Around the World Preschool Theme

Children's literature lesson plans, story book reviews and resources for an around the world preschool theme offering you multi-cultural lessons and preschool activities that will give children a global perspective of the world.

Children's Literature Lesson Plans

This is a growing list of children's literature lesson plans and resources from around the world, along with age-appropriate activities and other ideas to go along with these stories. They are suitable for children aged 4-8.

Here you will also find a collection of top quality multi-cultural and environment-friendly stories about people and places from around the world.

In this day and age, global travel and global communications require that we and our children have an appreciation of people from different countries and cultures especially, but also a knowledge of the countries from whence they come.

Find around the world preschool theme ideas submitted by other visitors to this site at the bottom of this page and share your own using the form below too.

Start Here

Before you embark on your story-driven adventure around the world, start with Lesson 1 - An Introduction to the World.

Asia

China Preschool Lesson Plan

Ideas for a preschool theme about China using mapwork, children's literature, a look at silkworms, a Chinese lantern craft, traditional Chinese food and more.

India

A literature-rich India preschool theme including a map, flag, craft and other interesting facts about India.

Africa

South Africa Preschool Theme

The best South African children's literature, printables, recipes for South African traditional food, mapwork and some Afrikaans language vocabulary to learn.

North America

United States of America Preschool Theme

A free printable USA map, flag, American food, crafts, USA story books and more, ideal for celebrating patriotic days like the 4th of July or as an introduction to the USA for children around the world.

Europe

France Preschool Theme

Find France on a map, colour in the French flag, enjoy French food, learn about the Eiffel Tower, try some French vocabulary and enjoy some top class children's story books about France.

U.K. Stories

• Madeline in London
• Katie in London
• Katie and the British Artists
• This is London
• The Queen's Knickers
• Paddington

Switzerland - Stories

• The Apple and the Arrow
• The Story of Heidi
• Florina and the Wild Bird
• A Bell for Ursli
• Dear Alexandra

Top of Around the World Preschool Theme

Australia and New Zealand

Australia -Stories

• Outback Odyssey
• Possum Magic
• Koala Lou
• Edward the Emu
• The Muddle-headed Wombat
• Are We There Yet?
• Any titles by Mem Fox

At www.homeschoolingdownunder.com you will find a more comprehensive Australian Picture Booklist

Antarctica

Antarctica - Stories

• The Emperor's Egg
• The Emperor Lays an Egg
• South Pole Penguins (Adventures Of Riley)

Share Your Around the World Preschool Theme Ideas

Help build up the ideas for studying the countries of the world by sharing the books or activities that you and your children have enjoyed.

Photos make web pages so much more interesting, so where possible, please upload a photo or two showing what you did and describe your activities as fully as possible.

Give variations that others could try too.

You could also ask your children for feedback and share how they experienced the activity.

At www.best-childrens-books.com you will find lists of award-winning multi-cultural children's books including Asian-American and African-American story books.