Geography Just Around the Corner

In this short little podcast “Geography Just Around the Corner,” Episode, #188, Meredith Curtis shows you how to take a walk around your neighborhood to notice all the geography there – landforms, flora, fauna, climate, and more. Children will open their eyes to new things and geography will become simple to understand.

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Show Notes

Whether you are teaching geography or not this year, whet your children’s appetite for geography by observing and exploring the geography all around you – right in your neighborhood!

Landforms

What landforms are in your neighborhood?

• Mountains
• Hills
• Lakes
• Rivers
• Streams
• Waterfalls
• Islands
• Desert
• Grasslands
• Forest
• Rain Forest

Start with your backyard

Elevation

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Flora & Fauna

Plants & Animals are everywhere! Don’t’ forget the birds!

Binoculars

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Weather / Climate

Keep a weather chart

Find patterns

Extreme Weather

Fitting It All Together

How does it all fit together?

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Map God’s World the Fun Way

In “Mapping God’s World the Fun Way,” Episode, #187, Meredith Curtis shares out-of-the-box creative ways to map God’s amazing world. From using large outline maps and cooking/coloring in to map contests and mapping on the bathroom wall, who says mapping can’t be fun? Get back to basic mapping the world and have a blast!

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Show Notes

God’s Word tells us that the earth belongs to Him and all the people who live in it (Psalm 24:1) and Jesus told us to make disciples of all nations starting right where we are and moving across the entire world (Matthew 28:19 and Acts 1:8). Best of all, He loves all the people in the entire world so much that He sent Jesus so anyone who believes in Him will have everlasting life! (John 3:16). That’s exciting!

As a homeschool mom, I want to teach my children about the world God made and loves. If God calls them to go to Calcutta to share the Gospel, I want them to know where it is!

Little Ones Map Continents & Oceans

Start with blank outline maps of the entire world. Give children crayons or let them dictate names of the continents and the oceans.

Puzzles

Older Children Landform Map

Here are some of the Basic Landforms Children Should be able to Map by the time they are starting high school:

• Andes Mountains
• Amazon River
• Patagonian Desert
• Argentinean Pampas
• Amazon Rain Forest
• Nile River
• Congo River
• Sahara Desert
• Kalahari Desert
• Congo Rain Forest
• Ganges River
• Yangtze River
• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Jordan River
• Arabian Desert
• Gobi Desert
• Manchurian Plain
• Mongolian Plain
• Kazakh Steppe
• Himalaya Mountains
• Daintree River
• Great Victoria Desert
• Australian Savanna
• Daintree Rain Forest
• Great Dividing Range
• Mississippi River
• Great Basin Desert
• Canadian Prairies
• American Great Plains
• Rocky Mountains
• Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Danube River
• Rhine River
• Great Hungarian Plain
• Alps
• Caucasus Mountains
• Ring of Fire

Political Map Fun

Continue with Outline Maps – Filling in

Map Contests

Compare Political Maps from Different Time Periods – Overlay maps are great for this

Geography Cookbook & An Outline Map

Geographical Fiction

Seterra Online Quiz Game

Mapping the Bathroom Wall

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Math Success in High School

In “Math Success in High School,” Episode, #186, Meredith Curtis talks about that subject that many homeschool moms dread – MATH! High school success is easier than you think. You need confidence, a game plan, good study habits, and sometimes help from outside the home. You will be encouraged from this podcast and have a workable plan to move forward.

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Show Notes

If you don’t like Math, don’t tune me out.

4 Reasons Students Do Poorly in Math

1. They think they can’t do it
2. They have poor study habits when it comes to Math
3. They do it in spurts rather than consistently
4. Moms are afraid of Math and pass on the fear

What’s Great about Math?

• Concrete – right or wrong
• Incremental
• Teaches Problem-Solving
• Exercise for the Brain
• Exercise for our Logic Muscle

Why Kids Can Be Confident in Math

• Each child is fearfully and wonderfully made
• Each child can do ALL THINGS through Christ who gives us strength
• Negative Voices in the Head can be Silenced
• Study Habits & Game Plan are Key in Conqueroring Math

Game Plan & Study Habits

• Do Math first thing (or as soon as you are awake) 4-5 times a week
• Lead from Success to Success to Success
• Learn each concept well before moving on (fractions, decimals, borrowing, order of operation, making 10)
• Memorize Multiplication Tables
• Memorize Basic Formulas

My Experience with Math

• Early years to High school
• Challenges & What I Did
• Getting Help

Get Help!

• Tutoring
• Online Classes
• Tutoring & Online Classes both Available at True North Homeschool Academy
• Leanne – Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra II

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