I have several  United States printable maps hanging on the wall of my study. I use them for several different things. I mark on them when I go someplace and I use them to help teach my kids about geography and history. These US maps help me show my kids everything from where battles took place to where the pilgrims first landed.

I also have a country map of the Middle East. This particular map helps me stay up to date on all of today’s events and it helps me teach my kids about the places they see on the evening news. They seem to really like going over this stuff because I don’t treat it like it’s school. I ask them what they think about certain things and they give me their opinions. Then I tell them what happened and they decide what they believe on their own.

I use these maps to show them where I’ve been and where they’ve been. They like this activity a lot because they get to point out the places that look like fun to them. They seem to want to visit Italy a lot because it’s shaped like a boot. We’re actually saving up to go there for a visit sometime. I think the kids will love being able to take a learning activity that we do at home and actually visiting one of the places.

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