and we aren't stopping to see any trees growing in the middle of the freeway!
Anyway, I've decided to do a quick study of the states with the boys (and Annika if she wants).
These are the supplies:
State coloring pages from Crayola (copy for both boys)
A map of the US to color
A map of the US to hang on the wall
Books about the states, such as this one G is for Golden
Binders and neat paper (always important for me)
The Plan:
Break the country up into regions and study one region at a time, paying closer attention to California. Cover one region of about 5-6 states per week. This is meant to be a survey to get to know where the states are, some of their attributes and their capitols. We aren't spending time on the history or anything like that because we'll cover that later.
How it Worked Today:
Things went pretty well. I read G is for Golden to the boys while they did the coloring page. They listened and were especially interested in Yosemite and the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco. We also made plans (with ourselves) to go visit a Mission, since there are two within about 30 minutes from here. We then labeled California on our wall map along with Sacramento. And voila, we were finished!
Next week we'll do Oregon and Washington and that'll be it for the Pacific states. I'm not sure if we'll go straight from East to West or bounce around a little. I think they'd like to do Maryland and the East next, so that's where we'll head off to.
2 comments:
Well, who in the world would pay attention to trees in the middle of the freeway?
That just sounds, well, weird!
I know, it's crazy. But there's that one tree that just calls to Mom!
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