Globe activities

This year my family is utilizing My Father’s World for the bulk of our curriculum. So far, we absolutely love it! This curriculum is offered in “cycles,” in which all children in 2nd through 8th grade can learn together during Bible, geography, history, and science. While middle schoolers have a bit of extra work each …

Map and Globe Activities – Jack of All Trades

How to Make a Paper Mache Planet Earth : Space Party Prop | The Purposeful Nest

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…

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…

Tissue paper, a styrofoam ball, and a bit of glue is all you need to make a darling little globe craft for Earth Day or a solar system unit craft!

Make your own plastic DIY snow globe. Find out what the best liquid is to make a homemade snow globe with our step by step instructions.

We created this Paper Plate Snow Globe Craft as a sponsored post for Oriental Trading. The full details and instructions for the project can be found on their

Take your Preschool all around the world with a look at cultures from across the globe with this Multicultural Activity Pack.