Feb. 2, 2009 - Where in the World -- Geography
I admit it -- I have been very lax in teaching my daughter geography skills. I feel it has been more important to make sure that she knows how to read, write, and do her math. However, being that she is now in 7th grade, I need to be making a concentrated effort to help her with geography so that she is equipped when she starts high school.
Here is what I have implemented, along with a workbook:
This comprehensive world geography game includes the facts about every country in the world including names, locations and vital facts of all 196 countries. With 6 games in one, with six levels of play, it's possible for players of all abilities to play together providing challenge and a world of fun for everyone.
After only three days of playing this game, my daughter has memorized where 25 countries in Europe are located! 
These are the facts you'll learn: country name, continent, flag, capital, population, rank in size, literacy rate, monetary unit, languages, religions, imports, exports, seacoasts. You can find out more by going to their website.
Since there are six different games, we can vary the way we use it to master the necessary skills. It makes learning more fun since we aren't just using books.
Next year, though she will technically be in 8th grade, we will be doing a program that I will count for high school credit. We will be using Around the World in 180 Days, World Geography Challenging Edition, and The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide.
Comments
Feb. 2, 2009 - Geography
Posted by Anonymous
That game looks like fun! Geography is one of our favorite subjects.
One thing we do is have US and world map placemats. My daughter is always asking questions about them. We also use States & Capitals Songs and Geography Songs by Audio Memory Publishing. When I homeschooled my middle daughter, my youngest (aged 2 at the time)picked up quite a bit. She was singing all the states and capitals! So we got out the placemats I mentioned above and she knows where everyone is still - at age 7.
The state quarters are also good for learning geography, when you put them into the map, learn about when they became a state, the state emblem, etc.
My last geography idea is that when I sell an item through ebay or one of my other avenues for making a little income on the side, the kids help package up the item and we look on the map and point out where it is shipping to in relation to where we are.
Feb. 2, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by homeschoolshelter
That sounds great. I'm definitely going to have to look into that...I've been pretty lax in this area myself.
