Sahmqui Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Where do I start and any good books I can get to assist. I book would be great to teach from instead of me making it up. I'm not very creative and I have other wee ones to attend too. Color books a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I'm going to be using Maps and Mapping by Young Discoverers, which is in IMO a great introduction to maps. It also has experiments where you can chart your own home and neighborhood. In addition, I'm using a cute little book called My World and Globe (First Geography lessons), which includes an inflatable globe and stand, and reusable stickers, including one that says "I live here". Hands-on for this age is great! For planets and stars, a good book to start with is I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and Other Questions about Space, then go to The Planets in Our Solar System and The Sky Is Full of Stars. Also, check out Stars and Planets (Kingfisher Knowledge). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato4 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 My dc learned the songs and we would find it on the map. It comes with a book and CD. You can copy the outline maps in the book and have him color the countries. It doesn't have a world map but that's a resource that easily obtained separately. I find myself singing the songs when I hear of a country in the news and I'm not too familiar with it. The only song we didn't conquer was the countries of Africa, only because there are soooo many countries in that continent and it's all in one song. HTH! Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 A great book is Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy. A little girl draws maps of her dog's world. http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Pennys-World-Loreen-Leedy/dp/0805072624/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216847947&sr=1-1 Also, here is a lesson plan page for that book I stumbled on when I typed it in google. I haven't actually read the lesson plan but it might be interesting. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSLAMappingPennysWorldK2.htm Another fun book is Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. A girl maps her world from her room all the way to the world. http://www.amazon.com/Me-Map-Joan-Sweeney/dp/0517700956 And here's another lesson plan I stumbled on for that one. http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=5713 My son is 4 and liked both these books. They are probably for kids a little older but he liked them and I used them just to introduce the concepts. An activity he liked a lot was doing a treasure hunt using maps. I drew maps of each room in the house with an x where the clue was and then had a treasure at the end. It was something simple like a cookie, I can't even remember. But it helped him get used to the idea of looking at a flat picture of something 3-D and what different symbols on a map meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlamaMama Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Alice, thank you for those links. We own both of those books and it could be fun to incorporate a lesson along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahmqui Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Thanks so much! Off to look for some of these items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Me on the Map is great (I think it is the only real gem in the series). Also, the Once Upon a Time Map Book - my dd loved it and really learned about (and did) using a map with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 My 5 year old loves these books about the stars: The Stars by H.A. Rey (this is the revised ed. coming out in Oct. ) The Stars: a new way to see them this is the edition I have. and Find The Constellations by H.A. Rey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I really like the H.E. Rey books and the Glow in the dark night sky book. Here are some unit study stuff you may be interested in. http://www.homeschoolshare.com/connections__outer_space.php I love that site for free homeschooling and it is made by homeschooling moms! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 My 5 & 7 year old LOVED The Constellations by H.A. Rey. It's a really fun approach to the stars. We also downloaded a great e-book from Evan-Moor all about space/planets/stars. It was really reasonable; about $10. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 check out the cat in the hat learning library books (should be at your library, or Barnes and Nobles or Borders). Specifically: There's No Place Like Space by Tish Rabe and There's a Map on My Lap (same author). These wouldn't be a curriculum, just a fun supplement. My ds5 loves these. Amanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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