Introducing Sonlight's New Kindergarten Science Program: Ecosystems, Meteorology, Physics and Engineering Design

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New Kindergarten Science program from Sonlight

NEW FOR 2020
Sonlight's Kindergarten Science Program:
Ecosystems, Meteorology, Physics and Engineering Design
AVAILABLE APRIL 1, 2020


We're excited to introduce Sonlight's NEW Kindergarten Science: Ecosystems, Meteorology, Physics and Engineering Design. With this new STEM-based science program, your children will actually use the scientific method to explore their world.

Your students will ask questions, think of possible answers (hypotheses), and test them with you. They won't just receive information, but will actively explore subjects like cause and effect, patterns, structure and function, systems, stability and change, cycles, and more.

Want to learn more about Sonlight's new Kindergarten Science program? Keep reading!

Why Create a New Science Program?

The idea to create a new science program started with a desire to update the Sonlight's science video resources (Discover & Do). While developing a plan to update video content, we started taking a closer look at all of the content included in our curriculum.

Instead of just replacing out-of-date books and updating information, there was an opportunity to completely rethink Sonlight's approach to the science curriculum. This new approach teaches children to think like scientists, and builds STEM skills that are valuable in an increasingly technological world.

Sonlight's New Approach to Science

A hands-on approach to science is exciting and lets kids see science in action. We didn't want to lose any of that with our new science approach!

But, we also didn't want to stop with demonstrating concepts through science experiments. Science can be used as an opportunity to teach great problem-solving skills and new ways of thinking. Your kids can get actively involved in the scientific process, and learn to think like scientists with a solution-oriented mindset.

1. Teaching Kids to Think Like Scientists

The new Science K experiments book and accompanying videos follow the Scientific Method. Each hands-on activity starts with an observation or a specific question. Why do rain forests grow the way that they do? Or how do boats float? From the observation, students are encouraged to make a prediction, and then carry out an experiment to test their hypothesis.

The learning doesn't stop after just one activity. You'll push forward to see how the concept you've learned applies to other ideas. Science is all connected and always growing. We want to inspire kids to ask big questions and explore God's world.

2. Tying Activities to Engaging Books

One of the most exciting things about Science K is that the experiments tie back to the content in the science books. When you're reading about ants, you're going to do several experiments about ants and where they live, how they move, and what they eat.

We've worked hard to find excellent, engaging, age-appropriate titles that still keep the program affordable and on-topic. The books are filled with great illustrations and photographs. You'll even read a biography about a normal person who started a movement that has dramatically improved the ecology of northern Africa. Kids will see how the study of science can inspire and create positive change in the world.

3. Adding STEM Content

By adding STEM and Engineering Design content to the new kindergarten Science program, we hope to inspire students who have an aptitude for science and engineering fields. STEM is all about learning about a problem and finding creative ways to solve it. Kids get to explore these problems in a structured, scientific way.

With Sonlight's new approach to our science progams, kids are encouraged to step into innovating and experimenting on their own. We're excited to build scientists who follow God's calling and change the world for the better!

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Check out Sonlight's complete kindergarten program!

Get the new American History Kindergarten program in one simple order. Includes the NEW Kindergarten History / Bible / Literature Program Readers, Handwriting, Language Arts, the NEW Kindergarten Science program and Math. Everything you need to teach one child, for one year... in one easy order.

Sonlight's NEW Kindergarten All-Subjects Package

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Sonlight's Kindergarten All-Subjects Package
AVAILABLE APRIL 1, 2020

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11 Poetry Anthologies for Kids That Every Home Library Needs

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If your home library is sorely lacking in the poetry genre, this list solves the problem with 11 poetry anthologies for kids. Although these are specifically for students, each book will appeal to all ages from young children to adults.

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Why Homeschooling Abroad is Tough (And How to Handle It)

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When you move far away from your homeland and homeschool abroad, you face unique challenges in terms of getting supplies and finding support. Here's help.

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Coronavirus has your kids at home? Here are ideas for school at home.

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Ideas for School at Home

With the grocery stockpiling and the enthusiastic handwashing comes another unexpected symptom of COVID-19– the need for an emergency lesson plan.

Schools across the country are closing to slow the spread of the virus, and many families are finding themselves with an unexpected amount of family bonding time. Sonlight has some experience (30 years in fact) with school at home, so we’ve compiled a list of emergency educational resources for those temporarily bringing school to their living rooms and kitchen tables.

While a schedule disruption may cause stress, look for moments of enjoyment in the extra time with your children. A tricky situation can also be a unique opportunity. Use these tools to keep up with academics—and chase away the cabin fever. You might build some surprising family memories along the way.

1. School at Home with Book Lists

With limited opportunities to explore outside of the home, take advantage of the chance to travel around the world through books. The books that you choose to read with your children matter. Stay away from fluff, and opt for titles that are rich, engaging, and spark thoughtful conversations.

We’ve compiled book lists of some of our favorites over the years, so that you don’t have to waste time sifting through library shelves for books that your children will love to read. Check out our book packages, carefully curated by age range, or reference some of the book lists below; you just might find a new family favorite that makes them beg for one more chapter …and helps the hours fly by.

2. School at Home Lesson Plans

If your school-at-home situation is temporary and you don’t want to spend money on curriculum, Sonlight offers 3-weeks of free lesson plans to get you started.

Sonlight Instructor’s Guides are packed with notes and discussion questions, along with assignments for each day. If you’re looking for a no-prep way to facilitate History, Literature, Language Arts, Science, or Bible in your home, a Sonlight Instructor’s Guide sample is a good start.

3. School at Home with Hands-On Activities

Your kids can learn and keep their hands busy at the same time with hands-on learning projects.

If you don’t want to worry about gathering craft supplies, Sonlight offers hands-on learning kits with all of the supplies included.

Hands-on history kits

Or, try some outside-of-the-box learning activities that take little to no supplies. Got a toddler in the house? We have ideas for that, too.

4. School at Home with Art Enrichment

Add some art enrichment to your day, and you might find yourself wanting to keep the habit going as an afterschooling activity even when your kids are back in school. Experiment with different ways to get your creativity flowing…like recreating art from a favorite artist, following an online doodling tutorial, or drawing things you see in the backyard. You can also set up a student-led art station for your kids to explore on their own…while mom takes a break.

Art is an area that your children may not get to explore everyday in their typical school schedule, so enjoy the opportunity to add a new kind of creative outlet to your day. If you’re looking for a more formal art program, Sonlight has art appreciation books and curriculum available.

5. School at Home with Physical Activity

Staying in the house can make everyone antsy. It’s important to stay active to keep grumpiness at bay, and there are ways to do that even if the weather outside is chilly.

Use these 10 Tips for Self-Care Through Exercise and Movement as a starting point. Finding an exercise video online or doing stretches in the living room might be just what you need to shake away feelings of anxiety.

6. School at Home with Games

Games are a fun way to pass the time while learning. See our top picks here.

You probably already have some of our favorites sitting around in your house, and this is a perfect time to dig them out of the closet. Reference our list of Top 10 Educational Games for Families that will get your brains working and some lighthearted competition flowing.

7. School at Home with Current Events

With the 2020 U.S. election season coming up, what better time for a crash course in government and civics? Check out these 6 Ways to Teach Civics at Home, or better yet, enjoy Sonlight's free Guide to Elections unit study. This interactive unit study activities cover a range of grades and ages, and will help you dive into the history and current events surrounding elections in America.

Looking for even more ideas? The Sonlight blog is packed with free tips, encouragement, and resources that are useful for families dealing with an unexpected change. Use these afterschooling ideas to add to the at-home curriculum provided by your school. We wish your family health and safety during this season – and little moments of surprising joy!

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How to Choose Among Sonlight Preschool, Pre-K, K, and A

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How to Choose Among Sonlight Preschool, Pre-K, and A

When you are starting out as a homeschooler or adding enrichment to a daycare or preschool program, which Sonlight early learning program will be the best fit for your family? All four of Sonlight’s programs for young students—Preschool, Pre-K, K, and A—use dozens of beautiful books that you and your child will love. But because children ages 3 to 7 develop different skills at different rates, which of these programs is the best fit for your child today?

Here's help choosing.

The recommended age and grade ranges for all Sonlight programs are changing beginning April 1, 2020. The NEW Sonlight scope & sequence outlines these four levels as such:

Let’s unpack this simple summary to find the best fit for your child.

Preschool is excellent for young children. 2-year-olds might enjoy some of the books, but most families enjoy this collection for children aged 3 or 4. That said, even children far past preschool age enjoy and revisit these books regularly. Many Sonlighters have come across their 6, 7, and even 8-year-olds looking at these books.

This is one of the best values of all the Sonlight programs, simply because of how much use these books offer a family.

The Pre-K program is an excellent program for either Pre-K or for Kindergarten.

The Sonlight K program works equally well for Kindergarten or 1st grade.

And Sonlight A was, for many years, Sonlight's kindergarten program. As of 2020, the easier Read-Alouds moved down to K, and Sonlight A kept the more challenging chapter books and added some new ones. Thus, the 2020 Sonlight A is more suited to a first and second grade audience. Ideally, you can start this program with a child aged 6 or 7.

If you’re trying to pick between the four earliest Sonlight programs, here’s a quick guide, based on the types of Read-Alouds included in each program.

  • Preschool includes mostly picture books with few words per page.
  • Pre-K is a mix of picture books with more words per page and early chapter books with a single illustration per page.
  • Sonlight K is mostly early chapter books, with many illustrations and engaging plots.
  • Sonlight A is mostly chapter books with a few illustrations per chapter.

Choosing Sonlight Preschool

If your children love picture books, then celebrate that love of beauty and rich stories told in few words with Sonlight Preschool, a program composed almost entirely picture books with very few words.


Choosing Sonlight Pre-K

Sonlight Pre-K starts to include chapter books with a single illustration per chapter, and picture books with more words per page. This program includes a series of workbooks that helps you gauge your children’s academic readiness, and reading readiness exercises. Much of this would be considered traditional Kindergarten material, and some of our customers claim that Sonlight Pre-K is more robust than other company's Kindergarten programs.


Choosing History / Bible / Literature K

Sonlight K, new in 2020, introduces American history to a young audience. This program will be available on April 1, 2020.

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The Sonlight exclusive history spine, Heroes and Happenings, includes 60 biographies of famous people and events from history. These are mostly less than 1000 words (about the length of this blog post), with multiple full-color illustrations per chapter. This program includes engaging and delightful Read-Alouds, mostly short chapter books, heavily illustrated. 


Choosing History / Bible / Literature A

If when you read aloud a chapter book, your children wiggle like crazy, or you find yourself saying, “Pay attention!” then maybe wait a little longer before using Sonlight A. Choose Pre-K or K instead. Most of the books in A are chapter books. Enjoyable, entertaining, exciting . . . but chapter books. Not all 5 and 6-year-olds are ready for chapter books.


If You Still Aren’t Sure

Still not sure if Sonlight Preschool, Pre-K, K, or A is best? Or are you trying to combine more than one child with one of these programs? Contact a Sonlight Homeschool Advisor to talk through the options. And if even if you need to exchange a program for a better fit, our guarantee allows for that.

Click here to connect with a homeschool consultant who can provide personalized help with choosing the right curriculum.

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4 Homeschool Extras You Shouldn't Skip

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4 Homeschool Extras You Shouldn't Skip

Homeschool families often end up choosing the homeschool lifestyle because they enjoy the freedom to make their own educational choices. They shun following a set of standardized guidelines about what each and every school day ought to include. Along the way, each homeschool family designates some aspects of school as extras and others as priorities.

Sometimes the extras starts to fall off the table as you settle into a routine that covers all the core classes and still allows your family to meet its outside commitments. This is a normal phenomenon and nothing to be alarmed over. However, I am making a plea not to drop all extras from your homeschool schedule...or at least not to drop them all the time.

Homeschoolers are nothing if not flexible. But in the midst of busy-yet-routine homeschool days, we sometimes forget that activities we consider extra can be some of the most memorable and impactful aspects of our homeschool years. They are worth making time for!

Here are a four homeschool activities, commonly deemed extras, along with reasons why not to skip them.

1. Science Experiments

I heard it just the other day in a comment made by a teen studying Exploring Creation with Biology as she flipped the page and moved on with the chapter, “Oh, we always skip the science experiment.”

Yeah, we do. And it is probably not a good thing that she doesn’t even ask if we're going to attempt the science experiment. It wasn’t always this way. Once upon a time we did have a microscope, and we did do the dissections. I distinctly remember the smell as we carefully cut into a starfish and a crayfish and searched for the body parts listed in the textbook.

But years go by. Microscopes are used a little too enthusiastically by a few too many would-be scientists, schedules get busy, and somewhere along the way, we no longer do dissections. Nor do we sprout beans, stick celery in colored water, play with magnets, or make whirlwinds in a soda bottle. 

But that’s not the way ought to be, at least not always.

Maybe we can’t get the supplies for every suggested experiment. Maybe we don’t have the time to apply every concept taught in the books to an experiment with actual materials. But they shouldn’t become such an extra that our children automatically assume a science experiment isn’t going to happen. I mean, have you ever seen a kid complain about having to do a science experiment?

Maintain the sense of wonder in learning about Creation by making it a priority to, at least occasionally, experiment with scientific principles in action.

2. Geography Mapwork

Mapwork is easy to make a part of your core school hours when you pair it with your daily HBL time. However, if you keep your Markable map and your markers stashed away in a safe place...somewhere in the depths of the black hole of homeschool supplies...it’s all too easy for mapwork to become a nonessential activity that gets forgotten.

Almost nobody has as masterful a grasp of geography as they ought to. Mapwork helps.

Identifying real-world locations mentioned in the books they read assists kids to understand distance, location, and the globe itself. Do what works for you to make it part of your everyday school schedule rather than something so infrequent that you can’t even remember where the map is.

3. Homeschool Arts and Crafts

There are homeschool parents on both ends of the spectrum when it comes to arts and crafts. For some, crafts are what they live for, and they delight in coming up with unique, three-dimensional artistic activities.

Other parents quake in fear at the thought of glitter, glue, markers, and paint. The idea of saving boxes and tubes to transform into musical instruments occurs to them for a second...and then they set the box of recycling by the curb anyway.

Either attitude is a bent of personality; neither bent is right or wrong. However, what can’t be denied is the innate value of art and craft experiences in children’s education. Scribbling, painting, cutting, and gluing develop important motor skills.

Let the arts and crafts happen. If you’re not the type inclined towards intricate hands-on crafts for your kids, that’s okay! But you can provide the materials and the designated time for art and see what results. If you are looking for purposeful crafts made so easy that you’re not tempted to skip them altogether anymore, then look into Sonlight’s Hands-On History Project Kits! Lap Book kits are another excellent option for upper-elementary and middle grades.

4. Physical Education

I know, I know. If anything, it seems PE class ought to be the one class we homeschoolers can skip without any regret or compunction at all. Nobody seems to have wonderful tales of their PE classes in public school.

I distinctly remember my mom’s embarrassment when our whole family attended a party at a skating rink. We spent the whole evening falling down! None of us had ever even tried on a pair of skates before. My mom bought roller-blades for each of us the very next day and had us skate circles in the driveway until we developed the skill.

Particularly for families who don’t participate in any organized sports, it’s easy to let obvious childhood physical skills slip through the cracks and assume that backyard play is adequate. But there are many sports-related skills that are helpful for kids to acquire:

  • swimming
  • riding a bike
  • throwing and catching with accuracy
  • understanding the basics of different sports
  • familiarity with sports equipment

You can use Home School Family Fitness if you want a structured approach for practicing these kinds of skills as a family.

In your attempt to become a homeschool essentialist or minimalist, don't throw out all the extras. When it comes to science experiments, hands-on activities, mapwork, and PE, homeschooling offers the individualized instruction where these kinds of activities can truly shine! It would be a huge mistake to cut them out all of the time.

Round out your children's education with carefully chosen electives that cover a wide scope of disciplines.

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The Ultimate Guide to Sonlight's Markable Map

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The Ultimate Guide to Sonlight's Markable Map

Sonlight’s complete curriculum packages come with everything you need to teach your child. But when budgets are tight, it’s easy to wonder if all those items are truly necessary or how they will be incorporated. You may be tempted to skimp on some of the things you consider extras.

Sonlight’s Markable Map is one product which might seem redundant, considering the laminated maps already included in the Instructor’s Guides. But, used together, mapwork boosts your child’s understanding of history, geography, and the world at large in a painless, easy-to-use way. Be sure to get the Markable Map!

Sonlight Maps

Sonlight has carefully designed maps to accompany the places you will be learning about in their books throughout the year. Newer Instructor’s Guides for History / Bible / Literature (HBL) A through HBL J have lovely laminated maps in the front, and high school level Instructor’s Guides and older guides have multiple paper maps instead. These maps are labeled, and the Instructor’s Guides clearly reference the areas of study.

Additionally, Sonlight offers a large, blank laminated map with wet-erase markers for your child to learn geography. This is the Markable Map. The wet-erase markers don’t wipe off as easily as typical dry-erase markers do, so they stand up to heavier daily use. 

What Makes The Markable Map Different?

There are specific benefits our family found to using Sonlight’s Markable Map and laminated maps in the Instructor’s Guides that most other maps, atlases, and globes don't provide. 

  • First, and most importantly for our family, it’s blank. Totally blank. There are no states or countries written in. No words in the middle of the ocean. This might seem like a negative—until your child has to start looking for locations on it. Unlike other maps, my children have to focus to be able to use it. They can’t rely on looking for a capital A and hope they can find Argentina. They don’t become frustrated as easily when Mesopotamia doesn’t jump out at them. Suddenly, they have to look at the shape of the country and the surrounding areas, and find a place that matches. It takes more effort and concentration and thus, it is more likely to stick better. This is especially helpful in children who have learning disabilities that make memorization difficult, such as ADHD and dyslexia. 
  • Second, it’s specific to what we are learning about. With the Markable Map, we can highlight only the events that we are currently studying, leaving the other areas uncluttered and thereby less distracting. We can visualize why it took so long to get supplies through during the American Civil War because of how much land they had to cross with wagons and carts. My child can mark the battles of the Peloponnesian War, or the journey of the Mayflower as we follow them on their journey. Every time they look at the Markable Map, they remember writing those specific places in.
  • Third, it’s double-sided. There’s a map of the US on one side, and the world on the other, making it easy to flip back between national and world events. While some families might not need this added bonus, having multiple maps to use, I found it beneficial to not have to pull out extra resources or find another map to show the areas we were talking about. 
  • Fourth, the scale lines up to the answer keys on the laminated maps in the Instructor’s Guides. We can easily find places that would otherwise be hard to locate and transfer them to the correct area without having to look up multiple resources or take a lot of extra time.
  • Fifth, we can write anything on it, and then erase it. If we make a mistake, it’s easy to fix. Or, if we are done talking about an area of the world, we can clear up free space on our Markable Map. While some maps with pre-printed locations are compatible with wet-erase markers, they tend to look more and more cluttered as we add to them. The Markable Map, in contrast, can look exactly as clean or as cluttered as we want. I like to go through a few times a year with my children when it’s starting to look cluttered, and pick out which areas we are still discussing. We snap a photo in case we need to reference something or want to look back on it later. Then we erase it all, and start over; writing in the key areas from before. 
  • Finally, it is versatile in terms of storage. It folds up and slides easily under the sofa or onto the bookshelf. This means it’s easy to store away when company is coming, or pull out without taking a lot of extra effort when we need it. We have, in the past, also placed grommets in the corners and then hung the map from hooks to display it. 

Most families only ever need one Markable Map, but with homeschooling multiple kids using multiple levels, I’ve found perks to using one map per program. Some families like to purchase two, so they can display each side (USA and world) and have both visible at the same time. 

Added Benefits of Mapwork with the Markable Map

Sonlight’s carefully designed maps help create a visual reminder of what your child is learning. But, it doesn’t stop there. The mapwork crosses a variety of learning styles and adds that essential hands-on component many children need. This multi-sensory approach to learning between the books and maps helps create long-lasting memories of key places and events. 

  • Auditory: your child hears what you are reading to them. They listen to stories about people, places, and events, and how they all tie in together. They also internalize the pronunciations of those places.
  • Interpersonal: you and your child talk about the story and answer questions.
  • Visual: they observe what is happening in illustrations and the locations in the maps in the books. They see the places on the Markable Map. They follow events by drawing lines to show journeys and scrutinize patterns as events play out over the world. Sometimes, being able to view locations helps to further understand events. 
  • Kinesthetic: They experience the cool, smooth feel of the Markable Map. They feel the sensation of writing on the Markable Map with Markers. The larger sweeping arm motion to reach further-away locations, crossing the midline, and writing at angles to fit words into smaller places create connections in the brain. Labeling the Markable Map and outlining the shapes help to form a kinesthetic memory of the area. 
  • Reading, Writing, and Spelling: As children read the names and events on the maps, they are further familiarizing themselves with often unique or hard to spell names and places. They are seeing how the words are spelled and used together to form places like Santorini or Mesopotamia. They also need to write and spell the names of countries, towns, cities, etc. You can use the mapwork to aid in memorizing state and other location abbreviations. Writing these names on the map while hearing how they are pronounced leads them to further internalize world geography

Tips for Using and Remembering to Do the Mapwork 

At the beginning of every homeschool year, I fully intend to make use of every single aspect of my Sonlight curriculum. But as the year moves on, I find myself forgetting to do the mapwork activities or putting them off until there are so many that I feel behind. When I reframed my thinking and gave myself more visual reminders, I was able to remember the mapwork on a regular basis.

  • With the Daily Work: I read through the Instructor's Guides a few weeks at a time and note where locations are mentioned and where mapwork is recommended. There are little symbols already there to remind me. To help them stand out, I can highlight, underline, or use a colored sticky flag. This extra visual reminder helps me do these activities when they were scheduled. I keep my Markable Map and Markers within easy reach on a shelf or the wall, depending on how much space our current temporary housing has. 
  • Regularly Scheduled Review: Sometimes, I don’t get to the guide on time, so around the beginning of each year (or semester, or week, or any given period of time), I go through my Instructor’s Guides and list the mapwork locations. At the end of that period, we review them all at once, discussing where we learned about each item and what happened there. 
  • Sporadic Review: As a busy parent with ADHD, I admit that sometimes, I just plain forget. At those times, I pull out a globe or atlas and have my children see how many places they can find that they read about as I page through the guide.

Activities and Games for the Markable Map

Sometimes, even fun or useful information can seem dry and boring. Here are some games and activities I have used sporadically to help liven things up and help my children look forward to learning about geography. 

  • Color Code: Sonlight sells 4 differently-colored wet erase markers with the Markable Map. We use this to color code our maps. Blue usually refers to bodies of water. Green to larger regions and countries. Red marks smaller countries or important areas; black is for cities and towns. You can choose how you would like your Markable Map to be color coordinated. We like to draw a little key in the bottom to remind us how we used each color. 
  • Musical Maps: Using the Geography Songs CD from HBL C, we practice daily until my children can point to the countries in time to the song. Each day they practice until they can get most of the countries correct while the music is playing. Some songs, such as Greenland, are pretty easy, but others are much more challenging. 
  • Map Timeline Figures: If you have an inexpensive map, an extra set of timeline figures can be pasted on to make your map even more visual.
  • Make it Meaningful: Locate areas on your Markable Map where you’ve taken vacations, lived in the past, or want to visit someday. Our family also adds in locations relatives live or visit. If we remember, we ask them to send us a postcard from that area. If your child is into current events, they can map where certain pieces of news are happening or for children they are praying for around the world
  • Build Physical Maps: Occasionally, certain books will lend themselves nicely to making a map of your own, using drawings, bricks, or even play-dough. If you have a book that centers around a specific map, you can try having your child create their own version of the map to help cement it in their memory banks. We recently built a model of Wild Island from the book My Father’s Dragon, and made a map of the area around the boxcar out of Legos from the book The Boxcar Children, both from HBL A.
  • Keep it Visible: When possible, we hang our Markable Map in a place where we can see it as we do our lessons. But when we are limited on wall space, or don’t want to mark up our walls (my husband vastly prefers the uncluttered look), we can fold it up and place it on the bookshelf right next to our Instructor’s Guides or with our history books. This helps to keep it in sight, making it harder to forget. 

Mapping provides great learning opportunities for your children and aids in retention. Even if you can’t do all the mapping activities in your guide, these tips might help you to use them more often, make them more fun or interesting, and help you review. If you have any more ideas or suggestion, leave them in the comments for others to try. 

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