My place in the world activity

how to teach kids where in the world they live by using simple circles to show the planet, continent, country, state, city, street, home! free printable.

This simple project with help teach kids geography and increase their global awareness as they begin to grasp their city, state, country, and continent.

For some reason my students have a difficult time and often confuse state-country-continent. This little flip book helped out a ton, along with the book Me on the Map! Read on to my FREEBIE! If you are making these for a classroom of students I would just make patterns and let them trace each circle onto paper, rather than making copies for each child. First, we started off reading the book, Me on the Map. I also use this vocabulary to help my students! Now, onto the flip book! Here is an…

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…

Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

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We did this project today to help D understand the difference between a city, a state, a country, and a continent. My mom found this activity for us on another website called "Kid World Citizen". There are 6 layers of specificity: My Home My City My State My Country My Continent My Planet We drew pictures of our homes and cut out maps of our city. Online we printed out images of our state, country, continent, and planet. Then we glued it all together and labeled the pages. We also wrote the…

Cosmic nesting cubes, map towers, and "Me on the Map" activities to help young children gain a better understanding of their place in the world.

This simple project with help teach kids geography and increase their global awareness as they begin to grasp their city, state, country, and continent.

I know many people tell me they do a ‘Me on the Map’ unit in their classrooms. These nifty flip books will make an amazing visual to help your kids learns exactly where they fit into this big, beautiful world of ours. Get yours in English or in French! You Might Also Like:Is it a ... Read More about Where Are We? English and French Flip Book