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Mailbox for weekly message - posted from Colorado Springs, CO
My son likes the idea of calling the weekly message Mouse Mail and since we're also learning our address we ordered this to get the weekly message in. It comes with number and letter stickers to put the address on. I think I might glue the mouse to the mailbox. It is small enough I'll have to fold the message a little.
- file: 20230629_191710.heic
Molly of Denali - Map Game - posted from Ventura, CA
This game was a fun way to use a map to complete objectives. Also learn interesting things in Alaska.
Mapping Your Back Yard - posted from yakima, WA
Instead of mapping my kids' room, I had them map the backyard as suggested in the optional extension activity. I had my kids both climb up on the top of our play structure with a clipboard so it was easier for them to grasp the idea of drawing things from an aerial view.
Then, we got on Google Maps and looked at what the actual aerial view of our house and backyard looked at how their maps compared to that picture. The kids were so excited to see an actual picture of it from the air and it helped them to understand the correct sizing proportions for their maps.
The other thing that was really helpful is to zoom out from our house on Google Maps so they could see the street name and then as we zoomed out they could see our city's name, then our state, and finally our country.
- link: https://maps.google.com