Posted in Geography

Matt has asked to learn about the United States. For some time now I have been getting the "Which Way USA?" activity books from Highlights. They have been a bit older for him, but I decided we can do them together. I also bought a book to add a little literature to our study. So here is what we are using:

Simply Stated by Katie Campbell

State Unit Studies by Beverly Hernandez from About.com

Which Way USA? by Highlights Books

Simply Stated says to study one state a week and to finish up in a little over a year. I am stretching this out to last two years. Some states we will do more on, others less on. This books is full of fiction and non-fiction books all bout each state or just stories based in the state. Most can be found at your local library.

I am also not doing in it order according to the order the states came to be states. I put in a jar a list of all the activity books we had, and I let Matt pick out 4 states at a time. I don't want to do a state without having the activity book to go along with it.

These are the states Matt pulled out ofthe jar:

California, North Carolina, Idaho, Arizona.

In addition to learning the basic facts and landmarks to each state as well as reading a few selected books from Simply stated, we are also cooking up a recipe using a food that each state is known for. Idaho will be easy hehe.

So stay tuned each weekend to learn about what we did the previous week(s) for our state. First up, California!