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there is a book about the world and its parts

I know many people tell me they do a ‘Me on the Map’ unit in their classrooms. These nifty flip books will make an amazing visual to help your kids learns exactly where they fit into this big, beautiful world of ours. Get yours in English or in French! You Might Also Like:Black History IG ... Read More about Where Are We? English and French Flip Book

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an ornament hanging on the wall that says my home, my city, and my state

We did this project today to help D understand the difference between a city, a state, a country, and a continent. My mom found this activity for us on another website called "Kid World Citizen". There are 6 layers of specificity: My Home My City My State My Country My Continent My Planet We drew pictures of our homes and cut out maps of our city. Online we printed out images of our state, country, continent, and planet. Then we glued it all together and labeled the pages. We also wrote the…

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a pile of different colored paper discs with the words me on the map in it

This "Me on the Map," activity is created by nesting circles to help kids in developing a basic understanding of geography. This rotating circular craft helps kids understand the difference between a city, state, country, continent, and planet. For full video please click on the link below https://youtu.be/SgA3P_KkdHU PS : All maps are just a representation of it,we tried our level best to get the accuracy as all are hand drawn . #neeldeepscreations #LearnwithRhythm #ArtbyRhythm

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three blue balls with pictures on them sitting on a bed

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…

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a bunch of paper plates with pictures on them

This is a great activity to do to help students get to know and make connections with each other. They share where they live and come from. This activity can be done in elemantary school at a higher grade (3-5) where they have a better understanding of where they come from.

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some crayons and scissors are sitting on top of a paper plate with the words me on the map

Understanding how kids’ street, town, state, continent and planet fit together is downright confusing. Thankfully, this simple me on the map craftivity is perfect to help make things make sense! Kids will love exploring where they live at the different levels! Great for a whole group class project during a map or geography unit! #maps #meonthemap

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To begin our inquiry into celebrations around the world, we looked at maps and globes to see how big the world is.  We found Ohio on world,... Ways To Present A Project, Fun Geography Activities For Students, Colorful Geography Game For Kids, Maps And Globes For Kids, State Geography Classroom Activity, Maps And Globes Kindergarten, Around The World Crafts For Kids, Continents Activities, Around The World Theme

To begin our inquiry into celebrations around the world, we looked at maps and globes to see how big the world is. We found Ohio on world, maps, maps of the United States and on globes. We read books to show how people live and do things in different parts of the world. We learned that people speak in different languages, eat different foods, have different homes, and different schools. Yet we all love, have friends, families, and have the same needs such as food, water and shelter. I set up…

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five books for me on the map with text overlay that reads flipbooks for me on the map

We spent the last few weeks of school studying Arkansas history and our state symbols. We started by reading Me on the Map and talking about what our map would look like. Read to see our colorful anchor charts and flipbooks we made in first grade!

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a pile of papers sitting on top of a laptop computer next to a white keyboard

1. Make flipbooks with 6 flaps and write on each flap, (My House, My City, My State, My Country, My Continent, and My Planet). 2. Have students look up pictures to fill out flip books or print cut outs for the students to use 3. Have students color their own picture of their home. 4. Have a class discussion about choices and the impact the choices of where their family lives had on them.

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a passport is shown with the words passport around the world on it and an image of a

Introduce your learners to different cultures from around the world with this free holiday passport around the world activity!

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