Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins: Geography

What We Can Do To Help Children Learn Geography

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• Read with them-- especially about other places and other people.

• Keep maps and globes around the house and let your children see you use them.

• Look and explore. Go exploring with them and become aware of your surroundings.

• Ask, ask, ask. Ask questions about what you see. Ask about shape and color and why things are located in a particular spot.

• Talk about the weather and how it changes what you wear and what you can do.

• Celebrate your own cultural heritage.

• Experiment with other cultures. Eat their food and sing their songs.

• Talk about where ideas, products, and people come from.

• Travel in different ways. Bus, car, bicycle, subway train. Jumping, running, climbing.

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