Mixed Impressions: Cultural Extensions in Geography

Puzzle Map of the Child’s Own Country

Materials A flat, wooden map, with the political division (states) of the country
cut out as puzzle pieces. The knobs are approximately in the location
of each capital city.

Purposes Preparation for later study of physical geography

Age 3.5 and up

Prerequisite Child’s own continent puzzle map

Presentation Invite the child and have them set out a rug facing north.
Invite the child to bring the US map. The adult will bring the puzzle
piece of the US from the Continent map.

Make a connection with the piece to the map. Continue as with the
child’s own continent puzzle.

Control of Error Mechanical, the last piece does not fit.

Following 1. Invite the child to build the map outside of the frame.
Exercises

Parallel Exercises • A classified picture folder for that country or child’s state
• Classified sets of cards that are the state flags, bird, animal, rock,
tree, song, flower, motto.

Language Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona,

Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alaska, Hawaii

Sensorial Games None

Pedagogical  There is no need for control maps. Instead, have an atlas available
Notes for the children to use as a reference.
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