| Activity: Faraway Places |
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- Read stories and books
about distant places with your children. Many children's books provide vivid
images of different places and a sense of what it would be like to live in
them. A Country Far Away, Heidi, and Going for Oysters are examples of books
about other parts of the world that have inspired many young readers. There
is a list of resources at the end of this booklet, and your librarian will
have additional suggestions.
- Use songs to teach
geography. "Home on the Range,'' "California, Here I Come," and
"This Land Is Your Land" are all songs about place. Teach your
children folk songs of different countries like "La Cucaracha,''
"London
Bridge,'' and "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.''
- With your children, see
a movie or video which is set in a different land such as "The Lion
King," "Treasure Island," or "A Little Princess."
- Talk with your children about the places these books, songs, and movies celebrate, find them on a map or globe, and discuss their mental picture of these places.
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~Location~Place~Relationships~Movement~Regions~
~Glossary~
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