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Missionary Geography

1:04 AM, Jun. 9, 2006

Missionary Geography

Learning about missionaries, where they live, who they are witnessing to, and how God is using them is a worthwhile activity for all ages. If you or your church support specific missionaries, start with them. Your family might enjoy reading stories of missionaries as well. www.ywam.org publishes many missionary biographies, including the very readable “Christian Heroes: Then and Now” series. Another useful tool is the excellent children’s resource: You Can Change the World. This A-Z guide to countries and people groups that need to hear the gospel include stories, charts, maps, facts, color illustrations, and prayer ideas. [Go to the Bookstore Link].

Hands-On Ideas for Missionary Studies

Draw a map of the country
Make a model village based on the people group being studied
Write a letter to encourage a missionary
Send a shoebox filled with goodies for them
Fix a meal typical of the people group being studied

Spend more time with Maggie Hogan on her blog:

www.homeschoolblogger.com/maggiehogan

Check out her great homeschool resources (including the award winning geography curriculums she *co-authored) at her business site:

www.BrightIdeasPress.com

info@BrightIdeasPress.com

Read more about The Ultimate Geography & Timeline Guide here - http://brightideaspress.com/UGTG.htm

And Hands-On Geography here:

http://brightideaspress.com/HOG.htm

Biography

Maggie and Bob Hogan live in a formerly Amish farmhouse in Dover, DE where they began homeschooling their two (now grown) sons in 1991. She is a regular contributor for homeschooling internet sites as well as print magazines like The Old Schoolhouse. She’s a nationally known speaker and co-author of The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide, Gifted Children at Home, Hands-on Geography and other resource books. Involved in local, state, and national homeschooling issues, they both serve on boards of home education organizations in Delaware. They’re also owners of Bright Ideas Press, a home school company dedicated to bringing the best practical, fun, and affordable materials to the homeschool market.

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12:30 AM, Jun. 9, 2006, posted by

I don't know if I should feel good or mildly pouty that every good geography idea I've come up with at my house... you post about that same week. *laughter*

Maybe if I'd bought your H-O-G book instead of Raising Gifted Children at Home, I wouldn't be having these issues! :D

Chelo

{EDIT: By the way, I looked all through the bookstore and couldn't find "You Can Change the World". I'm guessing this is the hard-to-find version by Jill Johnstone and Daphne Spraggett?}

Edited by ChathamMommy on Jun. 8, 2006 at 9:49 PM

different book

2:35 PM, Jun. 12, 2006, posted by MaggieHogan

LOL! Buy the H.O.G. and save yourself all that frustration heheheh

AndI think you may be right - that book might be out of print. However, this new verio of Operation on the World sounds like almost the same book. And you can get it as a book or as a CD-Rom from YWAM.
Blessings,
Maggie

Window on the World (2001)

This wonderful hardcover, large-size book of the world has been specifically designed to be used by the whole family. It is the ideal accompaniment to "Operation World."

Stunning photographic visuals complement this A-Z of selected countries and people-groups providing an exciting learning experience.

A book to inform and inspire prayer, it is ideal for families and young readers as a great foundation for building relationships on an exciting learning experience. Suitable for use in Churches and Schools (and Home Schools), this book broadens and develops cultural, political and geographic awareness from a Christian perspective that can be used in activities and prayer.

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