Recently my son was bragging on how much stuff he knows. So I quizzed him on European countries. Wouldn’t you know Europe has changed greatly since I was in grade school 20+ years ago?! I had a hard time labeling all of the … new countries. So we decided to learn them together.
First we started the old fashion way … labeling a map. He enjoys this process but I knew there had to be a more hands-on approach (and one easier on my printer)! So he sculpted Europe out of play doh.
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We also used a laminated Europe Placemat
Why not throw in a little country flags too? Rather than make flags we decided to color the country in the same way of their flag! A lot of northern Europe countries have the cross on their flags – interesting observation from the boy.
And not to beat a dead (European) horse – but some “down time” outside turned into a chalk contest. EUROPE!
What project has your tactile learner been working on lately?! We will continue our geography learning and start notebooking our way through Europe!
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Stef, that is such a great idea. We have been coloring in US states in a book we have…I think my littlest can join in with the coloring….(knocking myself in the head wondering why I didn’t think about that!)
This is super cool, Stef! Pinning it for use next year with our daughter, the tactile learner of the house.
I love, love, LOVE the idea of coloring in the countries with the country’s flag design! I do believe we will have to add this idea to our USA unit for next year…AWESOMENESS!!!!
(P. S. I am a loyal follower now, and I hope to join in on Tactile Tuesday sometime in the future…fun!)
Love the idea of using sidewalk chalk to draw maps on the driveway!