Are there any good geography books fiction/nonfiction for this age group?

We have a pinterest board for each child, each grade with every book read plus a board for our family read alouds. When they complete a book they put it in a pile for me to pin when I have time I pin them. It's quick and easy and gives me a visual list of their reading.

Also any suggestions on map skills workbooks/books (besides Evan Moor we have that one :001_smile:) and any hands on geography items you've come across that you love.

Hi I have a kindergartener and 2nd grader and I'm looking at World and US geography programs. Any suggestions of ones I should check out. I have Galloping the Globe and Expedition Earth but I'd like to check out others.

Oooh share please?

You can also skip a line between each line of the poem, so that if the line is lengthy and runs beyond the end of the line on the page there is a definite separation between the lines of the poem. That's how my private school when I was a kid made us do it.

We do about 30 minutes

maybe a laminator or some amazing art supplies...

Oooh cool sharpener, maybe that would work better on my colored pencils. Girls recently cracked my cheapie electric one.

I was debating a color laser printer, huge investment but ink jet cartridges are costing me a fortune.

I was just reading the homeschool budget thread concerning cutting back, but I was wondering what's on everyone's wish-we-had-the-funds-wishlist? What homeschool purchase are you saving for or simply dreaming about? I decided to make a wish list for our bonus money this year and curious what others are dreaming about.

We fly a lot and carry all sort of things in our checked luggage. At least one of our bags gets searched almost every trip but nothing has ever been confiscated. I would leave everything in it's original packaging. I wouldn't think there would be a problem with dissection animals (we have packed mounted insects and butterflies before) but I'm not sure about any chemicals because if something is listed as explosive or flammable on the Haz Mat list you are not supposed to have them in your bags. Would it be possible to have them shipped to your destination directly? We order a lot from Ward's Science and it is delivered to us via Fed Ex or UPS.

Me too. I think Peak with Books is better than FIAR

Heidi I struggled with this so much. I made huge changes to our home to fix it. I had to create a system that worked for my girls to maintain so I labeled every bin and basket with words and pictures. I also had to put the bins and baskets on lower shelves. I also had to reinforce the clean up, no more doing it for them! We do random pick ups throughout the day. What I am trying to teach them is to put one thing away before they take out another but I have to make allowances for the idea that they are each simultaneously playing together but with different things. Dolls, doll clothes, little animal figures, blocks and legos may all be played with at the same time :confused: Whatever, it makes sense to them. So now I've learned to order pick up times to coincide with activities. Everything must be put away before meals or outdoor time or before bedtime routine starts. Other than that I ignore as long as they are still actively playing in that area. I also abandoned having a play room because it was impossible to keep organized, perhaps too much temptation. By spreading everything out throughout the house, like we grownups do helped a ton because they knew that if they intended to go do something in a different room the previous location has to be straightened up.

Yes!!!! Our toys fall into 3 categories Physical (trampoline, skates, balance beam, tumbling mats, swing set) Creativity/Imagination (dress up, dolls, art/craft stuff) Building (Lego, Blocks, K'nex, Puzzles) I am a huge fan of unstructured play, especially outdoor play. The book Last Child in the Woods had a huge impact on me. Most of my childhood was spent either reading or playing outdoors.