Lacey sees beauty where others don’t, whether it’s a forgotten patch of lavender on her family’s farm in Provence or a stray dog on the streets of Paris. In four original audio stories, your family will help Lacey save the lavender, outrun Paris’s most determined dog catcher, step inside the paintings at the Musée d’Orsay and bring a magical Bastille Day to her small town. Each story is about 30 minutes and made for kids ages 5–11. This France country set also includes 9 printables, two recipes and a full country guide.
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Lacey loves living in southern France, and one of her favorite things about it is the lavender fields in the summer. That’s why she just won’t accept that a small patch of her parents’ lavender field is being discarded, all because it isn’t as purple or fragrant as the rest of the field. Meanwhile, Lacey’s older brother has his own challenge – competing against Silver Eye DuBois in the town’s Pétanque tournament.
Learn what the colors of the French flag mean, explore French geography with maps, find out what Bastille Day really celebrates and discover why the Eiffel Tower was almost taken down. This part of the country guide also visits the lavender fields of Provence and teaches pétanque, the game you’ll see in French village squares.
Did you know? When the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, the plan was to take it down after 20 years.
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Meet the Impressionists: Edgar Degas and his ballerinas, Claude Monet and his garden at Giverny, and the painting that gave Impressionism its name. Kids can draw a Degas ballerina in chalk pastel with art teacher Susan Garrison, in a lesson made just for Around the World Stories, then look closely at famous paintings with questions to talk about together.
Did you know? The word Impressionism came from an art critic who didn’t like Monet’s painting Impression, Sunrise.
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Two French classics to make together: homemade croissants and thin, golden crepes with whatever fillings your family loves. Each one comes as a printable recipe card.
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Print, color and play: European flag memory and flag challenge games, a France map coloring page, Western Europe map challenges, Lost Friend, Degas ballerina and water lilies coloring pages, and both recipe cards.
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