Globe activities

In honor of Earth Day, I made this globe using a ball, paint, sales paper from a dollar store, and Mod Podge. This is a fun and educational craft project that you can do with children. Adults can u…

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…

2.14 Construct a globe depicting the four hemispheres, seven continents, and five oceans using the equator and prime meridian.

To begin our inquiry into celebrations around the world, we looked at maps and globes to see how big the world is. We found Ohio on world, maps, maps of the United States and on globes. We read books to show how people live and do things in different parts of the world. We learned that people speak in different languages, eat different foods, have different homes, and different schools. Yet we all love, have friends, families, and have the same needs such as food, water and shelter. I set up…

Our literature-based learning often lends itself to discovering other places and cultures, which is one of many reasons we love this method! Learning about Italy, Japan, and China have been some of our richest homeschool moments so far. Along with learning about other countries and their continents, we learn where those places are located on the globe. In order to help my girls learn the 7 continents, I created a set of printable Continents Cards that we use in a variety of ways. Note: This…

Teach kids geography in a hands on active way thought this gross motor game! (kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade)

Earth Day play ideas 💙💚 We are feeling inspired 🌎 Repost from @katerpiller1981 • Earth Day activities! 🌍 With Earth Day coming up a week tomorrow, here is a little round up of our activities from the past couple of years celebrating and learning about our beautiful planet. 🌍 Playdough earths - a cardboard base board with watercolour globe, playdough for landmasses and natural bits from the garden 🌍 Fizzy Earth - another cardboard Earth base, drops of food colouring under bicarbonate of…

Learn how to make this easy Earth Day Paper Plate Craft for kids using just a few materials you probably already have at home!

is the earth flat or ball shaped? find out by crafting this papercraft globe. pdf template at papereskshop.etsy.com #travel #globe #papercraft #gift

A hands-on lesson about lines of latitude and longitude. Glue ribbons to a world map to highlight important lines on the globe.

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This year my family is utilizing My Father’s World for the bulk of our curriculum. So far, we absolutely love it! This curriculum is offered in “cycles,” in which all children in 2nd through 8th grade can learn together during Bible, geography, history, and science. While middle schoolers have a bit of extra work each …

We had so much fun learning about maps and globes! You might think this topic is a bit advanced for 2-5-year-olds, but it's amazing what they CAN do and learn when the lessons are developmentally

Hands-on activities are a fun way for kids to learn basic geography concepts. Whether you're looking for classroom activities or lessons to do at home, your kids will love learning about the world they live in with these ideas. Go outside and play a game of catch a country with an inflatable globe, create a 7 continents necklace with the free printable template, design a neighborhood map, or create a salt-dough island project to showcase landforms and bodies of water vocabulary terms.

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