Teach your students about the 7 Continents with these activities, projects & games! Expose them to a world that's bigger than they can imagine!
Copywork is a fantastic way for children to practice a number of writing skills. I've taken the concept of copywork in a bit of a different direction by offering a collection of fun facts about a wide variety of interesting subjects children enjoy. Each worksheet present the child with a fascinating fact coupled with a
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
Do your students recognize that Africa is a continent and not a country? I find that even middle school students still need a little reminder. If you are looking for a way to help your students better grasp and identify the location of places and regions of Africa as well as understand its physical and cultural characteristics, virtual field trips are an exciting and meaningful interactive learning option.Technology today is pretty amazing. We can send our students on a virtual tour of the world
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Engaging Charlotte Mason geography activities for your homeschool with map study, drawing, and discussion. All are vital to an understanding of history.
While I know this generation of students will simply pull out a phone to find a location, I still like to spend time teaching longitude, latitude, and other map skills. I want my students to have a mental map of the United … Continue reading →
Hands-on learning isn't just for younger students! These hands-on activities for middle and high schoolers will help older students enjoy learning and stay actively engaged in the process.
Geography doesn't have to be a drag! In fact, you can learn geography through play by using fun globes, interesting books and hands-on activities!
I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and part of it was the layout. However, I believe a timeline can be a
Freedom Homeschooling lists free high-quality homeschool social studies, history, and geography curriculum for all grades.
Examining Canadian geography and looking at some ideas on how to teach our homeschool kids more about the country that they live in.
Start your social studies class off with a daily Bell Ringer. Each day your students will research and learn about a different country, territory, or special collective. This bell ringer includes 40 weeks, which means that your entire year or entry task are done!
Engaging Charlotte Mason geography activities for your homeschool with map study, drawing, and discussion. All are vital to an understanding of history.
Download 60+ FREE Geography from A to Z notebooking / copywork printables to create your own illustrated geography dictionary!
Third graders are responsible for knowing a lot about a lot! I'm feeling the pressure of teaching them all the new third grade content plus ...
6th-Grade Curriculum: Homeschool Resources for math, English, history / geography, science, typing, health, U.S. govt, literature tech and finances.
Hands-on learning isn't just for younger students! These hands-on activities for middle and high schoolers will help older students enjoy learning and stay actively engaged in the process.
Looking for a homeschool history curriculum or geography curriculum? Check out this huge list of homeschool history and geography curriculum favorites.
Learn the countries of our world with this fun geography game. Kids will learn world geography with this Continent Race game by Byron's Games.
Social studies for kids is such a fun topic to teach! Kids are naturally curious about the world around them, whether it be their neighborhood community or a continent on the other side of the world! Why not build on their curiosity by inviting them to participate in some fun geography activities! Are you following …
Stop your geography curriculum search because Rabbit Trails is here with My Exploring the 50 States and the World Journals for kids!
Check out these Free Printable US Geography Worksheets. These Unit Study worksheets have a combination of questions, & coloring pages for each state.
Did you know you can use maps to teach many different subjects? Let's look at some of the ways you can use Free Giant Maps for Your Homeschool.
It’s time to chat about homeschool geography… Do you remember when you were a kid and you would take the classroom globe and spin it, put your finger on it, close your eyes, and see whe…
Free 7th & 8th grade worksheets, printable games, and activities to make learning math, literacy, history, and science engaging and FUN!
We're studying Texas history next year and to prepare for that overwhelming subject I started searching up hands on Texas history lessons and shared with you.
Are you studying the geography of the US with your upper elementary students? This FREE printable map could be a great resource for learning the names and spellings of the states, their location, and more!
Learn about the science of beaches, plus get fun math, language, and geography practice, in this printable beach unit study!
Kids will get excited with for geography with these great geography activities for kids. You'll find books with fun activities and games too.
Take a trip with your homeschool students grades 3-8, and notebook across the USA with these states unit studies. There's a FREE unit study for all 50 states.
Salt dough maps are a classic homeschool project that have become a staple for us as we studied world history this year. They are a creative and hands-on way to explore geography, but they are also incredibly simple to make with things you already have at home! You will need: A cardboard scrap for your
Print a free world map for kids for each of the 7 continents. You'll find free blank world maps, interactive maps, and map coloring pages.
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This year my girls are earning high school credit for their geography studies. As I was contemplating how to fulfill their credit requirement, I knew that I didn't want to overwhelm them--I mean there are so many countries to study and places to learn about! The world it huge! How can we do it all? Well, the truth is, we can't do it all. There is not enough time to study and learn about every single country in the world plus all the other information that needs to be addressed in a high school geography curriculum. We also knew that we didn't want to just memorize facts and then forget them after the test. We wanted something fun and engaging but still manageable to complete without taking up our entire day OR encroaching into the other activities and subjects that we have. There are many excellent geography programs to choose from. Trust me when I say that I feel like I researched them all. At times I was really overwhelmed. There really are so many good ones. But which one to choose? Which one would suit my kids and their learning styles? I finally settled on North Star Geography (affiliate) as a spine for our geography studies. This book is a true treasure in disguise. At first glance the text looks deceptively simple. BUT once you really start investigating all of the extras included on the CD located in the book, you will realize that this has the potential to be a full curriculum. Of course I quickly realized that we wouldn't be able to complete every activity. And that's OK! I sat down with the girls and we chose which activities we wanted to complete for each chapter. We spend about 2 weeks on each chapter in the book. On the first day or two of the week they read the chapter. On subsequent days of the week they complete the chosen activities: note taking pages, maps, country fact files, hands on projects, and outside reading. This curriculum (affiliate) has wonderful suggestions for hands on projects, but we have chosen not to complete any of the hands on activity suggestions. In place of the hands-on activity suggestions, my girls are making their own travel jouranl. Each girl chooses a city that they would like to learn more about. Occasionally they choose a city that corresponds with the current continent we are learning about in North Star Geography, but more often than not, they just choose a city that sounds interesting. They research the city and learn all kinds of interesting facts about it--things to see when visiting, food to eat, something to do while there, traditional dress, and much more--then they record what they have learned in their Travel Dreams Journal (affiliate). This journal has many pages just waiting to be filled and decorated with the tidbits that the girls find while researching that city. I have purposefully not given them any guidelines to follow regarding their travel journal. They are welcome to fill the journal with as much or as little information as they wish. I really thought ok they might fill out a page or two, but I have been pleasantly surprised. At first they struggled with the idea of not knowing what I was expecting, but they have honestly exceeded my expectations! It is amazing how much they have learned about all these different cities around the world. I am also very impressed with the level of work that they have put into researching and learning. It seems like once the hard and fast rules were lifted, rules like you have to complete so many pages per day, or you have to write a certain number of paragraphs, they were free. And that freedom has allowed them to learn and grow independently. They have exceeded any expectations that I would have put on them. AND they have learned so much more than if I had sat and dictated what they needed to do. Every time we study a new country, I choose a read aloud to read to the entire family based in that country. Most of these are missionary type novels that have us riveted to our seats begging to read just one more chapter. In fact I'll admit to being tempted to cancel all other subjects that day just to read and find out more about the lives of these people we are reading about! The majority of each of these read aloud novels are from the International Adventures series from YWAM publishing. Each girl is also keeping a prayer journal. They read about a country in the 10/40 window and make notes on what to pray for during their personal quiet time with God. This alone has opened their eyes to the plight of children around the world. One more really neat and fun addition to our studies is the art lessons from ArtAchieve. There are several levels of art lessons available. We started out with level 2 because we had previously finished a series of art projects that gave my girls some wonderful art skills and knowledge. Also we were interested to learn more about the countries that are in the level 2 lessons. Each art lesson is based on art works from various foreign countries and come with links to learn more about the history and geography of each country as well as read literature and learn about the art styles from that country. You can read my complete review that I wrote last year if you would like to learn more. At the end of the year, these girls are going to each have an amazing notebook, personalized with their own learning adventure from the year. It sounds so simple, yet this method is certainly so powerful. Already we have had fabulous discussions about how other people survive in other countries. And I have heard the comment more than once that they wish they could actually go to the cities they are learning about in their Travel Dreams Journal (affiliate). Who knows? Someday we may actually be able to visit those places. But for now, visiting them virtually is the next best thing! Connect with me here: Twitter // Pinterest // Instagram // Facebook // Google+
how to teach kids where in the world they live by using simple circles to show the planet, continent, country, state, city, street, home! free printable.
If you want to teach your child basic Geography then you will want easy ways to learn states and capitals.
This U.S. geography homeschool curriculum for grades 4-6 from Beautiful Feet Books is a gentle yet powerful way to make learning fun.
I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that everyone had such diverse topics. After they got started, I saw some great learning take place in my classroom! Because it's an inquiry-based activity, they generated their own questions. And because they got to choose their own topic, they were excited and felt ownership over the project. I plan on using this next year as a fun fast finisher activity. This list is something I quickly generated. {I know it is not all inclusive - if I left something off that you really want me to add on, please leave me a comment.} This would be fun to hang up somewhere in the back of the classroom so fast finishers can work on a project whenever they want. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HISTORY DETECTIVES! * * * * * Want to hear some GREAT news? I am leaving next week on an 8 day history trip to Virginia where I get to study at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute! I also get to visit Jamestown and Yorktown. I'm so excited! I plan on posting lots of the things I learn, including pictures!
5th-grade homeschool curriculum resources with reviews. Choose the ones that are a perfect fit for your student. Daily schedule included.
Cindy West has put together a HUGE list of geography living literature for your books around the world reading pleasure.
