Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Geography Day 5
Today we added Africa. We made the same lines on the page that we made before and then carefully copied Africa so that it lined up with the Great Five Circles and the Prime Meridian.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Geography Day 4
Use this map today. Uncle Josh's Maps doesn't have a suitable map for today's lesson.
First we labelled the continents (this map doesn't have Antarctica so write it at the bottom) and we drew all of the lines with labels that we have done in the last 3 days. Then we outlined each continent and colored them a different color. Outlining is important because they will begin to draw the continents on their own soon and they need to have an idea of what the shapes are. I say this because our children tried to get away with not doing it. :)
First we labelled the continents (this map doesn't have Antarctica so write it at the bottom) and we drew all of the lines with labels that we have done in the last 3 days. Then we outlined each continent and colored them a different color. Outlining is important because they will begin to draw the continents on their own soon and they need to have an idea of what the shapes are. I say this because our children tried to get away with not doing it. :)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Geography Day 3
On Day 3 we had the children draw the 5 great circles and label them. Then they added three lines going across as shown on the maps below: the International Date Line, the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line. There is only one International Date Line but because it is being drawn on a flat surface it needs to be drawn twice to show that it goes around the world.
Next we printed out the Uncle Josh's Outline Map below (or a similar one) and had them draw the same things as they did above.
After they completed that task they repeated the first exercise on the back of the original piece of paper they started on.
That's it for today!
Next we printed out the Uncle Josh's Outline Map below (or a similar one) and had them draw the same things as they did above.
After they completed that task they repeated the first exercise on the back of the original piece of paper they started on.
That's it for today!
Geography following The Core - Days 1 & 2
After reading a lot of the discussions about The Core on WTM and having read the book myself we decided to try Geography the way Leigh Bortins suggests. I couldn't make sense of it but my dh, Father of Pearl on WTM, happens to have a Master's of Geography so he is running the show. I know others have had problems with implementing this great idea as well so I am posting what we do each day here.
Days 1 and 2 are the 5 Great Circles that are discussed in the Geography chapter. They are the Artic Circle, the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle. Even though they are called circles (because they circle the earth) they are to be drawn as flat lines across the page as shown here. These are to be done until it is easy for the kids so it may take longer than 2 days.
We are using the map below from Uncle Josh's Outline maps to guide us with the circles.
This is as far as we have gotten (we just began 2 days ago). I will post tonight's work tomorrow (God willing... :) ).
Days 1 and 2 are the 5 Great Circles that are discussed in the Geography chapter. They are the Artic Circle, the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle. Even though they are called circles (because they circle the earth) they are to be drawn as flat lines across the page as shown here. These are to be done until it is easy for the kids so it may take longer than 2 days.
We are using the map below from Uncle Josh's Outline maps to guide us with the circles.
This is as far as we have gotten (we just began 2 days ago). I will post tonight's work tomorrow (God willing... :) ).
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