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.
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In this post, you'll see a fun lesson that we did about the country flags of the world and be sure to get the four sets of free printables!
Geography is an amazing subject. Although, it can be overwhelming at times. I thought I'd share some of my top tips on how to revise geography case studies
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
I don't want to spend a lot of money on it since it's one of those subjects that falls by the wayside. These are some of the best free geography resources.
Geography can be so fun if it is taught in exciting new ways that involve children. Our geography project ideas can help transform your lessons and get children excited about the subject.
I teach geography in a fun way which includes salt and flour maps. But I also intergrate technolgy with QR Codes. Download a FREE QR Codes for geography!
From free history curriculum to fun timeline activities!
For anyone who knows us or has been reading my blog for a while, you probably aren't surprised that Canada was chosen for our geography fair project and you probably know who's idea it was. Colin wants to live in Canada, where he imagines he'd be surrounded by hockey and find outdoor ice rinks on every corner. Since it was our first geography fair, I thought it would be best if they just did one country together. Colin immediately said Canada, but the girls weren't too thrilled with that idea. They named other countries, but never seemed set on one so I talked them into doing Canada. I figured Colin would do more of the work since he's older and should do something he's interested in. We used the Download N Go (DNG) study, Expedition Canada. From this we got to watch lots of videos showing different parts of Canada. We learned about a different animal each day, some places there, inventions, history, popular sports, Canadian cities, geography, and holidays. Some of the books we read Caleigh made this beaver, a national symbol of Canada, and this totem pole, which were made by the First Nations peoples. Lego Creations: Colin made the CN Tower and Caleigh made an inukshuk, both of which we learned about in the DNG study. In addition to DNG, we also used Homeschool Share's Canada lapbook and a Canada mini lapbook from Fortunately for You for our lapbook. I think this is the first time we've ever done an actual lapbook. We usually just add the mini books to our notebooks, but I wanted something they could display at the fair this time. We made maple cookies with real maple syrup. You can find the recipe we used here. Kids at the geography fair. Along the bottom of the table, we taped coloring pages for each of the provinces and territories.The kids spent a lot of time coloring them. Display board: It was Colin's idea to use black and red. Caleigh came up with using maple leaves under the letters in Canada. On the bottom right is a Mountie paper craft that Molly put together. Also on the board: map of Canada, map of North America, flag, popular sports, major industries, major crops, information about what the word Canada means, languages, holidays, animals, and Levi from Children Just Like Me. On the right, we brought along some of the inventions from Canada. On the left toward the front of the table is a French Canadian counting book. In this picture, you can see Colin's hockey helmet, a puck, the Lego CN Tower, and a French/English color words matching game. I'm so glad we did the geography fair. It was lots of fun showing our display and seeing everyone else's. The girls and I weren't too excited about doing Canada since it doesn't seem as exciting as some other countries, but we did learn a lot of new things and it ended up being a good study for us. In my previous post, I have some pictures of other projects at the fair and Molly getting a henna tatoo.
If you had mentioned geography to me twenty years ago, when I started homeschooling, my mind would have immediately visualized dusty maps with puzzling
Geography is a subject often neglected, which is a shame because it’s so easy to incorporate with other subjects, such as history, art, and language arts. Plus, geography is just fun to study on its own. Don’t believe me? Just check out these cool hands-on geography ideas for all ages!
An activty hands-on gross motor geography game for kids
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
Trace the lines to help the soccer ball make it into the net to score!
Take your kids on a trip around the world with this super fun and informative BINGO game featuring 32 famous world landmarks. It makes a great introduction to the subject and a welcome fun break in the classroom. Included are 32 calling cards and 30 unique bingo game boards. We recommend that you laminate the boards and cards so that you can use them over and over. Equip your independent learning center with this game and kids will have something that is sure to quietly entertain them as they are learning. Bingo can be played with as few as two players and it is a game that is quickly understood by all ages. The cards just by themselves also make an engaging learning resource. Print them twice and you are set to play a memory game. The landmarks included are: Acropolis, Angkor Wat, Big Ben, Blue Domes of Oia, Blue Mosque, Buckingham Palace, Burj Khalifa, Christ the Redeemer, Colosseum, Easter Island, Eiffel Tower, Forbidden City, Giant's Causeway, Golden Gate Bridge, Great Wall, Machu Picchu, Mount Rushmore, Mount St. Michel, Neuschwanstein Castle, Notre Dame, Opera House, Pyramids of Giza, Sagrada Familia, Saint Basils, Sphynx, Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge, Taj Mahal, Tower Bridge, Tower of Pisa, Victoria Falls, and Western Wall. If you like this resource, you may also like: • World Landmarks Task Cards • World Flags BINGO • Famous World Explorers BINGO We love FEEDBACK! And you earn CREDITS! • Log in to your Teachers Pay Teachers account. • Click on the drop down menu “My TpT”. • Select “My Purchases”. • Choose ratings and leave feedback. • Know that we love you for it! ♥ ♥ ♥ travel, adventure, introduction, review, printable, middle school, lesson plan supplement, vocabulary, terms, party game, project or unit plans supplement, facts, trivia, distance learning, brain break, after testing fun, theme, sponge activity, curriculum, first day, review, class, ela, esl, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade, center activity, all about, spelling
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+
Five Star’s 5-subject wirebound notebooks have durable poly covers with heavy-duty back and Neat Sheet perforated pages. A convenient pocket divider provides easy storage of full size sheets and handouts.
Create your own flag. Design a sugar skull. In the new MAPS Activity Book by Aleksandra & Daniel Mizieliński kids get creative with geography and culture.
Country flags are so cool and very unique. Come and find out how you can teach children about some of the flags of the world.
This printable game is designed to encourage learning about the Canadian provinces, their flags and capital cities. What is the capital of Nunavut? Which province has a ship on its flag? Find out
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An overview of the Montessori cultural curriculum with resources for geography, history, physical science, botany and zoology, music, and art activities
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The world geography homeschool curriculum from Paradigm Accelerated Press is a great open-and-go high school geography course. Perfect for independent learners!
