Real Chinese Goodies in the Mail
Welcome to the Learn About China Kit website! I'm Yang Ge from China, and my goal is to help you experience China hands-on with real items mailed from me to you!
Why am I doing this? Well, my good foreign friend Jimmie shared this idea with me. She said that many, many educators and homeschoolers are fascinated with China and love getting postcards or goody packets mailed from my country. I thought that with her help (like writing an English booklet 
and helping me create this website) I could fill this desire to learn more about China with real cultural items. This is quite easy for me to do. And since my son is heading to college soon, this is a great way to save some money for his education.
China Learning Kit is a proud sponsor of the 2009 Homeschool Blog Awards.
Learning from Real Things
Reading about China is great, but wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to touch China with your own hands and experience it? My China Learning Packet will bring a bit of China right to your mailbox!
The China Packet
What Your Packet Will Contain
- Chinese papercut
- Chinese knot
- Red packet with currency
- Chinese flag
- Postcards
- Bookmark
- Red scarf worn by young Communist students
- An informational brochure about the things in your packet
- Honeycomb lantern
- Stickers
"As she opened it, she kept saying, 'Is this mine? Can I keep this?"
Testimonials
From Lisa at Lisa's Homeschool Circus: "The first thing that the kids saw as they opened the packet was the real red scarf that children from China wear from ages 6-14. Evie thought it was so neat to hold and wear something that a little girl her age could be wearing right now over there! You could almost feel the world get smaller for her as we talked. Pretty amazing!"
"This was the highlight of our day. I'm putting it away, and we'll be getting it back out this August when we begin studying China in earnest."
Bev G said, "We got our packet today!!! How exciting! My daughter (age 7) loved it. As she opened it, she kept saying, 'Is this mine? Can I keep this? Wow, I got money!' She really enjoyed looking over and playing with everything.
My daughter has been questioning her identity recently so the packet was helpful in reinforcing her Chinese heritage."
Jan, a homeschool mom of two who blogs at Blue Willow Girls says, "My daughters were so excited to get a packet from China. They were adopted from China and we have many books on this subject, but even so they learned a few new tidbits from the written material. Lily, age 11, said, "It is so cool to have a real red scarf since we are about to read 'Red Scarf Girl and have seen them in so many pictures." They both agreed it was a great way for kids to learn about China and were even thrilled with the stamps on the package!"
Other Testimonials
- Just Call Me Jamin!
- Jene shares her younger son's and daughter's reactions to the China learning kit. The kit inspired some great discussions about China.
- Guest Hollow
- The Guest family shares their excitement over receiving a China Kit!
- Boys Plus Academy
- Another happy camper here when he gets his packet all the way from China!
- The Adamant Academy
- A quote from Dacia, "This thing is well put together and my kids LOVE it. They thought it was the neatest thing in the world to actually have stuff that came from China."
- Commotion from the Ocean of Life
- Miss K opens her packet all the way from China!
How to Purchase
Because I'm in China, I can only accept money by Paypal. Click the button to go directly to Paypal.
This link goes to the Chinese Paypal site. It is still Paypal, but you can see in the upper right hand corner a Chinese flag. In that spot you can change the language settings if necessary.
Send US$14 (or its UK or Canadian equivalent) per packet to yangge_china@sina.com.
In the Paypal comments, please include your full mailing address including country. Paypal will send you a message saying that your payment has been initiated. I will accept the payment, and you will get another email when the transaction is complete. Because it is an international transaction, this process can take one to two days. So please be patient.
It will take 2-3 weeks for your package to arrive. If after a full 25 days you have not received it, please email me at yangge_china@sina.com.
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Guestbook
If you have any questions about the packet or how to order it, please email me at yangge_china@sohu.com. (And please be patient. English is not my first language.)
Ami wrote
We finished up China a week or so ago, and this kit was a great part of our unit study. I highly recommend it to others! :-)
Posted October 13, 2009
Dacia Capps wrote
I ordered this forever ago but I have been in the middle of moving starting school well HECTIC is all I can say. I did make a post on my blog with pics that I thought you would like Thanks again for doing such a great job.
http://theadamantlearningacademy.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-new-kit.html
Posted August 22, 2009
Lori wrote
We got our kit this past week, and it's wonderful!! My dd was so excited. She just couldn't believe we had stuff from "actual China"!
Now she's really excited about starting our China lapbook.. granted it's an ANCIENT China lapbook, but just having this stuff has really motivated her to dig in to research.
Well worth it, thanks so much!!
Posted July 26, 2009
Daisy wrote
I keep trying to do this but it redirects me to my USA account & won't acknowledge the email address from China. Help??
shimeallj@yahoo.com
Posted July 17, 2009
Elaine wrote
We got out kit today!! We were so excited and my daughter took the items out one at at time. I blogged about it here (http://armyfamilyok.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/its-arrived/) and included some pictures as well.
Thanks for such a great offer. We'll use it often!!
Posted June 30, 2009
Lori wrote
I'm so excited! I just ordered one. Now if I can only be patient!!
Posted June 22, 2009
Elaine wrote
I've got mine on order. We can't wait to receive it!! It's going to be such an awesome addition to our studies. Thanks for making this possible and I hope other (countries) follow!!
Posted June 09, 2009
Ely wrote
Beautiful. We will be ordering this, for sure!
Posted June 08, 2009
Jo Anne wrote
What a wonderful package for learning. The bonus? My daughter will love that she is getting a package from China! She won't know, either, until it arrives. :) Thank you...
Posted June 08, 2009
Angela wrote
I am not sure hoe to use paypal. Can you walk me thru it. They want my account info, but I want to just use my credit card. Is that possible?
Posted June 07, 2009
Rachel NC wrote
How awesome! I hope others will follow your lead -but in other countries, of course! What a great way to help us learn!
Posted June 07, 2009
Angela wrote
Thank you so much! Just ordered, my daughter will be thrilled. China is the first country we studied. :)
http://satorismiles.com
Posted June 07, 2009
Ami wrote
I orderd and am spreading the word! :) Thanks
Posted June 06, 2009
Makita wrote...
Wonderful! I've ordered one and will be sharing with all the parents in my daughter's Mandarin class! :D
Posted June 05, 2009
Kerry wrote
I ordered!! And I'm going to spread the word - what a GREAT idea!
Posted June 05, 2009
Christie wrote
Beautiful Lens! I cannot wait to get the kit! Thank you
Posted June 05, 2009
Jamie wrote
how much is this packet? thanks~
Posted June 04, 2009
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