When I purchased this map, it was really to keep H2 busy on an airplane flight. I knew he would be semi-interested because he loves stickers, but he hasn't shown much interest (or been too exposed) to geography. He loves history, but we hadn't done any geography - other than viewing a few maps and GPS stuff when we traved to CO on vacation a couple of years ago.
The other day I pulled it out during a break from our seat work. HE LOVED IT.
We ended up having a great intro to geography lesson. We discussed several states, talked about directions (NESW), spatial words (above, below, to the right of, to the left of), and matching.
H2 loved finding the different states. For each state he located I would give him a few fun facts about each state and if we know anyone who lives there or is from there. (Cool thing about this map is that the stickers each include a couple of illustrations that indicate what that state is "known" for.)
We even mapped a route for a summer road trip (If we ever win the lotto and can afford a 2-week long road trip!) to South Dakota to visit Mt. Rushmore.
We had a lot of fun, so I counted this as a successful homeschooling project. I found that it actually sunk in when a few hours later when Daddy came home he told him that he wanted to go to Wisconsin to visit his baby cousin M. He remembered the state name & that he had family there!
We will definitely continue to use this sticker map as a geography tool. I am looking forward to pulling out the Leap Frog USA Map (part of the TAG reading system) to see what it has to say. H2's nana purchased this for Christmas, so I think he will enjoy it as well.
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