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Posted: July 25 2008 at 6:34pm | IP Logged Quote Angel
My 9 yo dd and I have come up with a way for her to study geography -- which she does not retain well -- this year. Since birds are her passion, she's going to do a course we're calling "Birds of the World". She'll study the birds of each continent, but to make it geography-oriented, she'll first have to make sure she knows where the continent *is* and in her synthesizing project for each continent, she has to include a map.

We have about a zillion bird guides, including (*cough*) "Birds of Costa Rica".

Montessori Services sells 3-part bird cardsfor each continent, but they're a little pricey, especially if you're buying *all* of them. I think I'd rather just use books. Anyone know of any good living books (picture or chapter books) that can go along with our study?

She wants to start with South America first.

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 4:53pm | IP Logged Quote Katie
Angela,

What a great idea! We live in Suriname and there is a website devoted to the birds here. Birds of Suriname I think there are recordings of calls, too.

If your daughter learns where Suriname is then she'll know something geographical most people don't!

Have fun with your unit.

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