Week 1 — Where in the World Is Peru?
Geography, Animals, The Andes · Music: Pan flute · Game: Frio y Caliente
Preschool
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; pan flute music playing
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring your favorite toy and tell us why you love it
9:50
10 min
Globe time: find South America, find Peru; pass the globe
10:00
15 min
📖 Read Aloud: Maria Had a Little Llama
10:15
10 min
🦙 Animal photo cards: llamas, condors, jaguars, guinea pigs
10:25
20 min
✂️ Craft: Paper plate llama — paint, yarn hair, googly eyes
10:45
15 min
💃 Movement + Music: move like Peru animals (stomp like llama, fly like condor)
11:00
20 min
🎮 Game: Frio y Caliente — hide a llama toy, guide with frio/caliente
11:20
8 min
🏔️ Show big photos of Machu Picchu and the Andes
11:28
2 min
🙏 Circle up + closing prayer for Peru
Kindergarten
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; pan flute music playing
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring your favorite toy and tell us why you love it
9:50
15 min
🗺️ Big floor/wall map: find Peru, learn 3 regions with gestures
10:05
15 min
📖 Read Aloud: Maria Had a Little Llama
10:20
15 min
🐾 Animal sorting game — sort picture cards: mountains / jungle / coast
10:35
15 min
🎵 Music: Panpipe clips; introduce zampoña and cajón; tap the beat
10:50
20 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Frio y Caliente relay — teams race to find hidden items using frio/caliente clues in Spanish
11:10
15 min
✂️ Craft: Llama paper bag puppet
11:25
5 min
🙏 Closing prayer for Peru
Grades 1–3
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; folk music intro (zampoña — panpipe)
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring your favorite book and share what it's about and why you like it
9:50
15 min
🗺️ Wall map: kids place sticky notes (Andes, Amazon, Lima, Machu Picchu)
10:05
15 min
📖 Read Aloud: Up and Down the Andes
10:20
15 min
🏛️ Lesson: The Inca Empire — Machu Picchu, massive stones, no wheels
10:35
15 min
🧱 Inca engineering challenge — stack irregular shapes without mortar
10:50
20 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Frio y Caliente relay — teams race to find hidden items using frio/caliente clues in Spanish
11:10
15 min
💬 Discussion: What surprised you most about the Incas?
11:25
5 min
🙏 Closing prayer for Peru
Week 2 — People, Food, and Culture
Daily life, Incan history, textiles · Music: Festejo · Cooking: Causa Rellena
Preschool
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; upbeat Festejo music; clap and move
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring something from nature (rock, leaf, shell, flower) and tell us where you found it
9:50
10 min
🌎 Review: globe out — Who remembers where Peru is?
10:00
10 min
🥔 Pass around potato varieties — Peru has 3,000 kinds!
10:10
55 min
👨🍳 Cooking: Causa Rellena — mash, stir, layer, decorate, eat!
11:05
15 min
🎮 Game: Spinning tops (Trompo) — who spins longest?
11:20
10 min
📖 Read Aloud: Maria Had a Little Llama
Kindergarten
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; Festejo music — clap the beat
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring something from nature (rock, leaf, shell, flower) and tell us where you found it
9:50
10 min
🗺️ Review: point to Peru on the map; name the 3 regions
10:00
10 min
🥔 Potato exploration: pass around varieties, teacher shares history
10:10
55 min
👨🍳 Cooking: Causa Rellena — kids lead their stations
11:05
15 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Sapo (Frog Game) — toss bean bags at targets, keep score by teams
11:20
10 min
🎵 Music: Festejo dance clip; try the cajón beat
Grades 1–3
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; Festejo music; Afro-Peruvian music lesson
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring something you made or built and explain how you did it
9:50
15 min
🏛️ Lesson: Inca civilization — quipu, terraces, road system
10:05
10 min
🪢 Activity: Make a quipu — tie knots to represent numbers
10:15
50 min
👨🍳 Cooking: Causa Rellena — kids take biggest roles
11:05
15 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Sapo (Frog Game) — toss bean bags at targets, keep score by teams
11:20
8 min
🎵 Music: Festejo — cajón beat, Afro-Peruvian dance clip
11:28
2 min
🙏 Closing prayer for Peru
Week 3 — Faith and Missions in Peru
Christians in Peru, Wycliffe, Cameron Townsend · Music: Worship in Spanish
Preschool
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome; worship music; kid-led prayer for Peru
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring a picture of your family and share who's in it
9:50
15 min
📖 Story: Missionaries in the Amazon — photos of churches, kids
10:05
10 min
📖 Read Aloud: Maria Had a Little Llama (Good Shepherd connection)
10:15
10 min
🎵 Music: Spanish song about God's love; learn 'Dios te ama'
10:25
25 min
✂️ Craft: Prayer flags — draw Peru or prayer picture, string together
10:50
25 min
🎮 Game: Missionary Journey obstacle course (jungle, mountains, river)
11:15
10 min
🎨 Hang up prayer banner together
11:25
5 min
🙏 Group echo prayer; take home Peru prayer card
Kindergarten
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; worship music playing
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Bring a picture of your family and share who's in it
9:50
15 min
📖 Story: Cameron Townsend — 'Why doesn't God speak my language?'
10:05
15 min
💬 Discussion: Why hear about God in your own language?
10:20
15 min
🎵 Music + Quechua: Learn 5 words with clapping rhythm
10:35
15 min
✂️ Craft: Mini Bible booklet — fold, decorate, draw inside
10:50
20 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Missionary Journey obstacle course — jungle crawl, mountain climb, river cross
11:10
10 min
🗣️ Each child shares one prayer for Peru
11:20
8 min
✂️ Peru prayer card — decorate and take home
11:28
2 min
🙏 Group prayer
Grades 1–3
Time
Length
Activity
9:30
10 min
Welcome + prayer; worship music
9:40
10 min
🎤 Show & Tell: Share something you learned this unit about Peru that surprised you
9:50
20 min
📖 Story + Discussion: Cameron Townsend — 26 language translations
10:10
15 min
🔤 Bible Translation Challenge — substitution cipher at the board
10:25
25 min
🎵 Music: Peruvian Christian song; discuss worship in other cultures
10:50
20 min
🎮 Combined K + Grades 1–3 Game: Missionary Journey obstacle course — jungle crawl, mountain climb, river cross
11:10
15 min
✂️ Prayer card craft — decorate and share what they'll pray for
11:25
5 min
🙏 Closing group prayer for Peru
KatyLee Homeschool · Peru 3-Week Unit Study