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Welcome to the Global Explorers Library

Explore the world through stories and folk tales, hands-on cultural activities, and family-style learning.

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Ghana

Cuba Unit Study books and resources, featuring Island Treasures by Alma Flor Ada and Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar

Cuba

Colombia, South America unit study, featuring Juana & Lucas and Waiting for the Biblioburro literature guides, part of a homeschool geography curriculum and cultural activities for kids

Colombia

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Japan Unit Study, part of the Global Explorers Club's literature-based geography curriculum with cultural activities for kids, including The Writing Revolution resources, Circle Round folk tales, mapwork and notebooking, traditional games and recipes, and more.

Japan

South Korea Unit Study, part of the Global Explorers Club's literature-based geography curriculum with cultural activities for kids, including the Writing Revolution resources, Circle Round folk tales, mapwork and notebooking, Linda Sue Park and Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo, traditional games, and more

South Korea

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  • A child's paints a hand-drawn map inspired by Alma Flor Ada's book Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba, a homeschool notebooking mapwork activity recommended as part of the Global Explorers Club's Cuba unit study.
  • A child's Wild Blueberry Jam recipe card for Canada, a writing activity for kids included in the Global Explorers Club's Around the World curriculum.
  • Children paint different coral reef formations they've created as part of a homeschool notebooking mapwork activity included in the Global Explorers Club's Cuba unit study, a homeschool geography curriculum.
  • Children use rice to create different coral reef formations during the Global Explorers Club's Cuba unit study, a homeschool geography curriculum.
  • Homeschool Notebooking - a child completes a "Where in the World Are Those Coral Reefs?" mapwork activity for kids as part of the Global Explorers Club's North America unit study
  • Children playing the free printable Shisima board game available at the Global Explorers Club
  • A child working on a GPS coordinate map as part of a DisneyNature study on chimpanzees included in the Global Explorers Club Africa unit study
  • A child working on a geography notebooking activity for Chad, part of the Global Explorers Club Africa unit study
  • A child plays Trique, a three-in-a-row game from Colombia.
  • Juana & Lucas mapwork activity and book discussion guide, part of the Global Explorers Club's Colombia unit study, a homeschool geography curriculum
  • A child works with the Global Explorers Club's South America Infinity Street math activity, a Montessori-inspired place value tool that makes learning numbers fun and engaging. Perfect for elementary students, this hands-on printable helps kids dive into units, tens, hundreds, thousands, and even millions, while exploring South America's population numbers!
  • A child is working on a homeschool notebooking country journal page for Venezuela, a country included in the Global Explorers Club's South America unit study
  • Homeschool Notebooking activitity: The Incredible Yet True Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, a book discussion guide included in the Global Explorers Club's South America unit study, a secular homeschool geography curriculum.
  • A child's completed virtue affirmation, part of the Global Explorers Club's homeschool curriculum.
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  • A child spreads wild blueberry jam on toast as part of her study of Canada during the Global Explorers program.
  • A child stirs the ingredients together while preparing arroz con leche as part of a unit study on Mexico.