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8 courses
Geography · Kindergarten
Children learn the words geographers use to tell where things are (above, below, beside, between, in front of, behind), sort out left and right on their own bodies and for a friend who faces them, and then tell a route in order with a start, landmarks, turns and a finish. A garden robot shows that turning left or right depends on the way you face.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children discover that a model is a small copy of something real, learn to see things from straight above like a bird (a cup's top is a circle, a table top is a rectangle), and then follow a real room as it becomes a block model and finally a flat map. They finish by sorting what a map can show from what it cannot.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children learn that a map symbol is a small picture or mark that stands for a real thing, use a map key to find out what each symbol means (even when the symbol is a star or a flag), and then read picture maps: counting one kind of symbol and telling what is beside what.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children spin a globe to discover that most of the Earth is covered by water, then learn the shapes of the land (mountain, hill, island, volcano, desert) and the shapes of water (ocean, lake, river, waterfall). They find land and oceans on a real world map and build landforms in a tray at home.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children name kinds of weather and their symbols (sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, stormy) and learn to go indoors when they hear thunder. They put the four seasons in order and find out that some places are warm all year while others are cold almost all year. Finally they choose clothes for hot and cold places and read a simple weather chart.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children discover that places fit inside bigger places, like stacking cups: classroom, school, neighborhood, town, state and country. They meet the community places that help everyone and the helpers who work there, and they learn the basic rules for getting around safely: walk with a grown-up, cross at a crosswalk, and stop, look and listen.
Geography · Kindergarten
Children use clues (buildings, traffic, people, open land) to tell a city, a town and a farm area apart, then compare two places kindly by saying how they are the same and how they are different. They finish by sorting helpful and harmful actions and choosing a real way to care for a place.
Geography · Kindergarten
In this capstone, children put the whole kindergarten path together: they plan a map with a title, symbols and a key, design symbols that are simple and different, and explain a route on a map with a start, landmarks, turns and a stop. They finish by drawing a map of one room at home and guiding a grown-up along a route on it.
