Let's Go Geography has online geography lesson plans to teach Kindergarten aged kids thru to Grade 4. You have the option of choosing between purchasing lesson plans for a full school year or half a school year. Each school year (there are 3 in total) has 36 weeks of lesson plans. The 36 weeks are made up of: 26 weeks studying a different country per week 2 weeks for studying 2 different sections of the US 4 review weeks 4 weeks to take a break from Geography You can ...
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United States Geography Activities: The Crafty Classroom Review
The last few weeks, my 7 year old has been using the USA Activity Bundle from The Crafty Classroom. This bundle of United States geography activities contains 3 downloadable .pdf workbooks: U.S.A. 50 State Mazes U.S.A. State by State Activity Notebook U.S.A. State Bird Art Cards USA 50 State Mazes Each page of the "U.S.A. 50 State Mazes" contains a full-page maze in the shape of a state. This is a favourite of my daughter's as she loves solving mazes. The mazes are more fun ...
Learning Mapping Skills With A Pirates Treasure Hunt
International Talk Like A Pirate Day is September 19th of each year. This year we decided to celebrate with an educational treasure hunt. A chance for my daughter to learn some mapping skills, while having a lot of fun doing so. A quick learn-from-my-mistake word of advice: Don't tell your kids you're going to be doing a pirate's treasure hunt until you're ready to give it your complete and undivided attention. I made the mistake of telling my daughter during breakfast. And before I was ...
The Day The Crayons Came Home – Postcard From Italy
The theme of this months Poppins Book Nook is "Countries Around The World". The children's book I choose is one of my favourites: "The Day The Crayons Came Home". In the story, a little boy named Duncan get's a strange stack of postcards in the mail from some of his crayons that he forgot about or lost over the years. Some of those crayons sent him postcards from various countries around the world. If you have children, in my opinion, this is a must read children's book. It is quite ...
Geography – Teaching the World’s Countries To Young Children
Even young children can be taught geography. When I was little, my mom would spend a few minutes a day doing geography with my brother and I. At a very young age, I knew the name and location of every country on the globe. I am now following the same simple method with my daughter. Firstly you need to make sure of the basics. Ensure your child is aware that the globe represents the planet we live on, earth. The vast blue area represents water and the other areas represent land. ...
