Has anyone used 'A Child's Geography"?....

[Heather in VA]

Did you like it? It seems to be mostly earth science-type stuff rather than 'This is where Africa is'. What ages do you think this is best for? Are there any projects/hands-on type stuff?

Thanks
Heather

[Heather in NC]

The first one does seem to be more earth science-topography related but I am looking forward to volume 2 which has the geography/culture type stuff that I am looking for.

[Once]

.....they were 6.5yrs and 3.5yrs. There plenty of hands on activites. We made an ice cream model of the earth's layers. We cut apples and oranges for the lat. and long.

It is very CM. The postcards were fun and simple enough for the younger ones. My version had several typos and sometimes the wording was akward but I adjusted as I went along.

My son still asks for the radio to be turned on to the ionosphere sounds. He thinks it is like music. The book got progressively difficult as it went on but I could still soldier on.

I spent more on the colorful pictures and I think that was a good idea.

For what it's worth....my kids reccommend it.

[Dawn]

The first one does seem to be more earth science-topography related but I am looking forward to volume 2 which has the geography/culture type stuff that I am looking for.

Vol II is The Holy Land. Or are they changing it?

[Heather in VA]

Thanks everyone - can this be done in a once-a-week kind of format or would you recommend more often?

Thanks

[OnTheBrink]

I'm going to sound nit picky, but I didn't care for the tone it was written in. I thought it was a bit, oh I don't know. Condescending isn't the right word, but I guess it seemed a bit babyish to me; my daughter was 7/8 when we used it and she rolled her eyes a bit at how somethings were worded. Bugged me to death! That aside, I felt it had good content and the activities were fine; it just wasn't our favorite book.

[Heather in VA]

I'm going to sound nit picky, but I didn't care for the tone it was written in. I thought it was a bit, oh I don't know. Condescending isn't the right word, but I guess it seemed a bit babyish to me; my daughter was 7/8 when we used it and she rolled her eyes a bit at how somethings were worded. Bugged me to death! That aside, I felt it had good content and the activities were fine; it just wasn't our favorite book.

That's not nit picky. I want real feedback even if it's negative - actually - ESPECIALLY if it's negative. Things that are negative for one aren't always negative for everyone but it's good to know those things so I can check and see if it would bother me as well. Actually the samples made me wonder about this. I had already decided that I'd download the first few chapters and do those before investing in the book in case it bugged my kids too.

Thanks!!!!