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I wanted to do a treasure map activity with my 6 year old to teach her some mapping skills. I told her we were going to pretend to be pirates and go on a backyard treasure hunt. The first step would be learning how to draw a treasure map for kids. A quick learn-from-my-mistake word …

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Looking for a multiplication color by number worksheet? How about a coloring activity where kids can brush up on some geography at the same time? I have for you a coloring worksheet that combines learning the states of the United States with practicing multiplication facts. How It Works There’s a .pdf that you can download …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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