Q1: Does MPF have any workbooks available? Can you recommend any children’s books to help me teach each of the “Ten Steps”?

MPF is currently preparing three workbooks based on age groupings. They will be available in September.

MPF has also compiled the following list of recommended children’s books that can be used as supplementary resources for helping children explore the “Ten Steps to Reach the Global Village”. This list was prepared by MPF’s Associate Cate Moore, a teacher in New Jersey, USA.

Step One: Size of Earth
• Our Big Home: An Earth Poem, by Linda Glaser
• The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, by Kathryn Lasky
• The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna Cole


Step Two: Earth’s Segments
• Blast Off to Earth, by Loreen Leedy


Step Three: Imbalance of resources
• Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold
• Something Beautiful, by Sharon Wyeth
• Long Live Earth, by Meighan Morrison
• Natural Resources, by Bobbie Kalman
• Earth’s Energy and Fuel, by Julie & Robert Brown


Step Four: Human disasters/ achievements
• The Unbreakable Code, by Sara Hoagland Hunter
• You Forgot your Skirt Amelia Bloomer, by Shana Corey
• A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, by David A. Adler
• First Flight, by Kelly Baysura
• Mother Earth, by Nancy Luenn
• Dear Children of the Earth, by Schimmel


Step Five: Rules establishment
• Miss Nelson is Missing, by Harry Allard
• Officer Buckle, by Peggy Rathman
• Sidekick, by Carol Nicklaus
• Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell, by David Adler
• You Lucky Dog, by Stephanie Peters
• Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy, by Barbara Park


Step Six: Making friends around the world
• Angel Child, Dragon Child, by Michele Surat
• I Hate English, by Ellen Levine
• Sue Lee’s New Neighborhood, by Lawrence Balter
• Whoever You Are, by Mem Fox
• New Friends in a New Land, by Judith B. Stamper


Step Seven: Study different cultures
• Stand Tall Molly Lou, by Patty Lovell
• The Unbreakable Code, by Sara Hoagland Hunter
• Somewhere in the World Right Now, by Stacey Schuett


Step Eight: Collaboration
• The Great Ball Game, by Joseph Bruchac
• Big Pumpkin, by Erica Silverman
• Harriet’s Halloween Candy, by Nancy Carlson
• Mrs. Rose’s Garden, by Elaine Greenstein
• It’s Mine!, by Leo Lionni


Step Nine: Entire world = playing field
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie Priceman
• The Bicycle Man, by Allen Say
• My House Has Stars, by Megan McDonald
• Around the World:Who’s Been There, by Lindsay Barrett George


Step Ten: Global Village
• A Country Far Away, by Nigel Gray
• This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch, by Edith Baer
• My House Has Stars, by Megan McDonald
• Somewhere in the World Right Now, by Stacey Schuett
• Rusy Mae has Something to Say

Q2: What age group is this product suitable for?

The primary target is children ages 7-15, but MPF’s products appeal to people of all ages.

Teaching with the learning lap can simply be adapted to the appropriate level of the class or child in question.

For instance, for younger children, it can be used as a picture book with an emphasis on the story through which they can become aware of the diversity of the world. For older children, you could add related topics to each Step, or you could go beyond each Step into action taking on a global scale, such as international Home Stays and field studies on multicultural issues. Either way, it is hoped that the “10 Steps” will provide an eye opening opportunity.

Older children can also be taught subjects such as economics, politics, sociology and environmental studies which will enable them to understand the linkage of various issues and obtain personal skills that are required to be a leader in the 21st century. It is possible for them to experience a high level of paradigm shift. (Please use the Teaching Guide CD ROM as a reference).


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