Looking at the Map of Israel

 

One day recently, several children become interested in the map and pictures of Israel on our classroom wall. Lindsey enthusiastically pointed to the sea coast on Haifa and Nicolas was intrigued by the map of Israel. The children are aware that lots of Jewish people live there. Nicolas said, "even Haman?" "Not any more, Nicolas. He was run out of town."

Owl Goes to China (and Seattle)

Our class Owl recently traveled to China with Max's dad, Jeff.  The Unicorns were tickled pink to see Owl sitting on his own seat on the plane.  We had a good time imagining where Owl was in the photos Jeff took in China.  While Owl was gone we found China on the map and saw just how far away it was.  Owl also had a layover in Seattle, with a nice shot of the Public Market!  Thank you, Jeff.  Our Owl is sure getting around!
 

Proud as can be

It is rewarding when a child accomplishes something that makes him/her feel on top of the world. Teddy Post has been so excited by our map unit that he couldn't wait to finish his map today and show it to everyone. We were hoping to hang it up but had to settle for taking a picture of it since Teddy was especially excited to share his map with his mom. On the map he drew a picture of Needham, Puerto Rico, Florida, and Monterey. These were all places that he has visited and obviously has fond memories of. The children have shown a strong interest in learning about maps and making maps of their rooms, houses, etc. If you have any unusual maps that you would like us to take a look at together, please send them in. The more unique the better as we are teaching the children about the many different kinds of maps that exist. We may be working on this for awhile since there are a lot of directions in which we can go based on their interests.