Week of May 10, 2021 | TK & Kindergarten
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Sticking together through everything from getting haircuts and preparing dumplings to practicing magic tricks and using chopsticks, identical twin sisters Ling and Ting display distinctive differences in personality and preference despite their similar looks.
Crafty Connections Follow along with author/illustrator Grace Lin to draw the Rabbit in the Moon, and learn what is symbolized by the apple, the orange, and the peach. Grace Lin also offers a Ling & Ting paper doll template to print, color, and cut out.
Week of May 10, 2021 | First Grade
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all.
Crafty Connections Follow along with author/illustrator Grace Lin to draw the Rabbit in the Moon, and learn what is symbolized by the apple, the orange, and the peach. Grace Lin also offers an Ugly Vegetable color sheet.
Kitchen Connection Ugly Vegetable soup recipe
Week of May 10, 2021 | Second Grade
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Who hasn’t gone to a birthday party and felt the pride of thinking of just the right gift, only to find out that someone else has thought of a better one? This counting book teaches that friendship is the greatest gift of all, and that our ten Arabic numerals originated in India.
Crafty Connection Arthur's Kids: Radial Symmetry Name Mandala | How to Create Name Mandala
Week of May 10, 2021 | Third Grade
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Crafty Connection Ruby and her cousins practiced calligraphy. Have fun creating your own font with this Simple Calligraphy Tutorial for Kids.
Week of May 10, 2021 | Fourth Grade
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
A true story set in a Japanese-American internment camp in World War II. As a young boy, Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura (1900-1968) wanted to be a baseball player, even though everyone told him he was too small. He grew up to become a successful athlete, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family were sent to one of several internment camps established in the U.S. for people of Japanese ancestry. Zeni brought the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope, and became known as the “Father of Japanese-American Baseball.”
Winner of the California Young Reader Medal, picture book for older readers category, 2018.
Video Drawn to Ancestry Honoring the special bond between children and their grandparents.
This May, Cartoon Network is celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and recognizing amazing kids who learn from their elders to pave their future.
Week of May 10, 2021 | Fifth Grade
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Every step forward is a victory. Fauja Singh (1911--) was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn’t allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn’t stop him. Working on his family’s farm, Fauja grew stronger to meet his own full potential. He never stopped striving. At the age of 81, after a lifetime of making his body, mind, and heart stronger, Fauja decided to run his first marathon. He went on to break records all around the world and became the first person over 100 to complete the grueling long-distance race. This true story reminds us that it’s both where we start and how we finish that make our journeys unforgettable.
Learn More Fauja Singh on Wikipedia
Video Drawn to Ancestry Honoring the special bond between children and their grandparents.
This May, Cartoon Network is celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and recognizing amazing kids who learn from their elders to pave their future.