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Join us as we journey to the incredible country of Cambodia! During this virtual tour of Cambodia for kids, we’ll enjoy fun and inspiring Cambodia activities. This Cambodia virtual field trip is a perfect way to explore and also serve the world right from home during this holiday season!
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Wildlife Alliance delivers a unique and successful model of hands-on direct protection to 1.3 million hectares of the Cardamom Mountains rainforest, one of the last unfragmented rainforests in Southeast Asia.
A Path of Stars by Anne Sibley O’Brien (Author, Illustrator)
Find a picture book read aloud and discussion of The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany’s Gift of Hope right here!
Color in Cambodia on this map of Asia!
Flag from HERE
HERE is a fun printable Cambodian flag coloring sheet!
Angkor Wat is a huge temple complex, or group of many temples, in Cambodia. It is the biggest religious monument in the world! The original temple was built to honor the Hindu god Vishnu. It later transitioned to become a Buddhist temple.
You can learn more about Angkor Wat here, or in the below video!
Preah Maha Ghosananda was called “the Gandhi of Cambodia.” He served as a Buddhist “temple boy” as an 8-year old. He received his higher education in India and studied under one of Mahatma Gandhi’s Japanese disciples.
During Pol Pot’s “Reign of Terror” during the rule of the Khmer Rouge, Maha lived and served in refugee camps at the border of Thailand and Cambodia. He founded 30 temples and distributed copies of Buddhist scriptures. In 1980, shortly after the communist government had been replaced, Maha represented Cambodia at the United Nations. In 1992, he led a 16-day, 125-mile peace walk across Cambodia.
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Dina Chhan was born in a refugee camp when the Khmer Rouge was in power. She learned to carve buffalos and toy dolls by using mud that was very wet during the monsoon season.
Dina paints and sculpts everyday activities and musical scenes. She also does some abstract work. She teaches art to children in orphanages in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
One of the refugee camps where she lived, Poipet, had many unexploded landmines nearby. She wanted to do something to stop this destructive, hidden problem. So she made sculptures to share the stories of the mines.
You can see some of her work here!
Start by watching THIS VIDEO on the bas reliefs at Angkor Wat. Bas relief, or low relief, is an art form where the artist raises the artwork up from a flat surface, but does not raise it very high. Overall, they have a shallow depth. Coins are a great example of bas relief in everyday life!
Next, chose your medium, or your material that you’ll use to make your own bas relief. Some examples are modeling clay (here’s our favorite inexpensive clay, or here is great colored clay!), play dough (or you can make your own!), or carving out of a bar of soap.
Finally, choose a story from a bas relief at Angkor Wat and recreate your own bas relief. This details the Churning of the Ocean Milk, or you can choose another story. The below books on world religions and Hindu deities are especially helpful!
There are a number of types of traditional dance in Cambodia. Cambodian dances often convey different stories.
Amok is one of the most common Cambodian dishes. It’s a curry with a hint of sweetness and lemongrass flavor that can have different types of vegetables or meat. It is served with rice.
Here’s a recipe to make a simple amok at home. It uses fairly standard ingredients you likely have at home (you may need to search a bit for lemongrass, though)!
One of my favorite recipes that a dear Cambodian friend (featured in a video below) makes often is Cambodian spring rolls. Here’s a great recipe for them!
We’ve loved putting together this resource to virtually visit Cambodia. We’d love to hear if you do any of these activities for a homeschooling Cambodia unit, or if you visit in person!
We hope to inspire curiosity and connection through exploring and learning, and we hope this guide helps you and your families. Please share any activities you do with us over on our Instagram. And we’d be delighted if you passed this Cambodia for kids virtual tour and homeschooling resource along to others, as well!
