Salt map project for kids

Salt dough maps are a classic homeschool project that have become a staple for us as we studied world history this year. They are a creative and hands-on way to explore geography, but they are also incredibly simple to make with things you already have at home! You will need: A cardboard scrap for your

Lewis and Clark Salt Dough Map Homeschooling and salt dough maps go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Create countries, states, farms etc that you can mold, shape, paint and label! This topographical salt dough map is easy and so fun to create

Land is important. It sustains us and shapes us. And I know that if someone wanted to know my heart

Have you ever tried making salt dough? It's a fabulous material for creating projects with kids. It's cheap and quick to make.

3d florida project using salt dough, some slime, acrylic paint. 4th grade project

In order to reinforce some of the geography we have studied recently, and because I needed to be a "fun Mom" with a hands on activity I decided to make a salt dough map of California. I remember doing this when I was younger. I think I made the whole USA for a school project one of those elementary years. I got the recipe and basic directions from Jimmie's Squido lens about the project they did. I think the recipe she gives makes a lot more dough than we needed (unless your map is going to…

Geography Fun with a Salt Dough Map - recipe to make salt dough map. Great for homeschool K-6th grade

For our History we are looking at Ancient Civilizations including ancient Egypt and we incorporate Geography into that rather than do it as a seperate lesson. Here is our first foray into the world of salt dough. First we looked at where Egypt was in the world in our atlas and on the globe. Next we found an outline map of Egypt courtesy of google and printed it out. This was traced on to the base of a pizza box ( makes storage so much easier!) Next we made the dough 2 cups of plain flour, 1…

E R I N 🍎 3rd Grade Teacher on Instagram: “You guys, my coworker’s 4th graders made the coolest salt dough maps 3D maps of California landforms! #stemeducation #sciencerules…”

I teach geography in a fun way which includes salt and flour maps. But I also intergrate technolgy with QR Codes. Download a FREE QR Codes for geography!

3D Kinesthetic Child Friendly Salt Dough Maps: Want a project which will inspire curiosity in your child? Want to inspire knowledge and respect for people and places around the world? Try making a fun & easy salt dough map. It helps children who have difficulty learning and remembering thro…

Week 3: Learning About Landforms: Lots of ideas for teaching and writing about landforms.

One of my students’ favorite projects each year is making maps out of salt dough. I remember using salt dough myself as a child and it’s still such a great idea. Salt dough is perfect for a number of reasons. · It is easy to make. I actually send a note a week ahead of time with the recipe and let the students bring their own salt dough to class. · It doesn’t stain clothes. · It can easily be painted (even when it’s not completely dry). We actually paint ours with watercolors. · It’s…

Daniel Boone Wilderness Road Map | Make a fun salt dough map to learn about the geography of the Wilderness Road and do a fun unit study.

Are you good at geography? I never understood geography until I was an adult. I think for many kids, geography is too abstract and seems meaningless. I discovered that I learn places on a map from experience, either traveling or through really amazing stories. The notion of memorizing capitals and countries without a tether to something real is about as alluring to me as cleaning the bathroom. Learning metro and train systems, driving through states, or pouring over maps of the places I read…

A 3-D model of FL using salt dough. Then painted.

This follow up work has been available to my 7-year-old since we began our Africa studies, but I’m so glad he waited until this week to choose it.

Project for social studies. Used salt dough for the map. We got the perfect shape because we used an actual map of the United states from the Dollar tree. We used rocks,also from dollar tree, for the mountains. The paints and the little signed were also from dollar tree.