Celebrate MCCBD with Global Kids – 50+ Games, Crafts, Recipes, & More from Around the World

 

GLOBAL KIDS – 50+ Games, Crafts, Recipes & More from Around the World
by Homa Sabet Tavanger (suthor) and Sophie Fatus (illustrator)
50 double sided cards with 8 page informational booklet
Barefoot Books, 2019
preschool – sixth grade

Here at A Field Trip Life, I am always on the lookout for ways to share world wide customs and traditions with children. I feel fortunate that Barefoot Books sent me the Global Kids box of activities to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day. This box is filled with sturdy 5×7″ cards featuring activities from around the world. They are divided into five categories – Create (things to draw and make), Play (games), Eat (recipes), celebrate (holidays), and Help Out (ways to be a kind world citizen).

Each brightly illustrated card is double sided with easy to follow instructions. I shared this with a group of young elementary aged children who spent a recess sorting through the cards – “Let’s try this one!” was the common refrain. I can’t wait to share them with the students I work with in Nicaragua.

I suggest beginning with the first card – Travel the World which gives easy-to-follow instructions for making a passport. This will become a journal where children can draw and record the things they learn about the countries they “visit.”

 

 

Cards do not need to be used in any particular order. They can be used geographically or by the calendar. In classes with a diverse population, these cards can be used to help the students learn about each others customs, food, games, and traditions. It would be helpful to use these cards and activities with a world map, atlas, and globe.

As spring approaches, children can make and fly kites while learning about children in Afghanistan.

Wondering how to celebrate Easter? Why not make Pysanky and learn about Ukraine?

I especially appreciate the Help Out cards which encourage Plogging  (Sweden) where people combine jogging with picking up trash, Pen Pal Letter Writing (global) and a Mitzvah Chart (Israel) which encourages doing good deeds.

I don’t know of a better multicultural resource for parents, teachers and librarians trying to raise global citizens. The activities are fun, easy to follow, and use common, everyday materials. I highly recommend GLOBAL KIDS  for everyone who works with children. This would make a great gift for families and teachers.

Thank you to Barefoot Books for the privilege of reviewing Global Kids.

 

This post is in collaboration with many bloggers who believe in the mission of Multicultural Children’s Book Day.

Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 (1/31/20) is in its 7th year! This non-profit children’s literacy initiative was founded by Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen; two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural books and authors on the market while also working to get those book into the hands of young readers and educators.

Seven years in, MCBD’s mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves continues.

MCBD 2020  is honored to have the following Medallion Sponsors on board

Super Platinum

Make A Way Media/ Deirdre “DeeDee” Cummings,

Platinum

Language Lizard, Pack-N-Go Girls,

Gold

Audrey Press, Lerner Publishing Group, KidLit TV, ABDO BOOKS : A Family of Educational Publishers, PragmaticMom & Sumo Jo, Candlewick Press,

Silver

Author Charlotte Riggle, Capstone Publishing, Guba Publishing, Melissa Munro Boyd & B is for Breathe,

Bronze

Author Carole P. Roman, Snowflake Stories/Jill Barletti, Vivian Kirkfield & Making Their Voices Heard. Barnes Brothers Books,  TimTimTom, Wisdom Tales Press, Lee & Low Books,  Charlesbridge Publishing, Barefoot Books Talegari Tales

 

Author Sponsor Link Cloud

Jerry Craft, A.R. Bey and Adventures in Boogieland, Eugina Chu & Brandon goes to Beijing, Kenneth Braswell & Fathers Incorporated, Maritza M. Mejia & Luz del mes_Mejia, Kathleen Burkinshaw & The Last Cherry Blossom, SISSY GOES TINY by Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard, Josh Funk and HOW TO CODE A ROLLERCOASTER, Maya/Neel Adventures with Culture Groove,  Lauren Ranalli, The Little Green Monster: Cancer Magic! By Dr. Sharon Chappell, Phe Lang and Me On The Page, Afsaneh Moradian and Jamie is Jamie, Valerie Williams-Sanchez and Valorena Publishing, TUMBLE CREEK PRESS, Nancy Tupper Ling, Author Gwen Jackson, Angeliki Pedersen & The Secrets Hidden Beneath the Palm Tree, Author Kimberly Gordon Biddle, BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 by Mia Wenjen, Susan Schaefer Bernardo & Illustrator Courtenay Fletcher (Founders of Inner Flower Child Books), Ann Morris & Do It Again!/¡Otra Vez!, Janet Balletta and Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Ocean, Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo & Bruna Bailando por el Mundo\ Dancing Around the World, Shoumi Sen & From The Toddler Diaries, Sarah Jamila Stevenson, Tonya Duncan and the Sophie Washington Book Series, Teresa Robeson  & The Queen of Physics, Nadishka Aloysius and Roo The Little Red TukTuk, Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore & Stories by the Girlfriends Book Club, Finding My Way Books, Diana Huang & Intrepids, Five Enchanted Mermaids, Elizabeth Godley and Ribbon’s Traveling Castle, Anna Olswanger and Greenhorn, Danielle Wallace & My Big Brother Troy, Jocelyn Francisco and Little Yellow Jeepney, Mariana Llanos & Kutu, the Tiny Inca Princess/La Ñusta Diminuta, Sara Arnold & The Big Buna Bash, Roddie Simmons & Race 2 Rio, DuEwa Frazier & Alice’s Musical Debut, Veronica Appleton & the Journey to Appleville book series  Green Kids Club, Inc.

We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts HERE.

Co-Hosts and Global Co-Hosts

A Crafty Arab, Afsaneh Moradian, Agatha Rodi Books, All Done Monkey, Barefoot Mommy, Bethany Edward & Biracial Bookworms, Michelle Goetzl & Books My Kids Read, Crafty Moms Share, Colours of Us, Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes, Educators Spin on it, Shauna Hibbitts-creator of eNannylink, Growing Book by Book, Here Wee Read, Joel Leonidas & Descendant of Poseidon Reads {Philippines}, Imagination Soup, Kid World Citizen, Kristi’s Book Nook, The Logonauts, Mama Smiles, Miss Panda Chinese, Multicultural Kid Blogs, Serge Smagarinsky {Australia}, Shoumi Sen, Jennifer Brunk & Spanish Playground, Katie Meadows and Youth Lit Reviews

FREE RESOURCES from Multicultural Children’s Book Day

• Free Multicultural Books for Teachers 
• Our New FREE Teacher Classroom Physical and Developmental Challenges Kit http://ow.ly/kcbZ30p3QWz
• Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians, and Educators
• Free Understanding Developmental & Physical Challenges Classroom Kit

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