Blackline Maps with SOTW activity guide?

[JABarney]

I have recently "discovered" the blackline maps from Knowledge Quest and they look fantastic. I am considering purchasing, however I also use and love the activity guide for SOTW. (which has maps in it already) I am wondering if any of you use the blackline maps in addition to the maps in the activity guide of SOTW, or if most people tend to choose one or the other?

 

Thanks!

[Kate in Arabia]

I use Uncle Josh's map cd in addition to the activity guide. Meaning, I will make a map of a similar area as detailed in the activity guide, but I add in a few more things for my younger (2nd grade), and for my older (5th grade) I put blank boxes for most of the major countries and bodies of water that he has to write in himself. I like the maps in the activity guide for my younger, and in prior years we used only that, but now that my older is, um, older, I like to challenge him more.

 

hth

[Shasta Mom]

Last year I used the blackline maps without the AG. This year, I used the AG without the blackline maps. My take on it is if your child is crafty (and about the age of the target audience for that volume of SOTW) just get the AG. My ds isn't crafty, and is 2 years older than the target audience of SOTW, so the AG was mostly a waste of $$ this year. I would have preferred to have just done mapping and reading.....

[Lovedtodeath]

I just got the AG and it has knowledge quest maps in it. How would you do the AG without mapping?

[JABarney]

Thanks everyone. I was trying to get a sense if people used one or the other or if both at the same time would be overkill.