Monday, March 25, 2013

Legends and Leagues

We used VP's Legends & Leagues with Thumper at the beginning of 1st grade.  It was a relaxed geography semester and filled with activites.  I didn't post all of the activities we did....just some!

Introducing......Mr. Latitude & Mr. Longitude


Thumper's Strip Map of his house leading to the shed. I think he did an absolute beautiful job!


Learning about the Compass and the Poles


We made a water compass using a sewing needle, bowl of water, magnet, and a bit of paper. Thumper rubbed his needle across his magnet in one direction 60 times, layed it on the paper, then gently bumped the paper to where it was spinning, and when it stopped the needle was pointing NORTH! This was cool!


Now he's just playing with the magnet and needle.


Learning about the Continents.....Listened to the Geography Song (Oceans & Continents). We found all the continents on the globe and map, too!






 
Finished with this right before Christmas Break! Onto American and World Study after break!

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