MorganClassicalPrep Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 How do you use this? Do you just go through the book one page at a time, or add any extra reading/projects? (We are also doing SOTW1 and a world cultures unit, so there is plenty of extra going on. Just want to get the most out of Beginning Geography that we can! :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 We used this, ds just doing a page or two at a time (usually as I was making dinner). He really liked it, and I liked that it was nearly no-prep. Be warned, however, that you do need to make some photocopies. I'd do all the photocopies in one sitting or you'll find your child asked to cut something out and paste it on the other side of the paper. Argh. Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'm going to be using this next year with my 1st grader. I plan on doing a page (plus or minus) twice a week. I bought the following to go along with it: Kingfisher's Maps and Mapping Me on the Map (Joan Sweeney, Annette Cable) Where Do I Live? (Neil Chesanow) Maps & Globes (Jack Knowlton, Harriet Barton) Since it'll be our only Soc. Studies for next year, we'll also do some communities & neighborhoods stuff (courtesy of CLE), paper mache' towns (LOL ;)), etc. My 4 yr old will be tagging along, so it should be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 We did it for awhile just page by page, but honestly it got repetitive and much of it was basic info, so we ended up dropping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Is it just about continents and oceans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbsmrter Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'm going to be using this next year with my 1st grader. I plan on doing a page (plus or minus) twice a week. I bought the following to go along with it:Kingfisher's Maps and Mapping Me on the Map (Joan Sweeney, Annette Cable) Where Do I Live? (Neil Chesanow) Maps & Globes (Jack Knowlton, Harriet Barton) Since it'll be our only Soc. Studies for next year, we'll also do some communities & neighborhoods stuff (courtesy of CLE), paper mache' towns (LOL ;)), etc. My 4 yr old will be tagging along, so it should be fun! These are the exact books we bought to go along with it :001_smile: If you google Me on the Map there are some great activities to go along with the book. I'd love to know how to do a paper mache' town! Did you find a tutorial or did you come up with your own plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 My 7yo and 6yo kids do this as independent work. They complete about a page a day with no other supplementation. We are doing (separately) Geography Songs and Ann Voskamp's Geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Oh, glad to hear I picked the good books, then. ;) I'd love to know how to do a paper mache' town! Did you find a tutorial or did you come up with your own plan? I have no plan (yet). :D I just remember making one in early elementary and thinking it was soooo cool. I think we used small boxes & little milk cartons covered in paper mache' (then painted them). Thanks for the tips re: Me on the Map! I haven't sat down and done my official plan for the year. I bet there's lots of good stuff out there! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry to hijack, but how long does it take to work through the book? For a first grader? Is it a year's worth or more? I know that would depend on how you use it, but what would be an estimate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry to hijack, but how long does it take to work through the book? For a first grader? Is it a year's worth or more? I know that would depend on how you use it, but what would be an estimate? We'll do this in the fall for first grade. Just glancing at the table of contents, there are about 58 "lessons" total. I plan on using around 2 a week (more or less, depending on what other activities/books we are using). I figure it works out about right for a 36 week year (we'll also not start this right away, but stagger it in after about a month of school). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 My daughter loved all three in the series. She would often do little reports for us on the cardboard TV she made : D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom2011 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We are doing EM Beginning Geography along with Children Just Like Me, Complete Book of Animals, and Around the World in 80 Tales. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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