Fun With Geography
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Creativity expert Courtney Watkins creates outdoor activities that actually teach geography.
Figure A--Because New Orleans has the country's busiest port, what a fun place to sail that would be! Use plastic containers to simulate ships and construction paper to create a sign that identifies the area. Children will be more interested playing a geography game than enduring a geography lesson. This is also a great way to get them excited before leaving for a vacation destination.
Figure B--Foods are another good way to identify a region of the country or the world. In this example, children are encouraged to throw a potato through a large potato "eye" cut from foam core (which is heavier than construction paper). Ask the children a question about the state pictured (in this case it's Idaho, of course) to earn a toss at the foam core. They can learn about Georgia peanuts, Florida oranges, Washington apples, etc.
Figure C--Old water bottles are used here to represent an icon of the state of New Jersey--a dinosaur (the first nearly-complete dinosaur fossil was found here in 1858). Construction-paper dinosaurs are taped to the bottles, and, after answering a question about New Jersey correctly, the child gets to toss a tennis ball at the bottles to see how many he or she can knock over.
Resources Courtney's Creative Adventures
by Courtney Watkins
Little, Brown & Co., 2002
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Guests Courtney Watkins
Creativity Expert
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Courtney@CourtneyWatkins.com
Website:
www.courtneywatkins.com
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