Educational Resources for Epcot’s China Pavilion
The China Pavilion in Epcot’s World Showcase is breathtakingly beautiful. Full of sights, sounds, and even delicious smells of the country. China is such an interesting country for children and there are tons of educational resources for Epcot’s China Pavilion. Check out some of these fun Disney educational resources that you can do with your child.
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Educational Resources for Epcot’s China Pavilion
The China Pavilion at Epcot is a beautiful representation of the culture that provides all sorts of educational opportunities.
Architecture
The China pavilion is located in-between the Norway pavilion and the Germany pavilion. As you enter the picturesque pavilion through the gateway known as the Gate of the Golden Sun, you are immediately immersed in the culture.
The heart of this pavilion is a half-scale reproduction of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests from the Temple of Heaven complex near Beijing. It houses Reflections of China, a journey through ancient and modern China courtesy of a spectacular 12-minute Circle-Vision 360° film.
Landscaping
The China pavilion has some of the most beautiful landscaping in all of World Showcase. It features a huge lotus pool surrounded by a garden. During the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, adorable panda topiaries can be found here.
Educational Resources for Epcot’s China Pavilion at Home
When you are not in the park, you can use this fun Epcot pavilion as inspiration for learning at home. Give these fun activities and books a try.
Crafts and Activities to Learn About China
Royal Baloo offers wonderful and free printable packs aimed at toddlers through first graders. Their Chinese New Year packs are a great way to introduce your children to this holiday and to reinforce academic skills at the same time.
Young children can learn all about China with these free China country study worksheets from A Toddler with a Pencil.
These free printable Chinese lantern templates from Gathering Beauty would make a fun craft for children of all ages.
Creative Family Fun offers a huge collection of crafts, food, and other activities to help introduce your children to the Chinese culture. You are sure to find something fun to do.
Preschool Powol Packets has a fun STEM activity to help children understand the structure of the Great Wall of China.
123 Homeschool 4 Me offers tons of free printables for kids on their website. These free printable Chinese New Year themed worksheets would be fun for your preschooler.
Books About China
Young children can learn about China’s history and culture in China ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of China by Holly Schroeder.
Your child can follow along in a day in the life of a young boy living in China in Living in…China by Chloe Perkins.
Even young children can learn to speak a few words in Chinese with the help of My First Book of Chinese Words by Faye-Lynn Wu.
The DK Eyewitness Books are always full of tons of information and amazing photographs and illustrations. Ancient China is no exception.
Welcome to China by Caryn Jenner is a great overview of the country for developing readers.
That photograph of the Chinese temple is amazing! I love going inside there and trying to make an echo!
I love visiting the China Pavilion. It’s one of my favorites. I guess that’s why I’ve written about it so often. Still haven’t mastered chopsticks though!
I change my mind all the time about which pavilion is my favorite. Right now it’s China. If only I liked Chinese food, it would be even better. 🙁
Great round up of some fun and educational activities. My daughter has learned how her name is written in Chinese at the Kidcot fun stops. She can’t get over how different it is.
Oh my goodness, I should be mentioning the Kidcot fun stops. I’ll be sure to do that in my last post. Thanks for the reminder!