During November and December, we try and ship orders within one day. This means you should receive the Activity Box (or Boxes) within one week of purchase. Friendly reminder if you are ordering this as a gift – please be sure to give us the correct shipping address of the recipient. Holiday orders placed by December 15, 2019 will be shipped in time to be received by December 24, 2019.  For orders placed after December 15, 2019, please select overnight shipping to ensure delivery by December 24, 2019.

The Christmas Markets in Vienna Activity Box is designed for children ages 4-8. Children ages 4-5 may require assistance in using the Activity Box. Children ages 9-10 can also enjoy the Activity Box. 

All items in the Christmas Markets in Vienna Activity Box fit in the accompanying cloth backpack.

Dimensions for the Activity Box itself are as follows:

Width:17.5 inches, (44.45 centimeters)
Height:17.5 inches, (44.45 centimeters)
Depth: 3.5 inches, (8.89 centimeters)

On average, each box weighs approximately 1 pound and 12 ounces.

Unfortunately, this is not an actual trip to the Christmas Markets in Vienna. That being said, we hope you feel you’ve taken a trip to the magical Christmas Markets in Vienna after enjoying our Activity Box. All activities, games, and items in the Activity Box will make you feel as if you’ve actually traveled to Vienna!

Our products, programming and workshops are created and designed using Global Sleepover’s Three E Methodology. The Three E Methodology is our guiding principle which ensures an educational, entertaining and engaging experience in all our products and services. This approach has been tested and developed over 5 years and with over 50 schools in 7 countries. We continue to test, refine and improve this methodology.

Research and Testing
Research, data-based analysis, academic and theoretical assessments are critical to effectively teach literacy and global competencies and to implement project-based learning. For this reason, our research, data analysis and thought-leadership is lead by American University’s Intercultural and International Communications Program at the School of International Service in Washington, DC.

Our stories, content and products are developed with continuous testing, research and teacher/student feedback. We incorporate monitoring, evaluation, assessment, teacher/student feedback and recommendations into all stages of our work.

Foundations of Project Based and Challenge Based Learning
Participation and project based learning has a direct link to increased academic achievement. The Global Sleepover builds project and challenge based exercises through storytelling, art, creativity and imagination. Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools, a 2011 report by President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, finds an undeniable positive correlation between learning of the arts and increased performance in academic subjects such as mathematics and reading. Challenge Based Learning provides for a process that places all learners in charge and responsible for the learning, a focus on global ideas with local challenges and solutions and purposeful use of technology. This participatory approach is also the driving rationale behind our curriculum.

Educational Standards
Our stories, educational products, games and activities align with National Common Core and International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Standards.

Global Competency
Global competency, global citizenship, international education and 21st century skills are interchangeable terms. These skills empower children with the skills they need to engage in tomorrow’s global world. With these skills, they will be better prepared to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, work collaboratively with individuals from different cultures and countries, develop and utilize innovative and entrepreneurial skills, and develop civic, critical thinking, and communication literacy.

According to Asia Society’s Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World Report by Veronica Boix-Mansilla and Tony Jackson,  global competency is the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance. To this we add learning outcomes and teaching goals such as social inclusion, the ability to recognize and act on global and local citizenship; can identify actions that promote empathy and tolerance; demonstrated teamwork and empathy skills by working together to achieve a common goal; and a developed sense of belonging, confidence and community.

Each Activity Box comes with an instruction sheet. You will be guided through the Activity Box through a step-by-step process.

In 2020, we will be selling Activity Boxes that will take children on journeys to countries and locations in Rwanda, Italy, Brazil, India, Antarctica and the Amazon Rainforest. We’ll also have the Activity Box about Brazil available in Spanish. From time-to-time, we offer special one-time boxes such as an Olympics in Tokyo Box available for Summer 2020.

Take a journey to the Christmas Markets in Vienna without leaving your home!  

Each Christmas Markets in Vienna Activity Box contains:

1. A canvas drawstring backpack that fits all the items. Children can take their Activity Box anywhere- on roadtrips, to parties or to their friends’ home.   The canvas drawstring backpack is 11.81 inches wide and 17.7 inches high.

2. A cardboard Puppet Stage with cut out paper puppets and popsicle sticks for the puppets. Children can use their creativity and have a puppet show anywhere! Puppet stage is 10 inches wide and 16 inches high.

3. A 16-page Travel Journal with a set of Crayola crayons. Contains coloring pages, journal pages, information about the Christmas Markets in Vienna, tips, a letter from a new friend in the Christmas Markets, and games/activities. Color and cut-out your own ornaments.

4. A 4-page fully bound Board Book where a child can write his/her own story about a journey to the Christmas Markets in Vienna. Board books are thicker pages and keep in better shape.

5. A special holiday souvenir.

6. A postcard a child can send to anyone and share about his/her journey to the Christmas Markets in Vienna.

We can ship outside the U.S. for an additional shipping fee. We’d be happy to share this journey with children abroad!

Your satisfaction is important to us. We accept returns on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us and we will do our best to alleviate your concerns. Please note refunds may be partial if materials in the Activity Box have been used.

In some cases, we charge a nominal shipping fee. From time-to-time we offer promotions offering free shipping.

It is important to us that you and your child enjoy your storytelling journey to the Christmas Markets in Vienna. Please contact us at sales@globalsleepover.com or  +1 347 762 1081.