I bought some fabric from Wal-Mart that has a map of the world on it. Then I also bought a piece that has a map of the U.S. on it. The U.S. piece was...
Welcome and congratulations Wendy on making the move to homeschooling. I took my oldest out when he was in third grade and we've never looked back.(He's almost...
We are doing a few things... First off our "trip to Mt. St. Helens" ended up getting put on the back burner, the boys got bored so we put it away for a few...
... years???? Congratulations!<<< Oh...let's see, a mere 24 years or so, of official schooling, but we all teach-at-home from the day our children are born, ...
Hi Wendy, I'm a brand-newbie here too but welcome! (I also have a 9-yo-son.) It is great to hear of your success with your son; very sad how so many students...
I may not always have so much time to share but am taking a small break this morning and responding to this first digest, what fun! I am loving all your...
Maggie, The around the World night sounds like a lot of fun. We did have a mexican fiesta when we studied mexico and that was a big hit with the kids. I am...
P.S. I made jumpers for my older daughter and myself when we were representing the WorldGenWeb Project at the Federation of Genealogical Societies held in...
[moderator's note: Can everyone interested in sending dirt to Kelly please email her privately? Thanks!] Kelly, Email me! We want to send you some PA dirt! ...
Tammy, I want to thank you for this link as I was not even aware of it and am now having a blast just *beginning* to explore that site. Looks like a very good...
I think that it is such a wonderful idea to collect soil. I live on PE in Canada. Could you please emaiil me and I will love to exchange soil with other...
Summer is almost over and I am wondering what everyone is going to do for Geography this year? In the past, we have never concentrated a lot on this study,...
How far into Trail Guide to World Geography are you? I am thinking about using it this year. Today the girls started lapbooks on bats of the world. They are...
While doing dishes yesterday, I was thinking of ideas for Christmas gifts and thought I'd share one of my ideas. We are going to make an international...
... We just started this week! We really enjoyed going on a 'scavenger hunt,' of sorts, to find all of the interesting answers to questions like, 'What is the...
... LOL! Me too! Here's what our book (New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia) says.... The earth is shaped like a ball, but it is not perfectly round. Years...
Ok - this is a fun question. Ok class, turn with me to page 25 in The Ultimate Geography & Timeline Guide. I'll quote it: "Geo-nuts may have already noted the...
Maggie, This is extremely funny and also a fact that I did not know...well, I went to public school....that should explain that! Karen [Non-text portions of...
Someone on another list sent this: http://tinyurl.com/3wuxb It's a blank outline map of the U.S.A. and you have to drag and drop each state into its proper...
I thought I'd share the fun back-to-school party we had this year. We invited four other homeschool families to our house to celebrate. We made it a "Geo ...
I've been homeschooling for 6 years. Started with a 12yob and a baby boy who's about to turn 7 now and we also have added a 5yog. We used Runkle World...
I am late replying to this because I was out of town but I wanted to say that this is an awesome idea! I am going to have to borrow this one for you. We have...
I saw the web site for the geography game and thougfht I'd share one that the kids have been using. Along with U.S. geography it has games for other countries...