Friday, June 27, 2008

Geography

I am a girly swot like many of my online friends...and I loved learning facts such as capitals of countries and highest waterfalls at school.

O6(and a half) is discovering the joys of geography. We have been playing The amazing Moa Hunt...and O6 often beats us, he even knows where Gore is!

O6 and I made a world map jigsaw puzzle again two days ago and spent ages looking for interesting places. O throught Christmas Island and the Sandwich Islands sounded pretty cool.

Our table cloth at the moment is a modified pvc shower curtain map of the world and at the Breakfast table O6 is very patient at explaining again and again to A3 and C3 that countries with other countries joining them are NOT islands, but that WE live on an island.

I have been reflecting again on just how organic learning is...provide the right environment and children (and adults) will learn, learn, learn.

4 comments:

sweetp said...

M6 is right into geography too. Her fav b'day present this year....an atlas! Your HS stories are very inspiring

Sharonnz said...

Agreed. All sounds good to me! I6 just got given her very own atlas for her birthday too;-)

Rosie said...

Your O reminds me so much of our J at around the same age. Great idea about the 'table cloth'! S8 is now the one loving The Amazing Moa Hunt in our family. Even A3 knows where our 'place' is on the world map and she made us have a quiet giggle the other day saying "America is up behind the clouds"!! Comes from her fascination with planes flying high above the back yard. Keep having fun learning together:-)

Rach said...

TEST for places we are going:

1) What is the only manmade structure on earth visible from outer space? (yeah an easy one to get ya started)

2) What is the deepest lake in the world?

3) Where is (possibly one of) the oldest but (almost certainly) most recently rediscovered temple complexes?
(And how many faces of "Buddha or someone" are there carved into the walls? J13 knows the answer is over 3000!!!!!!)

That will be enough questions for one day!!!!!!!