Traveling

It has been a nice change around here to have new books to choose from now that we've been visiting the library regularly. Other than our history studies, we haven't been doing much in the way of geography lately, much to my disappointment. I am going to try to add something new into our repertoire. Each week or two, I'll be picking out a picture book relating to a country, such as our book this week, Planting the Trees of Kenya.

My most exciting find at the library, however, is a gold mine in the video section. The library has recently acquired the whole set of Countries Around the World DVDs from Schlessinger Media. Covering 52 countries, the videos are targeted for elementary aged students. I'll be borrowing the DVD to correspond with our picture book. We'll read the book, watch the DVD, and locate the country on the map.

We'll continue to listen to Geography Songs, add to our Around the World landmark cards, and use the maps in our Story of the World Activity Guide. I think that about covers geography!