for innovate new ways to play with your kids. Lucky for you, spring is the perfect time to add global kids activities into your typical mix of indoor and outdoor play. We’ve got five …
Take a Trip Around the World… in 7 Courses 7 Continent dinner one of our favorite ways to dive into international cultures is in the kitchen. Whipping up tasty dishes using ingredients with a global flair is easier to do than you think. So turn on the oven and start prepping for a seven continents …
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HOW IMPACTFUL IS STUDY ABROAD? VERY. This heartfelt endorsement of study abroad popped up on my personal Facebook page. It’s written by Liam Hulse, a Pennsylvania college student. “Studying abroad and traveling in Europe has been the craziest adventure and there was no getting ready for the amount I would learn and grow along the …
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Pretzels and Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians eat 12 times more pretzels than the rest of the country. This fun fact comes to you from an interview with Andrea Slonecker, author of Pretzel Making at Home, on the podcast The Splendid Table. Although travel and technology make it easier to learn about fascinating cultural differences around the world, there …
I’m in the habit of writing something good about places in crisis so that you have something good to tell your kids when they’re hearing about devastation in the news. The news about the earthquake in Nepal is getting worse every day as help is arriving and reporting what they see. Nepal is one of my …
Chinese New Year is the perfect time to teach your children about Chinese culture by celebrating in simple, creative ways Know how to celebrate chinese new year! No need to run to the store just to have a little New Year fun. On Chinese New Year (also called Lunar New Year) you can play the …
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Do your kids know enough about other cultures to make cultural differences part of their creative play? You can make it easier for them with ideas large and small. ATeacherMom blogger makes the point that if your child isn’t tall enough to see how you cook, he or she isn’t really able to “play” kitchen because …
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