Our plans were kind of all over the place through the years. If you use these plans, you can follow the master list (which I'll link here after I've finished and posted it) without assigning the same maps in different years. I've adjusted the maps for this year in particular to focus much more on the individual country associated with the book being read.
You would only choose three of these books.
Sovietrek: A Journey by Bicycle Across Russia
Week 1
pp. 6-17
Geography Coloring Book: Russia on p. 26 (just color the outline)
Week 2
pp. 18-25
Geography Coloring Book: Moscow on p. 26
Week 3
pp. 26-33
Geography Coloring Book: Volga River on p. 26
Week 4
pp. 34-43
Geography Coloring Book: Ural Mountains on p. 26
Week 5
pp. 44-51
Geography Coloring Book: Black Sea on p. 26
Week 6
pp. 52-57
Geography Coloring Book: Caspian Sea on p. 26
Week 7
pp. 58-67
Geography Coloring Book: Lake Baikal on p. 26
Week 8
pp. 68-75
Geography Coloring Book: Barents Sea on p. 26
Week 9
pp. 76-83
Geography Coloring Book: Bering Sea on p. 26 (Find Alaska)
Week 10
pp. 84-93
Geography Coloring Book: Baltic Sea on p. 26
Week 11
pp. 94-99
Geography Coloring Book: Arctic Ocean
Week 12
pp. 100-end
no Coloring Book assignment
The Children of China: An Artist’s Journey
While the page numbers below are for The Children of China, the mapping assignments are not specific to the book. They would also work for A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night.
Week 1
pp. 5-7
Geography Coloring Book: China on p. 33 (just the outline)
Week 2
pp. 8-9
Geography Coloring Book: Beijing on p. 33
Week 3
pp. 10-11
Geography Coloring Book: Himalaya Mountains on p. 33
Week 4
pp. 12-13
Geography Coloring Book: Tibet and the Plateau of Tibet on p. 33
Week 5
pp. 14-17
Geography Coloring Book: the Yangtze River on p. 33
Week 6
pp. 18-19
Geography Coloring Book: the Yellow River on p. 33
Week 7
pp. 20-23
Geography Coloring Book: Altai Mountains on p. 33
Week 8
pp. 24-27
Geography Coloring Book: Gobi Desert on p. 33
Week 9
pp. 28-30
Geography Coloring Book: Mongolia on p. 33
Water Buffalo Days
Week 1
pp. 1-10
Geography Coloring Book: Vietnam on p. 34
Week 2
pp. 11-22
Geography Coloring Book: Brunei on p. 34
Week 3
pp. 23-30
Geography Coloring Book: Cambodia on p. 34
Week 4
pp. 31-38
Geography Coloring Book: Indonesia on p. 34
Week 5
pp. 39-46
Geography Coloring Book: Laos on p. 34
Week 6
pp. 47-57
Geography Coloring Book: Malaysia on p. 34
Week 7
pp. 58-71
Geography Coloring Book: Myanmar (Burma) on p. 34
Week 8
pp. 72-86
Geography Coloring Book: Philippines on p. 34
Week 9
pp. 87-101
Geography Coloring Book: Thailand on p. 34
Week 10
pp. 102-112
Geography Coloring Book: Indian Ocean on p. 34
Week 11
pp. 113-117
Geography Coloring Book: South China Sea on p. 34
Optional Additional Book: Sacred River by Ted Lewin
We owned this book and we had an extra week, so I added this as Week 12 for Water Buffalo Days (above) or as Week 7 for Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (below). This would also be a nice complement to Daughter of the Mountains (an alternate title below).
Geography Coloring Book: India on p. 32 (outline only)
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
Week 1
pp. 1-23
Geography Coloring Book: Japan on p. 33
Week 2
pp. 24-36
Geography Coloring Book: North Korea on p. 33
Week 3
pp. 37-54
Geography Coloring Book: South Korea on p. 33
Week 4
pp. 54-71
Geography Coloring Book: Taiwan on p. 33
Week 5
pp. 72-87
Geography Coloring Book: Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea on p. 33
Week 6
pp. 87-104
Geography Coloring Book: East China Sea and South China Sea on p. 33
Daughter of the Mountains
This book contains references to Buddhism and practices that may warrant discussions with your children. See the Mater Amabilis™ Level 1A online syllabus for more information. It is also a book with longer chapters than the other options which you may need to read aloud.
Week 1
Foreward and Ch 1
Geography Coloring Book: Himalaya Mountains on p. 32
Week 2
Ch 2
Geography Coloring Book: Nepal on p. 32
Week 3
Ch 3
Geography Coloring Book: Ganges River on p. 32
Week 4
Ch 4
Geography Coloring Book: Bangladesh on p. 32
Week 5
Ch 5
Geography Coloring Book: Pakistan on p. 32
Week 6
Ch 6
Geography Coloring Book: Indus River on p. 32
Week 7
Ch 7
Geography Coloring Book: Bhutan on p. 32
Week 8
Ch 8
Geography Coloring Book: Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea on p. 32
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