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Minn of the Mississippi

Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Tagged: Beautiful Feet Holling Maps, minn of the mississippi

This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 11 months ago by gcbsmommy.

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April 25, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Karen
Participant
I just found a most fabulous post that saved me from going bald!
http://littleschoolhouseinthesuburbs.com/2012/04/minn-of-the-mississippi-images.html/
I wish that blogpost had popped up a couple weeks ago, when we started Minn. She has great supplementary maps to help you label the BF maps.
I don’t want to say mean things about Beautiful Feet’s Holling maps – but! I was going crazy and spending so much time trying to find what Holling has in his sidebars on the BF maps!! I had such trouble finding even Lake Itasca because the shapes on the map don’t seem to match with the “fish-hook” and other things described by Holling.
I will say that I am decidely map-challenged — but I was having so much trouble is wasn’t funny. (I was able to successfully do the map to go along with the Tree in the Trail, so I don’t think it’s all my problem! *L*)

April 29, 2014 at 2:35 pm
5heartsathome
Participant
Thank you for the link. 🙂
April 29, 2014 at 6:04 pm
gcbsmommy
Participant
WHat a blessing! We just cracked this book open and are at the 3rd lesson. I too had fits trying to find Lake Itasca (ok, maybe just I had the fit – you were probbly much more dignified! 😉 ) Thank you for sharing this wonderful resource.

Blessings,

Kristina
April 30, 2014 at 2:11 am
Karen
Participant
Nope. Nothing dignified going on here!!! 🙂
I’m glad I’m not the only one having trouble with the BF map! IT’s a great addition to the study (we’re doing it low-key). But I am very disappointed that it’s so different than what’s in the Minn book.
May 15, 2014 at 6:42 pm
gcbsmommy
Participant
Minn has been a toughy all the way around for us. We loved Tree In A Trail and Paddle To The Sea… We are aiming to persevere (doing one BF lesson per week) and look forward to starting Sea Bird.