Painless U.S. Geography

It's our first day of school and this year we'll be working on U.S. Geography. Mo will be learning it for the first time, and the older one will get a quick review of those old states and capitals. That pretty much means we'll be visiting this site: Sheppard Software. I've linked you up to the page we use most. This was far and away the best site I found for learning where our states are when Sparx' curriculum called for it. He actually enjoyed practicing it (of course, he just enjoys any excuse to get on the computer). You can work on states, capitals, or geographical features for the U. S. and they have lots available for World Geography studies too.

Here's another way to sneak in the geography. I put a world map on our dining room table and covered it with a vinyl tablecloth. No, it's not elegant, although you could probably muster something a little nicer. The good thing about it is the kids are examining it all the time. Geography was something that we NEVER discussed outside of schooltime, and now they're asking questions about different places all the time. When the little ones pretend to fly in a plane, they head to Lilongwe. Yeah, it's really a place. Get the world map out and find it.