Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 1 Workbook

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Skill Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts! Winner of the Mom's Choice Gold Seal Award for the best family-friendly products, this colorful activity book excites children to learn about the world around them and practice cross-curricular skills that integrate current geography standards. Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills. Activities incorporate geography concepts such as: Map skills Places and regions Continents and oceans Habitats Includes answer key. Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: Geography Teaching Guides include: How to Use directions for teaching geography Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities Teaching suggestions for incorporating geography discussion questions Extension activities such as a geography journal, graphic organizers, and field trip suggestions About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential. Review: Easy. Simple. - Very easy and simple lessons. I got the Grade 1 Science with this curriculum which is all black and white so I appreciate that this one has colour. Review: Great for summer work, summer school, homeschool, or supplementing public school! - This is another awesome geography book from this company! It says 1st grade but could be used as early as Kindergarten or late as 2nd or 3rd, depending on your child and their interest and reading levels. 16 lessons that take maybe 15 minutes each. I think they’re designed for 1 lesson a week. If you didn’t do the K level book, this is a great intro. If you did, this builds on what was previously taught very nicely. Each lesson has: Two pages of reading that can be parent or student done, depending on their reading level and confidence. A visual literacy page. Two pages of vocabulary practice. And then a hands-on activity. The activities are quick and easy to put together and do with the kiddo, but I really recommend letting them do most of it to exercise fine motor scissor skills. Answers are provided in the back. (Sorry for the fuzzy photo but I wanted to show two different full lessons.) If your child’s social studies is all about community helpers and holidays, I highly recommend these geography books to start building those skills. This is a great book for homeschooling or supplementing public school. With 16 quick lessons, it would be perfect for summer school work too! I’ll be buying this again when my youngest is of age, and we’ll continue to use the series as the oldest ages up.