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Philippines Country Study

January 22, 2016 Ticia 20 Comments

I decided to take a brief break from our study of Europe in our homeschool geography and hop over for a Philippines country study because I was given a delightful book for the Philippines.

Learn about the Philippines with this fun country study #ReadYourWorld

(Disclosure: I was given a copy of All About the Philippines* for free, my opinions are my own, so on and so forth, and it’s a cool book, so go buy it, and links marked with an * are affiliate links)

 

Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Multicultural Children's Book Day #ReadYourWorld

Part of why I wanted to hurry and get this post written is so you can join in the fun of Multicultural Children’s Book Day.  Each year on January 27 bloggers around the world get together to write about different countries and cultures.  I love this!  This year, I’m joining in for the first time with this wonderful book on the Philippines,

This year we have some wonderful sponsors:

 

Platinum: Wisdom Tales Press  StoryQuest Books, Lil Libros

Gold: Author Tori Nighthawk, Candlewick Press, Bharat Babies

Silver: Lee and Low Books, Chronicle Books, Capstone Young Readers,

Tuttle Publishing ,NY Media Works, LLC/KidLit TV

Bronze: Pomelo Books, Author Jacqueline Woodson, Papa Lemon Books,  Goosebottom Books, Author Gleeson Rebello, ShoutMouse Press, Author Mahvash Shahegh,  China Institute.org, Live Oak Media

 

Join us with the hashtag #ReadYourWorld on twitter and instagram.

 

Now to the Philippines Country Study

All About the Philippines, great geography book #ReadYourWorld

I got my book, All About the Philippines*, and fell in love with it.  It has everything I want in a geography book, and what I usually take several books to find: a little bit about the country’s geography and government, a little bit of history, a little bit of their culture and traditions, some food suggestions, and some stories from the country.  AND it had some games they play.  It usually takes me 10 books to get all of that information together.  The only thing it didn’t have is population and size, that we found on Google.

 

The kids and I read the book together (actually we read parts because Superman was sick, and I hit the highlights, be praying he was diagnosed with pneumonia on Wednesday, which explains why he felt so bad on Monday when we did this).

Philippines country study #ReadYourWorld #ihsnet

As we read we put together our notebooking pages.  We learned all about the history of the Philippines, and their flag (which I found fascinating).

Philippines country study comparing cultures
actual view as we worked on our project

We learned about the different types of people living on the Philippines, and all of the languages spoken there.

And we compared the three children who are telling the story.  How are they the same, and how are they different?  It’s really fascinating, did you know the Philippines has over 100 language types spoken there?  And most people are fluent in at least two languages, if not three?

Philippines country study geography

And the climate, and particular geographic features.  With sick kids I couldn’t do the cool projects I thought of, but I’ll link to my inspiration ideas:

  • Volcanoes project
  • Earthquake proof building
  • Hurricane study

We didn’t finish our Philippines country study as much as I would have liked because Superman had to lie down, so I don’t have a finished copy of our notebook to show you, but I’ve included the Philippines country study printable to go along with it.

Philippines country study #ReadYourWorld
click on the picture to get your printable

Random bit, completely unrelated to our Philippines country study

As I was looking at the back of the book I discovered they have several more books in this series: All About China*, All About Japan*, All About Korea*, and All About Indonesia*, so once we finish Europe and head over to Asia (Batman’s pick for continent study), I’m sure I’ll be picking these books up.

 

Also, I’d had a Bible post I was going to put up on Sunday, but with Superman getting pneumonia, we didn’t get the activities to go with the project done, so it’ll have to wait a week.  Be praying for the poor boy, he’s feeling quite miserable.

 

Looking for more geography inspiration?  Check out my Geography Country Study pinterest board for more:

geography Asia

Comments

  1. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    January 22, 2016 at 12:11 pm

    That does look like a great book! I hope that Superman recovers quickly!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 22, 2016 at 4:33 pm

      I’m hoping so too, we just got back from the doctor’s again with a “we can’t really do much else unless he gets drastically worse.”

  2. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    January 22, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    I am so sorry that Superman is sick. The book looks intriguing! I am also looking forward to getting to Philippines in our random hopping around the world, we have friends from there, so I am hoping to borrow their recipes 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 22, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      It’s really good, and I’m planning to buy the other books in the series for Asia because it covers the material so well.

      We made a mostly Philippines dish, but because Superman was sick, it’s not completely accurate, as I chose different noodles for the meal.

  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    January 23, 2016 at 12:18 am

    Love your lapbooking pages! We loved this book.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 23, 2016 at 12:42 am

      I saw your post, it’s a seriously awesome book.

  4. Susan Evans says

    January 23, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    The Philippines is one country we haven’t studied yet. The book looks fun.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 23, 2016 at 2:42 pm

      It’s a great book. It’s the first time I’d studied it much. I visited there briefly when I was a baby, but I have no memory of that, so it was fun for me to learn about it too.

  5. Kylie says

    January 23, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    Oh dear, hope he is all better real soon!

    I love geography books like these and I’ve not seen this one before so off to check it out. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 23, 2016 at 7:06 pm

      He seems to of turned the corner today, and is much more energetic.

  6. Emily says

    January 24, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    We’ve got the All About China book and it’s fantastic! Definitely need to check into the others in this series!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 24, 2016 at 4:15 pm

      Definitely going to have to get it.

  7. claire says

    January 25, 2016 at 4:31 am

    I’ve been watching out on your facebook page for news on Superman. I’m so pleased he seems to have turned a corner 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 25, 2016 at 8:22 am

      He does, it’s been a very long week. Of course I woke up to the next boy saying he’s not feeling well.

  8. Valarie says

    January 27, 2016 at 9:41 am

    Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day Ticia!! Thanks for celebrating with us and for sharing this really wonderful read. I love Tuttle books and all of their geography books invites the reader to participate in the culture and geography via creative means. So glad you enjoyed it !!!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 27, 2016 at 11:16 am

      It was a great read, and I look forward to trying some more of their books. I can’t wait to check out the other books people got!

  9. Carolyn Wilhelm says

    January 28, 2016 at 7:57 am

    This series looks fabulous! How helpful for homeschools and classrooms! Thank you. I hope everyone is healthy soon.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 28, 2016 at 8:17 am

      After almost 3 weeks of sickness, I think he’s finally getting better.

  10. rebecca flansburg says

    January 28, 2016 at 9:39 am

    I always appreciate it when there are book extensions like printables to help bring a story to life. Thank you so much for participating in MCCBD2016!

    Reply
  11. Carrie says

    January 28, 2016 at 11:04 am

    We love this book and all the books in the series at my house!! They truly have all the information that often takes many books to get. So glad you are enjoying it as well. Thank you for reviewing it for Multicultural Children’s Book Day!

    Reply

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