Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: geography, map drills

This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 9 months ago by Karen.

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August 22, 2015 at 11:55 am
SuperMamaOwl
Participant
I’m looking for some help on map drills. I have a vague sense of what they are, but am struggling to find any resources to explain it step by step. I need my hand held at first! 🙂 I have a 9 & 8 year old I’ll be doing them with.
August 22, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Karen
Participant
We do it the easy way: students look at the map and try to memorize where countries/states are. Then we hide the map and try to label all we remember. Then we check how we did andmake corrections.
This week, I actually impressed myself and had them color the countries on their maps that I wanted them to learn. Then I read a bit about the countries. Then I asked them to label a clean map. They did really well!
August 22, 2015 at 2:12 pm
missceegee
Participant
Karen explained it well. The Visits To…books here at SCM are fantastic and make it super simple to open and go.
August 22, 2015 at 2:54 pm
SuperMamaOwl
Participant
I think it just seems too easy which is maybe why I keep thinking I need something more! Not that simple is a bad thing at all! I need to look again at the Visits books. I’ve loved all that I’ve tried so far of SCM’s plans. Thanks ladies!
August 23, 2015 at 5:12 am
HollyS
Participant
We’ve found map drills to be very simple and effective! Visits is a great series and it’s very open and go. My DD impressed me with how quickly she picked up African countries…I think most adults would struggle to label just a few!
August 23, 2015 at 6:38 am
Karen
Participant
I haven’t used the Visits To…. series yet. It’s definitely on my list of things to do, but I tried to save money this year, so I used what I have. I already own a geography book pub by Evan Moore (the kind you pick up at Walmart or Staples), so I just photocopied the blank map for the area I want us to study and use that.
So, the CM method of studying geography is applicable to whatever resource you have, you don’t need specific books. That being said, I REALLY like everything I’ve purchased from SCM. And I do hope to use Visits To….. sometime.