ArreniteThe World and Its Peoples
Maps, homes, food and festivals around the world.
By age: 0–2 · 3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12 · 13–17
Ages 0 to 2
A grown-up reads and plays along
- The same sky everywhere about 10 minutes
- Animals of the world about 10 minutes
- Hello around the world about 5 minutes
- A walk around the neighbourhood about 15 minutes
Ages 3 to 5
Read and do together
- A map of my room about 15 minutes
- Homes around the world about 15 minutes
- Foods around the world about 15 minutes
- Land, water and sky about 15 minutes
- Seven continents and five oceans about 20 minutes
- Our neighbourhood map about 20 minutes
- Seasons around the world about 15 minutes
- Languages of the world about 15 minutes
- Mountains and valleys about 15 minutes
- Deserts and rain about 15 minutes
- Weather around the world about 15 minutes
Ages 6 to 8
Read together, then try alone
- Maps with a key and a compass about 25 minutes
- Rivers, mountains and deserts about 25 minutes
- Rainforests about 25 minutes
- Neighbours and cultures about 25 minutes
- Continents and countries about 20 minutes
- Islands and archipelagos about 20 minutes
- Cities and villages about 20 minutes
- Food from around the world about 30 minutes
Ages 9 to 12
Read alone or together
- Latitude and longitude about 35 minutes
- Where people live about 35 minutes
- Climate zones and biomes about 35 minutes
- Fresh water for everyone about 35 minutes
- Map scale about 25 minutes
- Time zones about 25 minutes
- Why people move about 30 minutes
- Natural resources and sharing them about 30 minutes
Ages 13 to 17
Read alone
- Migration and refugees about 55 minutes
- Climate change: causes and responses about 55 minutes
- Trade and the things we buy about 55 minutes
- Cities and sustainability about 55 minutes
- Water and conflict about 40 minutes
- Population and ageing about 40 minutes
- Globalisation and culture about 40 minutes
- Disasters and resilience about 40 minutes