More on Geo

I think you should use the Geography that interests you most and fits your family best, Misty. You can easily locate on the globe the countries and regions that you read about in any and every subject. So don’t get hung up on having to coordinate the history/Bible with the geography exclusively. The main thing is to make it a habit to look up on the map or globe the areas you read about in any book.

You could easily do the Then and Now Bible Maps parts of the lesson plans to make sure the children understand the locations they’re studying in Bible and History, but do a completely different Geography book if you want to. No problem at all.

Pick one you will enjoy and be enthused about and that attitude will be catching. 🙂

I second Ambleside for book ideas. I originally read about the Holling books on Valerie’s Living Books website. There are a lot of terrific books here on the Bookfinder.

Misty, you can do this! It doesn’t have to be terribly complicated. It can be just finding a good book to read, looking up a few outline maps on the internet, printing them, and following Minn down the Mississippi, or marking Lewis and Clark’s travel route, or Marco Polo’s—the idea really is just to capture the child’s interest in “where”. Then, when you encounter a place in a book, look it up. Look up some pictures from that place. Maybe make a recipe. Ta-da! Instant geography. 🙂

Michelle D