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Show . w' jkJ -I NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Visit the world from home Linda Butler NORTH COUNTY STAFF The high cost of fuel has made long distance traveling difficult for many families. However with the help of the library and the Internet, you can take your family on a tour of the US or even to distant countries for next to nothing! Armchair travel can take you around the world without leaving leav-ing your home. Spending an afternoon or evening experiencing another culture can be a memorable and fun family experience. First, you'll need to do a bit of research. Each of the 50 states and nearly all of the world's countries are represented in books and on Web sites. Books in the children's section sec-tion of the library are excellent resources. They contain a variety va-riety of facts and information and a lot of colorful pictures. Searching the Internet using the name of your target country coun-try and "travel" and "tourism-will "tourism-will bring you to Web sites that promote the country with photos, pho-tos, maps and interesting information. infor-mation. Be sure to supervise children who are involved in the online information search. For example, let's plan a visit to China. It's the world's fourth largest country in size and the largest in population, and is of particular interest because the Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing. Books on China are located in the 900 section at the library. (The 900 section contains all countries and US states.) By using a computer search engine such as Google. I type in "China travel tourism" to find a list of descriptive Web sites. Two that I like are China National Tourist Of fice, www.cnto. org and www.goingtochina.com. Once you've made your preparations, one fun way to "take" your children on a trip is to become the stewardess of an airplane. As children board the flight, welcome them. The "airplane" can be as simple as a living room sofa, or as elaborate elabo-rate as cardboard cutouts, with seats lined in rows, as on a real plane. Homemade tickets and passports can add to the realism real-ism and the fun. While flying to your destination, destina-tion, share a bit of history and cultural information. Show a map of the country and photos and pictures. Perhaps a short video can be played. If you have a lot of pictures on the computer, escort the children to the "flight deck" for further briefing. Upon landing, guide your guests to China, which can be a room or part of your yard, decorated with Chinese pictures, pic-tures, maps and other items of interest. Chinese music will add to the atmosphere. Some libraries have CDs of international interna-tional music available. Chinese music can be downloaded from the Internet: http:www.the-beijingguide.commp.Tindex. http:www.the-beijingguide.commp.Tindex. html is one of many sources of downloadable mp3 files. This site also has some beautiful images im-ages of Beijing. After sitting, a fun Chinese game can help get the wiggles out. Rock, Paper, Scissors came from China and is popular popu-lar with American children. A Chinese jump rope can be made from rubber bands, looped together. Instructions can be found at http:www. topics-mag.comedition 1 V games-jump-rope.htm Children can make a Chinese dragon lantern: httpywww. first -school.wst hemecraft schi-nese-paper-lantern.htm has a pattern that can be downloaded. Learn a few words in the language. You can learn Chinese greetings and other sayings say-ings at http: www.wku. eduyuanh AudioChinese. Children may be interested in customs, festivals, manners, and recreation. recre-ation. You may wish to Travel Resources Print CultureGrams World Edition, published in partnership with Brigham Young University, is an excellent and concise introduction introduc-tion to countries of the world. A four-page monograph details each country. CultureGrams is usually located in the reference section of the library. Internet , Information on countries and states: 2008 CIA World Factbook https:www.cia.govlibrarypublicationsthe-world-factbook docsfaqs.html Published by the Central Intelligence Agency and updated regularly, this site gives facts and figures on the countries of the world. Information on geography, people, economy, transportation, transporta-tion, military, and current issues is included. Map and flag also included. No photos. www.classbrain.com Includes information on states and countries in the "reports and projects" section. Foreign language resources These two Web sites help you find tutorials of varying levels in many of the world's languages. www.omniglot.com www.word2word.com tell, or read a legend, folktale, or myth. Books with legends, myths, and folklore can be found with call number 398 at the library. Dressing in native costume, can add to the festive nature of your trip. A highlight of any foreign culture is food. Have prepared, or let children help you prepare a Chinese meal. Representing a culture's food can be done as authentically as possible perhaps even going go-ing to a restaurant or relatively rela-tively simply. Some children may find it overwhelming to experience more than one or two new tastes and textures. Chinese cookbooks are available avail-able at the public library. There are many Web sites featuring Chinese cooking www.chinese-food.about.com www.chinese-food.about.com is one of many. Cookbooks are housed in the 641 section of the library. 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Many states offer brochures and maps through the mail. Each child can pick his favorite favor-ite state, request (via online or writing a letter) a map and brochure of the state. Create a state collage by cutting out pictures pic-tures of the state's cities, historical his-torical sites, and scenery, and glue onto a cutout of the map. Part of the fun of armchair travel is that you can be as simple sim-ple or as elaborate as you like. Spend a day getting a taste of a new culture or spend a week, or more, exploring a country's history, geography and culture in depth. For just the cost of your time and a few supplies, you can provide memorable and enjoyable experiences for your family. Payson Scottish Festival Hear bagpipes and drums at the Payson Scottish Festival. Festi-val. The festival opens tonight with a concert at Peteetneet Museum "Stonecircle" will perform at 7:30 p.m.. The events on Friday and Saturday Satur-day take place at Payson's Memorial Park. On Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. there wifl be booths and entertainment at the park's bandstand. Saturday Sat-urday events begin with a breakfast at 8 a.m., a parade at 9 a.m. Competitions take place throughout the park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a variety of performers will entertain en-tertain at the bandstand from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the festival is free. 3,2,1, Blastoff! On July 11 at 10 a.m., Erica Miller will "explode" with excitement ex-citement as she teaches kids about science experiments in Macey's Little Theater, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove store. Adults must accompany their children. The class is free, sign up at the store's service desk or call 796-6601. Meet Guy Francis Artist Guy Francis creates illustrations for children's books, including Beehive Award nominee, "Mrs. McBloom, Clean Up Your Classrobm," and his newest, "Dance by the Light of the Moon," written by Joanne Ryder. 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