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Expedition Earth {Review & Giveaway}

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My blog buddy Erica over at Confessions of a Homeschooler has done it again! First, she created her Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum, which is awesome! Now, she has created a complete world geography curriculum called Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World!

If you have seen any of her Letter of the Week curriculum, you KNOW that Erica is very thorough with what she does. Well, the geography curriculum is that and alot more! When I got the download and began to look through it, my brain totally started reeling! I began to plan for our 2011-2012 school year when we will be studying world geography…and we haven’t even started the  2010-2011 school year! To say that I am excited about this curriculum is a complete understatement!

Expedition Earth covers 31 countries and is designed for grades K-3. The download is 160+ pages! (I told you Erica is thorough!!!) Each country comes with a week long Lesson plan. Activities and topics include:

7 Wonders of the World

Geographical Location

Science: Ecosystems Study

Geography Vocabulary

People of the Region

How to Pray for the Regions

Language Study

Christmas around the world

Children like me

Science: Animals mini-books for each country

Science: Animal Classification Study

Country Report

Continent Report

Animal Report

Ecosystem Report

Children Like Me Report

Food and recipes

Craft activities

Country Songs

Passport

Fun activities, games, and more!!!

 

Head over to Confessions of a Homeschooler to download the sample Brazil week!

What I really love is how she includes crafts!!! If you keep up with my blog, you know we LOVE crafts! Plus, I love how she incorporates praying for each of the countries! I feel that you become more interested in what you are learning when you are pouring your heart into it. What a great way to pour your heart into the countries by praying for them as you study and learn about them!  An added bonus is that everything is all laid out…with lists!!! I LOVE lists and I make them ALL.THE.TIME!!! This way, I know what craft supplies I will need and I know what books I need to get from the library or purchase!

ALL of this in included for only $15! I have paid ALOT more for curricula that doesn’t begin to include as much information as Expedition Earth! So, needless to say, Erica’s is practically giving this away! Once you get the download, you will COMPLETELY understand what I am talking about!!!

Erica has graciously agreed to give away a copy of the Expedition Earth to one of my readers! But, if you can’t wait to see if you win, head on over and purchase the Expedition Earth: A Journey Into God’s World!

I almost forgot!!!! As an added bonus, you can download Erica’s Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals to go along with the curriculum for free!!! PLUS, Maureen at Spell Outloud has created a Continent Hopscotch Game (also free) to go along with the curriculum!

Ready to win??? Check out the giveaway information below…

~~Giveaway in closed~~

Giveaway Information

Want to win a copy of Expedition Earth?  The giveaway is valued at $15.00, which includes an instant download of the complete curriculum. There are a lot of ways that you can enter to win.

~ Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment letting me know that you would like to win the Expedition Earth curriculum download.

~ Additional (optional) entries: (Leave a separate comment for EACH entry)

~~Giveaway is closed~~

The giveaway will be open until 9pm PST Friday, August 27, 2010. A winner will be chosen at random via random.org. Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you.

The Expedition Earth geography curriculum was provided to me free of charge for review and giveaway purposes.  I was not paid for this post. All opinions expressed in this post are my own and have been not influenced by the free product provided.

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  8. Brandy

    I would love to win this simply because my daughter (6) is very interested in learning about anything pertaining to other parts of the world. Right now she’s transforming her room into an arctic region. Last week, it was Japan. To think about how excited this would make her, makes me just as excited.

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  16. Lorri Love

    We are using the letter of the week curriculum and we love letter G. Both for the cute gum things Erica has made, as well as for the song by They Might Be Giants – Go, Go, Go, Go for G!

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  21. Mama Llama

    As far as what I learned about geography when I was a child, hummm…….. I do not remember even learning much geography, which is one reason I am so excited to be studying it along with my kids this year! Christa

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  25. radistotle

    I would love to win this program. We love to travel and learn about the places we go. This looks like a great curriculum to teach our son about the places he’ll see one day!

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  30. Elizabeth G

    We will be using the letter of the week for the first time this year, so we don’t have a favorite letter yet…

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  32. Letters to My Little Ones

    I just got The Letter of the Week Curriculum and so far I love the Letter T. The turtle graphs are so darling and the variety of games and learning activities are very well put together. I would love to try the Expedition Earth Curriculum!
    Marlaina

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  36. Tara

    i downloaded her Brazil week & I just love the floow and organizatin of it all…I think I’d end up learning more than the kids! (and thats a good thing)

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  47. Tara

    i downloaded her Brazil week & I just love the floow and organizatin of it all…I think I’d end up learning more than the kids! (and thats a good thing)

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  73. Evamarie

    I am now following you and Confessions of a Homeschooler have been reading both of your blogs (off and on) for awhile but just haven’t clicked follow.
    I downloaded the sample Brazil Week but wanted to make sure I was added to this giveaway just in case I didn’t get to really look at it and give my thoughts on it.

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  74. Homeschool Adventurer

    I’ve always loved geography and remember in 7th grade before we began learning about Africa that our teacher asked us to draw the “outline” of the continent from memory. There were some pretty hilarious drawings!

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  100. Shannon

    I remember learning how maps and country boundaries were only as permanent as the political situation at the time, i.e. USSR and Russia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, etc.

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  107. 3BoyMommy

    I would love to win this! We so want to incorporate God’s view in our learning, and the praying for other countries is awesome. And the crafts are always a bonus.
    🙂 Nancy

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  108. Candace

    We are scheduled to do the Letter of the Week curriculum this year with my 3 year old! I was SO happy to find Erica’s blog. It’s going to be great. My favorite letter…will probably be G for Grenier! 🙂
    candacegrenier (at) gmail.com

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  109. Candace

    Unfortunately, I don’t remember learning much about countries and cultures in public school! I think that is why I am so interested in teaching my children about other nations.

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  113. Candace

    I would love to win! Studying other countries and cultures is one of my favorite things to do with my kids (ages 3, 7 and 8).
    candacegrenier (at) gmail.com

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  118. Letters to My Little Ones

    I just got The Letter of the Week Curriculum and so far I love the Letter T. The turtle graphs are so darling and the variety of games and learning activities are very well put together. I would love to try the Expedition Earth Curriculum!
    Marlaina

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  131. Randi

    When I was in school to help up learn the United States map, we painted a HUGE map on the playground. The states varied in color, so that 2 states near one another weren’t the same color. It took us about 2 wks, start to finish, but it was amazing. In our class we would stand out there and the teacher would call out a state fact (My state flower is the Poppy) and a student name, then we would run to that state. Needless to say this was way more fun than the song that some of learned. I still know all of my states. Thanks!
    mommy saves at yahoo dot com

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  137. Elizabeth G

    We will be using the letter of the week for the first time this year, so we don’t have a favorite letter yet…

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  140. sproutingflowers

    I remember memorizing the major rivers of Europe in 3rd grade (homeschooled). I made up a little chant that I still find myself repeating from time to time! “Rhine, Rhone, Danube, Po…”

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  141. Kathryn

    I LOVE COAH blog! Erica is simply incredible! Mama Jenn…love your ideas as well. I have two boys and my husband and I sure love homeschooling! We are fairly new to it and you two have really helped us along our journey! Thanks! I would love to put in the draw for the Expedition Earth Giveaway. Thanks!
    Kathryn

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  152. Calligraphyqueen

    I just found your blog and I love it! I would REALLY love to win a copy of this curriculum as we have been thus far unable to purchase any new curric. this school year. I have hs’ed a long time, so I can piece things together fairly well with God’s grace. Geography has sat on the back burner while we dealt with our special needs daughter, but we are picking up where we need to this year!

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  156. Sherri

    I love Erica’s letter of the week curriculum. I especially like the apple theme for “A” I love this time of year….(cooler weather coming soon)with apple picking and it just fits super well for us right now.

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  162. Holly A.

    I downloaded the sample a few weeks ago to check it out. I simply loved the number of countries she included…it’s simply fabulous!

    hollykallison{at}yahoo{dot}com

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  166. Katie

    I REALLY liked the diorama project in the Brazil lesson. I know my daughter and I would enjoy doing that when she’s older!

    katie at dekabyte dot com

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  167. Katie

    We just started using some of Erica’s letter of the Week curriculum to go along with what I am doing with Before Five in a Row. So far, love the B is for Butterfly stuff!!!

    katie at dekabyte dot com

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  172. radistotle

    I would love to win this program. We love to travel and learn about the places we go. This looks like a great curriculum to teach our son about the places he’ll see one day!

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  184. Angela

    When I was a child (homeschooled) I remember learning all about the different countries. i remember making paper dolls dressed in clothes from that country

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  191. Alice

    Something I remember learning about world geography as a child was the pyramids in Egypt when I was about 8 or 9. We did some really fun crafts to go with that unit study, and that seems to have made it stick for me more than some of the “drier” learning.

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  192. Alice

    I downloaded the free Brazil sample (soooo impressed!!!) and my favourite part is definitely the rainforest craft activity. I am just amazed by the educational value in such a fun activity that I know my kids are going to LOVE! If I don’t win Erica’s curriculum from you, I will be purchasing it to download. I am about to purchase the LOTW curriculum for my preschoolers too, but I haven’t got it yet so can’t do the last additional entry for the giveaway. My email address as before is [email protected]. Thanks for doing the giveaway!!

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  205. Mama Llama

    As far as what I learned about geography when I was a child, hummm…….. I do not remember even learning much geography, which is one reason I am so excited to be studying it along with my kids this year! Christa

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  206. Mama Llama

    I downloaded the sample of Brazil and I absolutely love the instructions for the diorama! That looks like so much fun and is something that I would not have thought to do on my own! Christa

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  207. Mama Llama

    I just added Confessions of a Homeschooler to my google reader. Her blog looked very encouraging. I am so glad that I accidentally stumbled on it and in the process also found your blog! Christa

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  211. jess_hak

    Just downloaded the Brazil week sample. I love the diorama. I also really like that they give the story behind the flag! Very cool. And I’m excited that there are animals that coincide with this curriculum. I would be very pleased to win this! 🙂 [email protected]

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  212. Naxi

    I was always interested in learning about Christmas in other countries. I especially remember doing a project on Sweden and focusing on this. We still practice some of those traditions in our family now! (We have Swedish heritage, but the traditions had been lost in the generations since immigration.)

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  214. Naxi

    I like that the Brazil unit includes real every day stuff that appeals to kids, like futebol, animals and (not shown on download) food.

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  217. Amanda

    We downloaded the letter of the week curriculum and I haven’t been able to get past D, my son loves the dinosaur themed lessons so much, he puts the puzzle together atleast 5 times a day.

    and my e-mail address for all my entries is:
    [email protected]
    incase u needed it.

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  218. Amanda

    I remember first learning about economys in other countries when i was younger, and coming to the relization that not everyone is as fortunate as we are in the U.S.

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  223. Raggedy Princess

    I’ve always LOVED geography. I remember being in 6th grade and learning countries and capitals and coloring maps. Just the idea of foreign places & cultures intrigued me. Now my family & I live in Peru and are finishing up our 5-year commitment as missionaries.

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  245. Anonymous

    My favorite memory of geography was doing Memphis in May through out grade school. Each year it was a different country and we would spend the entire month learning everything we could about it. On the last day of our study we would have a huge picnic and dress like the people from the country and eat food from that country.

    [email protected]

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  246. Anonymous

    I would love to win Exp Earth! I am new to homeschooling and I love all the info it contains. I am sorry if this is a double post…it did not say that my comment was waiting approval as did the others.

    [email protected]

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  254. Esmarellda

    I am doing Erica’s letter of the week with my almost 3 year old – we have only just started (last week) but I’ve printed and laminated everything and it looks to me that my favorite week will be “f” for fish.

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  260. Temberton

    I don’t use Erica’s letter of the week curriculum. My kids are too old for that. BUT, I remember seeing some of the letters on her blog. The horse for “h” was too cute!

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  261. Temberton

    World Geography is my worst subject E-V-E-R! That’s why a curriculum like this is so wonderful. It’s all laid out for me! I remember that Europe and Asia can be combined nto the term Eurasia, but I don’t remember why that matters. LOL!

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  280. Stephanie

    I remember Geography being my favorite in school ~ especially Europe. My teacher had us eat something from the country we studied! Perhaps that was where my love of Pizza came from!

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  304. jess_hak

    Letter of the week. We haven’t done too many yet, but I’m looking forward to the Dd dinosaur’s unit (in a couple weeks). We have a lot of extra things to add to it that the kiddos are going to love. I love that each of her letters of the week set such a fantastic foundation to build upon! Wouldn’t have to add anything!
    [email protected]

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  321. Lorri Love

    We are using the letter of the week curriculum and we love letter G. Both for the cute gum things Erica has made, as well as for the song by They Might Be Giants – Go, Go, Go, Go for G!

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  332. Giggly Girls

    I downloaded the Brazil sample and learned what the colors of their flag represented. Blue for Rio (I’d love to see that in person LOL), yellow for their gold, and green for their fields.

    Oh and I forgot to post my favorite letter in my LotW comment. B is for Butterfly, C is for Caterpillar, and J is for Jesus. I can’t pick one of anything. Ever.

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  339. Wendi

    I’d LOVE to win this! I’ve been considering purchasing it since I first saw it a few weeks ago…but winning it would be even better 🙂

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  341. Ashley

    I loved World Geography but don’t remember learning much about it before 6th grade or 9th grade. I enjoyed learning about the Country Capitals and I did a country report on Columbia where my uncle lived for a while. He was able to come to my class and show some pictures of the country. It got me really interested in South America. I don’t remember a ton of specific facts but I do know where most countries are located on the map.

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  342. Ashley

    I downloaded the sample of Brazil and was very impressed by this curriculum because it’s very thorough. My husband lived in Brazil for two years so it was interesting learning a bit more about the culture. I liked the integration of books including Children Like Me.

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  352. Anonymous

    downloaded the Brazil sample. My kids loved the flag. They are fascinated with flags right now!

    Kristina
    johnsonfamily4 at charter.net

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  370. Jeanette

    I would love to win this! I’ve been reading about it all over. We will be doing world geography next year and this is at the top of my list for curriculum choices.

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  373. Anonymous

    I have subscribed to follow your blog. I can see that this would be a great addition to what I plan on teaching my son.
    Sally

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  374. Sherry

    oooooo ooooo pick me! pick me!! I would love to use this with my girls. They love learning about animals and places around the world. And thank you for sharing your homeschool adventure with all of us. It is such a help to those like me who are just starting out!

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  380. Anonymous

    I’m glad that Erica’s Blog led me to yours. You have a busy house and I have boys the same age as yours (only one of each though). We love the Letter of the Week Cur. J is my favorite letter. J for Jesus! 🙂 It makes me so happy to be able to teach my boys the letter J using the most magnificant name of all! Erica has it all laid out. She has put so much work into her program. I know that her Expedition Earth cur. must be fantastic as well and I would love to win it! 🙂 I bought the download of her L of the W cur to use with my youngest this year. And, I subscribe to her blog. That is how I found out about you. Have a great day and a super school year!

    Liz

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  382. Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings

    I would love to win this download to use with my children and our homeschool co-op. We already have the co-op planned for this year but this would be wonderful next year. The co-op is just my children (6 of whom are homeschooled still) and a friend’s children (4 of hers).

    My fingers are crossed as this would be such a great thing for us all to do as a group!

    And thank you for the giveaway!

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  383. The Seats

    As far as my favorite LOTW curriculum letter its a toss up. I really like the B & C they kind of go hand in hand (butterflies & caterpillars) But I alos like her new letter A. I mean who doesn’t get excited about teaching about apples in the fall & all the fun stuff you can do with that. I could easily spend 3 weeks on the letter A.

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  384. The Seats

    One thing I remember learning in geography when in school is that Spain and Maine are at about the same latitiude. Yet they have vastly different climates.

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  388. The Seats

    I’d love to win this curriculum. I’ve already seen the sample & was about to purchase whne I saw that I can win it. So I’ll wait a little bit longer to see if I’m the blessed one.

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  403. Cinda

    I remember in 6th grade we did reports on countries and someone in my class brought in chicken from Japan, it was delicious. I did my report on Greenland and found out it really isn’t that green!!

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  414. jess_hak

    I remember the Geo Safari games that we used to play with when I was a kid. I still remember alot of country flags and famous landmarks….I surprise myself sometimes lol. I also can remember the general area of where alot of countries are located….so I think that my mom did a fantastic job. 🙂

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  416. Ami

    I don’t remember learning anything about world geography until high school….how sad is that? Our big project at that time was doing a report on a country (before computers of course, lol)

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  422. Jessica Dezinski

    I don’t use Letter of the Week yet, but I hope to purchase that as well. I have used a lot of her printables and think that she is just fabulous! We are currently on letter A and love the little ants theme!

    jessicadezinski @ gmail .com

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  425. Jessica Dezinski

    I remember learning about each country in sixth grade, and at the end of each week we had to be able to find the country on an unlabeled map as our test. Everyone in class was able to watch each person label the map, but couldn’t them if it was wrong. I remember enjoying it.

    jessicadezinski @ gmail .com

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  432. Jen

    I LOVE the rain forest diorama! How fun is that 🙂 Also, my mom lived in Brazil growing up b/c her parents were missionaries there so I love that this country is included 🙂

    mjspena at gmail dot com

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  433. Jessica Dezinski

    I downloaded the Brazil week and I thought that the craft idea for that week was so neat! The Rainforest Diorama will be so much fun to make! My kids are going to love this curriculum.

    jessicadezinski @ gmail .com

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  434. Jen

    I do use Erica’s Letter of the Week, but haven’t purchased the whole thing yet b/c my DD is only 2. But, we loved the letter “B” butterfly 🙂 I will purchase next year when she is ready for all of it 🙂

    mjspena at gmail dot com

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  448. Betsy

    I’ve always been a map fanatic, so learning about faraway lands was especially exciting. But Australia has always been my favorite – and we were able to make our first visit when I was 11. The Great Barrier Reef was so much more than I could ever have imagined!

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  449. Betsy

    We love the A unit (my DD’s name begins with A). The apples are so perfect for this time of year (we’ve visited an orchard) and the ant counting activity was a hit since I let DD cut out the ants herself. Scissors work is her favorite thing right now.

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  477. Bryssy

    I remember learning the countries and their capitals for school. My dad challenged me to memorize them faster than him. I took North America, South America and Europe. He stomped me in Africa and Asia! I’ve been looking for a better way to incorporate Geography into my K/1st grader’s lessons.

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  498. Faith

    When I was in 4th grade I did an extra credit project of all the states and their flags and capitals and where they were located. I still have that project and the prize I got for it!

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  503. Anonymous

    I am a follower of Confessions of a Homeschooler…love, love, love all her stuff!

    Maleah

    mmhusker(at)gmail(dot)com

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  509. Megan P

    I am a new follower of confessions of a homeschooler and of your blog Mama Jenn. I have a 2 year old and we have decided to homeschool. This year we are doing some easy preschool activities and I have learned so much about what to expect and how to go about it from you and Erica. I am truly excited to start this fun journey with my daughter. I would love to be put in the drawing for the Expedition Earth giveaway.
    Thanks so much for the chance and all the info and encouragement.
    Megan

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  515. Amanda

    I do LTOW. I’m currently on Q and have been amazed at the amount of ideas for this not-so-frequently-used letter! Ha! It should be a fun week… that is if all my children do as I say! Ha!

    escue2007 at yahoo dot com

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