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Milehimama
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Posted: Dec 01 2008 at 10:20pm | IP Logged Quote Milehimama
Some things in our school are not working, and I'm changing our history curriculum and adding a geography lesson (grade K-3).

But... I want to wait until January, instead of doing 2-3 weeks, having Christmas time off including a trip out of state, and then trying to pick it up again. I thought it might be fun to do a unit study of sorts on Christmas Around the World or other Advent/Christmas themed unit. Unfortunately, I procrastinated and now have little time to pull it together/weed through the bad.

What's worked for you? We love lapbooks, too, but I don't think I have time to order one. We'll be keeping our math and spelling curriculum, and we are doing a Jesse Tree for Religion this month (along with all of the feast days!)

Our library around here isn't great, online resources much appreciated!

Thanks for any links and helps!

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Posted: Dec 12 2008 at 11:55am | IP Logged Quote mooreboyz
I've done xmas around the world a few yrs ago when my older 2 were younger and am repeating with my 4 yr old now. Merry Christmas Everywhere (our library has)is the perfect book imo. They give a brief explanation of what various countries do, have a little craft to do, and have a world map on each page showing where it is. I selected a couple from each continent and am doing a continent each week until xmas (combining Asia & Australia). It helps to show them how the climate of the area affects their customs.

I think this will make a nice springboard for geography in Jan for you. It will give them a general idea of the continents.

Have fun!

merry christmas everywhere

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