I wanted to teach my 6 year old 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 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 ...
Geography
Color By Number of Africa Multiplication Activity
Here is a fun multiplication coloring activity for kids. It's a color by number printable that combines math with geography. Kids will get to practice their multiplication facts, while learning the names and locations of countries in Africa. And all this learning comes in the form of a coloring activity. It combines Math with Geography and Art. How This Coloring Activity Works You can download a free printable .pdf below that has a list of 51 African countries. Beside the ...
Multiplication Color By Number – United States
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 below completely free, that has a list of all 50 states. Beside each state name is a multiplication question. For example, beside the state "Indiana" is the ...
Let’s Go Geography Review
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 ...
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 ...
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 humorous ...
