Geography

J is using the Beautiful Feet Literature Approach to Geography as a prequel to Early American History. ( I want her to know where everything is before learning more about the history of our country.) This book uses the wonderfully illustrated books of Holling C. Holling along with a series of maps which the student fills in with information from the texts. J uses a large student atlas to help her.

She thinks this subject is boring, but I think it's a great way to learn geography. I know I'm learning something, so hopefully she is too!

I'm also trying to provide her additional reading for the time period being studied. When I was growing up I thought Native American Indian life was fascinating. It seems much more foreign to my children. Is this the nature of generations? I can't make her fall in love with these times and people, but what I can do is make sure she is exposed to it and given a chance to think about it.

Today she finished reading "Sing Down the Moon" by Scott O'Dell, and she is writing a one page essay about the Navajo Indian Tribe.