Secular Charlotte Mason

Originally posted by Deepali:

Hi,

I am thinking to start our geography studies onContinents- I was wondering if anyone have good books/ recommendationsand ideas how to go about them? My kids are five years old/Kindergartners. I am thinking to start with Australia!

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Deepali,

I forgot to tell you tocheck the link for Mater Ambalis. It has some suggestions for books onAustralia (and Canada I think). You can find the link on the CM LinksPage of this website. (warning, it is a British Catholic site)

Originally posted by Misti:

Deepali, our local library has a series of videos that seems to beaimed at just about your children's age.  It's a series of quick (15minutes?) introductions to the continents, with some details likeanimals native to the continent, some of the cultures that grew oneach, and a little about the physical geography.  Older kids could suethem as an interest generator, but they might work all by themselvesfor you.  The production quality is kind of cheesy, as though made byteachers or amateur producers, but it's good enough for what it does. It's called Continents of the world and it's produced by FlashbackVideo Productions.  Mostly it seems to be available in libraries.

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Misti Anslin Delaney-Smith

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Originally posted by Chai Mama:

Google Earth!!  It's amazing.  You can even zoom in on the pyramidsand see them fairly well (a bit grainy).   I would use this along withwhatever reading or videos you want to do. 

We recentlyread D'Aulaire's Columbus and I was able to show Ham where Columbus wasborn, where he sailed on his merchant trips, approx where he wasattacked by pirates, and just how far it was to sail to America.  Doingthe slow scan over the ocean really showed how far it is.... 

Youhave to download the software but then it's pretty easy to use.  Youcan type in a address and "fly" in from space.  Very cool.

Originally posted by Deepali:

Thankyou Ladies for all your ideas and helphere! Some of these ideas are awesome! Can't wait to start on our unitstudy-- thanks, again! D