Description

The Asia Continent is the world’s largest and most diverse continent.  It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass.  Covering approximately 30% of the world, home to approximately 60% of the global population.  It stretches from the Komsomolets Island, the northernmost island in the Russian Arctic;  down to the border of China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan.  Across to the Ural Mountains separating Russia and western Europe.

Explore the lives of the indigenous peoples of this continent through stories that inspire you.  Take a journey through your mind’s eye.  Imagine growing up knowing that as an Adivasi person, you are carrying the genes of the first Stone Age people of Asia, who settled in India and have a special affinity to the Earth.  Or growing up under the world’s largest religious building in Angkor Wat, Cambodia.  This ancient city dates back to the ancient Khmer Empire, where they filmed the Tomb Raider.

Children love to learn about how others live, what they do and eat.  Stories reveal ideas, beliefs and facts about others.  They prompt a thirst in you, to explore and experience for yourself.   The Asian Continent, image and fact cards offer a structure for the teacher.  S/he can weave stories behind the images and facts.  These provide a means for children to experience what others experience.  Developing an understanding as to why their friends worship as they do, or follow different traditions to themselves.  Or why they look and sound different to them.  For the first time, the Child encounters diversity with meaning and understanding.  This activity widens our children’s knowledge and awareness of others.  It allows them the opportunity to grow their understanding of the world:

Contents: of the Asia Continent Cards

40 Image cards stored and displayed in a clear acrylic holder for storage or story-telling.

The image cards, accompanied by fact cards for the teacher, consist of the following, with examples of facts:

• Indigenous peoples (5 cards)

  the Myanmar people have a different way to attract the attention of a waiter, what do the say or do?  the Vietnamese people wear a very distinctive hat called a nón lã, do you know what it is made from?  the Dong People orignate back to the Song dynasty in AD 960, can you calculate how long ago that is?

• Types of homes (5 cards)

the traditional Nepali Home is a stone or mud hut, do they all live together?  what is the Myanmar home built from?  where do the Adivasi build their huts?  why do they choose to live here?

• Natural wonders (6 cards)

the Kuang Si Falls in China, is home to a unique and endangered species of animal in China, do you know what animal this is?  one of the most famous mountains in the world is found in Japan, do you know the name of this mountain?  why is it known as a holy mountain?

• Man-made wonders (4 cards)

in Jordan, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea, there’s a famous historical archaeological site called Rose City, do you know what it is?  the Great Wall of China is made from cement, rocks and powdered dirt and another ingredient, something that you can eat, do you know what it is?  what was the function of the wall?  can you guess how old it is?

• Animals (5 cards)

the Bactrian Camel lives in the Gobi and Taklamakon deserts, they have 2 humps, what are the humps filled with?  what does their body do with these humps?  what do they eat?  how much bamboo do the Giant Panda’s eat?  how long do they live, they are big animals, but how big are their babies when they are born?

• Plants (5 cards)

is the Black Iris really black?  the Japanese Toad Lily – Tricyrtis has a strange name, why?  the seed of the Lotus Flower is very rare, how long can it survive a drought?  one of the world’s rarest flowers, found in the Sumatran and Indonesian archipelago rainforests, and known as the corpse flower?  why?  do you know the Latin name of this plant?

• Trees (5 cards)

the Catalpa Tree have seed to heal certain ailments, do you know how it can help?  what do these seeds look like?  in China, a Gingko Tree has lived for thousands of years, how old do you think this tree is?  native to Korea is the Tetradium Daniellii Tree.  Why do you think they call it the bee-bee tree, why do you think it got this name?

• Cities (5 cards)

which is the fastest growing city in the world?  when was it formed?  how often do they build a new skyscraper?  what does the name Hong Kong mean?  the world’s longest metro,  found in an old city of China, spreads very widely underground.  In which city do you find this metro?

The Asia Continent Cards bring the continent to life.

Primarily aimed at the 3 to 6 year child.  But suitable for the elementary child as reference with our Asia Continent Activity Set.

Children find the attractive images and fact cards, interesting and entertaining.   Each statement presents a new aspect of life to the child, prompting them to want to learn more.