Welcome to our third annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Blog Series and Giveaway! Follow along all month for ideas about sharing with kids the rich cultures of this vast and varied region. Also, be sure to enter the giveaway below and link up your posts at the bottom of the page.
For even more ideas, visit our blog hops from last year and 2014.
May 2
Pint Size Gourmets on Multicultural Kid Blogs: Mixed Ethnicity – The Children to Asian Pacific Islanders
May 3
The Art Curator for Kids: Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple
May 5
Crafty Moms Share: Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook
May 6
Creative World of Varya: Exploring the Pacific Islands
May 9
Crafty Moms Share: Malaysian and Singapore Children’s Favourite Stories
May 12
All Done Monkey: Coconut Curd Recipe
May 13
Colours of Us: 30 Asian and Asian-American Children’s Books
May 16
Bicultural Mama: 11 Chinese Foods that Are Not Really Chinese
May 17
Wise Owl Factory: Vocabulary and Word Search Printable and Classic Stories
May 23
Miss Panda Chinese: Interview with My Son on Learning His Heritage Language
May 27
Pack-n-Go Girls on Multicultural Kid Blogs: 4 Ways to Explore Myanmar with Kids
May 30
Crafty Moms Share: Exploring Ramadan in Singapore
Enter Our Giveaway!
If a winner is drawn who is outside of the shipping area of a particular prize, that prize will revert to the next lower prize package or a new winner will be drawn. See our full giveaway rules.
Grand Prize
From Tuttle Publishing:
Origami Zoo Kit: includes Book, 40 Papers, 95 Stickers, Zoo Map
Beyond the Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting for the Global Age
Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts: Over 100 projects & ideas celebrating Chinese culture
From Miss Panda Chinese: Set of three learning units (75 page Chinese Number Unit 0 – 100, 30 page Days of the Week Unit, and 18 page Moon Festival Unit)
From Daria, World Music for Children: Set of pu’ili (Hawaiian rhythm sticks) plus a Make Your Own Pu’ili craft PDF. US Shipping Only
1st Prize
From Tuttle Publishing:
All about Korea: Stories, songs, crafts, and more
Malaysian Children’s Favourite Stories
From Whole Wide World Toys: World Village Playset China, includes playmat, book, wooden puzzle figures, and story cards. US Shipping Only
Give good luck wishes with a Dumpling Mama lucky envelope. Envelopes have a card inside to write a personal message. Pack of 5 LUCK envelopes are for birthdays, graduations, and baby showers. Pack of 5 HAPPY envelopes are for weddings, engagement, and bridal showers. US/Canada Shipping Only
From Mikaya Press: Tah Majal, a story of love and empire. US Shipping Only
2nd Prize
From Gestalten Publishing: The Honey Hunter, a modern day South Asian fable that teaches children to respect and appreciate nature.
From Quarto Group:
Journey Around the World, discover with Playmobil the most marvelous places on earth with this fully illustrated travel journal. US Shipping Only
C is for China, stunning photographic book capturing the rhythms of everyday life in China. US Shipping Only
I is for India, From Bollywood to Peacock, from Namaskar to Tea, this photographic alphabet is a celebration of India in all its vast and colourful diversity. US Shipping Only
