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Teaching Geography Without Buying a Curriculum

November 17, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 9 Comments

I have a couple of geography resources on the shelf, but mostly we cover geography by integrating it into our other lessons. And more often than not, it is not planned. Case in point: yesterday’s study of the Strait of Magellan. In Sprite’s proofreading practice (Evan Moor Daily Proofreading, grade 6) she came across strait […]

Filed Under: geography, notebooking Tagged With: atlas, geography, notebooking, reference skills

Reference Books

August 16, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 9 Comments

I’ve found that with a living books approach, a collection of reference books is vital. If we used textbooks, everything we “needed” to know would probably be right there. But since we use living books, we often come up with questions and need more information. I love going off on those types of tangents, those […]

Filed Under: Charlotte Mason Homeschooling, living books Tagged With: atlas, encyclopedia, living books, reference

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