Continents and Oceans - Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Week 1
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If you have a student in the Classical Conversations Foundations program this Fall they will memorize all of the continents and oceans the first week of class. A few great resources to help your children learn the continents and oceans are the free coloring pages you can access with the link above and this fun song by Kathy Troxel that you can get with the link below! Listen to the song and sing it while coloring your map of the world.
If you have older kids you the coloring and singing may be just a fun jumping off point for a larger discussion. Why is the Pacific ocean on the map twice? Compare and contrast the flat map you colored with a globe. Where would the major lines of latitude go if you were to add them to the coloring page map? Why do we use latitude and longitude lines? Then have your older students practice drawing their own map of the world and label it. Or use poster board or inexpensive cloth to draw a large map of the world to jump on or throw beanbags on!
