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Take a trip to China where the children can enjoy building the Great Wall, lion dancing and creating a habitat for pandas
China is a highly-populated country with many huge cities. The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world.
Rice is grown in flooded paddy fields and is one of the main ingredients of Chinese food, along with noodles and vegetables. The Chinese eat with chopsticks, and food is presented in small decorative bowls.
Chinese New Year is one of the many celebrations when Chinese people dress up, wear masks and make up street dances. The 2008 Olympic Games was held in the capital, Beijing.
Images of Chinese life – use the web to find images of the Chinese New Year festival and famous Chinese landmarks; books such as Dragon Dance by Joan Holub (Puffin), Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley (Picture Lions) and Lanterns and Firecrackers by Jonny Zucker (Frances Lincoln); role-play items such as oriental cooking sets and Chinese costumes; travel brochures describing holidays in China.
1 Walk the wall
Build the Great Wall of China with construction equipment
Mathematics – Shape, space and measure
Development matters: find out what toys are like and can do by handling objects (8-20 months); use blocks to create their own simple structures and arrangements (16-26 months).
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