Extra Supplemental Materials

Audio books are great to listen to in the car... or for favorite stories the kids love to hear over and over, long after Mom's voice has given out.

Audio Books:
  • The Hobbit
  • The Horse & His Boy
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • Aladdin/Arabian Nights
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Call it Courage
  • Incredible Journey
  • Just So Stories
  • King of the Wind
  • Rascal

    I love Dover coloring and activity books! They include wonderful details and are historically accurate, and inexpensive! These are great to give the children something to do during Read-Aloud time.

    Coloring Books:
  • African Designs
  • African Plains
  • Arabian Nights
  • Arctic and Antarctic Life
  • Chinese Fashions
  • Indian Fashions
  • Japanese Geishas
  • Japanese Prints
  • Japanese Life
  • Polynesian Life
  • The Story of Hawaii
  • The Story of the South Pacific Sea-farers

    Paper Dolls:
  • African Children
  • African Costumes
  • African Girl
  • Chinese Women's Fashions
  • Hawaiian Children
  • Indian Children
  • Indian Fashions
  • Japanese Children
  • Japanese Kimono
  • Japanese Warrior Costumes
  • Japanese Fashions
  • Korean Children
  • Polynesian Children
  • Russian Folk Costumes
  • Russian Imperial Costumes

    Activity Books:
  • African Masks
  • African Village
  • African Tribal Costumes
  • Make It Work: Japan


    Free E-Books Online
  • Eastern Stories and Legends
  • Jataka Tales
  • More Jataka Tales
  • Fables of Bidpai
  • The Chinese Boy and Girl
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    Core 5
    "Eastern Hemisphere"

    Order Core 5 from Sonlight!
    Sonlight Eastern Hemisphere Discussion Forum
    Links from the Core 5 Instructor's Guide

    Bible
    Remembering God's Awesome Acts

    History
    Ancient China Treasure Chest

  • China Theme Unit
  • China Theme Unit
  • Ancient China History for Kids
    Arabs in the Golden Age
  • Ancient Islam History for Kids
    Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
  • Japan Theme Unit
    Eastern Hemisphere Explorer
  • Antarctic Connection
    Eric Liddell
  • Eric Liddell Centre
  • Chariots of Fire DVD
    Escape to the Jungle
    Exploring Planet Earth
    Faces: Australia Through Time
  • Australia Theme Unit
  • Australia Links
  • Let's Tour Australia
    Gandhi
    Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde
    A Glorious Age in Africa
  • Africa Theme Unit
  • Let's Visit Africa
  • Ancient Africa History for Kids
    India: The Culture
  • Ancient India History for Kids
    India: The People
    Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar
  • Biography Links
    The Mongols
    100 Gateway Cities
    Ships, Sailors and the Seas
    Sonlight Curriculum's Unreached Peoples of the Earth DVD
    Teresa of Calcutta
  • Mother Teresa Library
    Torches of Joy
    Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
    William Carey: Obliged to Go
  • Biography Links
    World Book Deluxe School Encyclopedia
  • Asia Theme Unit
  • West Asia History for Kids
  • Iraq Theme Unit
  • Uzbekistan Theme Unit

    Read-Alouds
    Daughter of the Mountains
    The Hobbit
  • Unit Study
  • Spark Notes
  • Audiobook on CD
  • CliffsNotes
  • animated movie
    The Horse and His Boy
  • Into the Wardrobe
  • Narnia
  • Audiodrama on CD
  • Chronicles of Narnia movies
    House of Sixty Fathers
    Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • Teacher CyberGuide
  • Audio Book
    Journey to Jo'burg
  • Unit Study
    The Land I Lost
  • Teacher Guide (PDF format)
    The Master Puppeteer
  • Teacher/Student Guide
    Seabird
    Seven Daughters & Seven Sons
    Shadow Spinner
  • Discussion Guide
    Tales of a Korean Grandmother
    Wolves of Willoughby Chase
  • Literature Guide
    Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

    Readers
    All the Small Poems
    Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories
  • Audio Book
  • Disney's Aladdin on DVD
    Ali and the Golden Eagle
    Around the World in 80 Days
  • Audio Book
    Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
    The Big Wave
  • Teacher View
    Born in the Year of Courage
    Call It Courage
  • Novel Guide
  • Literature Learning Ladders
  • Unit Study
  • Mini Unit
  • Audio Book
    The Cat Who Went to Heaven
  • Culture Study
    God's Adventurer: Hudson Taylor
  • Biography Links
    Henry Reed, Inc.
    Homesick
  • Teacher Views
  • Lesson Plans
    Incredible Journey
  • Summarization Mapping
  • Literature Unit
  • Novel Study Guide
  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey DVD
  • Audio Book
    Just So Stories
  • Audio Book
    King of the Wind
  • Questions and Activities
  • Audio Book
    The Kite Fighters
    Li Lun, Lad of Courage
    Louis Braille
  • Activities
    Mission to Cathay
    Rascal
  • Movie
  • Audio Book
    The Rat Catcher's Story
    Red Sand, Blue Sky
    Sadako & the 1000 Paper Cranes
  • Teacher CyberGuide
  • Teacher View
  • Web Quest
    Silkworms
    Star of Light
    Water Sky
  • Author Website

    Supplementing for Younger Children
    If you have younger children sitting in on Core 5 here are some titles from the lower levels of Sonlight that I found fit very well with our study of the Eastern Hemisphere:
    From Core Pre-K:
  • The Gods Must Be Angry (Thailand)
  • New Toes for Tia (Thailand)
  • Stories from Africa (Africa)
  • Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book (various countries)
    From Core K:
  • Sonlight's Create-a-Calendar (various countries)
  • Granny Han's Breakfast (Thailand)
  • The Story About Ping (China)
  • A Grain of Rice (China)
    From Core 1:
  • From Akebu to Zapotec (various countries)
  • The Great Wall of China (China)
  • Missionary Stories with the Millers (various countries)
  • The World: Houses and Homes (various countries)
  • The World: Peoples of the World (various countries)
  • Little Pear (China)
    From Core 2:
  • Gladys Aylward (China)
  • Window on the World (various countries)
  • And the Word Came with Power (Philippines)
  • Marco Polo (China)
  • A Question of Yams (Papua New Guinea)



    This page updated November 3, 2005.
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