Our continents preschool lesson this week was quite simple and brief, but I had remembered my place on the map (and the globe) since then!
First we read Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. It’s is the general go-to book for such an introduction to our place in the world, mapping in general, and the fact that there are continents. It shows so clearly in steps that we have a place in a house, in a street, in a city, in a state, etc. I was not surprised that Strawberry enjoyed reading it with me. After we read it together, it was time to figure out our place “on the map.”
We began by finding her room. Then we walked down to the corner to find out our street name. Then we talked about our community as we headed home.
We got out the globe and the magnifying glass (a tool that will make any project more fun). Spinning the globe always is fun, so once we got that out of our system, we flipped through a few library books about mapping and continents.
I was delighted to learn about Antarctica (that is where the penguins live) and to hear that my big brother Raisin was born on the continent of Australia. We found the continents as the book mentioned them.
And of course we had to find where we are!
