Beginning Geography
From map proficiencies to learning about animals around the world, Beginning Geography will acquaint your kindergartner with the beginning geography skills he will need to understand the cultural and physical world around him.

Easy to Introduce Concepts
Based on National Geography Standards, the ninety-three reproducible practice pages in Beginning Geography make it super easy to introduce your child to important geography concepts and vocabulary with exercises your child will actually enjoy doing.

Includes two Fold-out Maps
Beginning Geography includes teacher resource pages, reproducible activity sheets and cards, and two full-color fold-out map posters. Flip through the first 24 pages of this title and discover just how easy it is to teach this topic.

(Another outstanding component in the Timberdoodle Core Curriculum Series!)

Beginning Geography...

Introduces primary students to important geography concepts. Give your grade K-2 students the geography skills practice they need to successfully tackle the geography curriculum now and in the future.

Features two full-color fold-out maps that support students' multiple skill levels. One poster is a simple world map that makes it easy for young students to understand beginning geography concepts. The other poster focuses on the landforms and bodies of water studied in each unit.

Contains activities that easily fit into your curriculum. Because the activities don't need to be done sequentially, you can pick and choose activities that fit in with your curriculum.

Presents students with geography content vocabulary. Vocabulary introduced in each lesson helps students build the foundation they need to understand geography concepts now and in the future.

provides cumulative reviews that work as a formal assessment. Cumulative reviews at the end of each section help you gauge students' progress. Reviews range in difficulty and are presented in a variety of formats, including multiple-choice, and work as a formal assessment of students' skill acquisition.

What's Inside?
Beginning Geography comes with 93 reproducible pages that help you introduce students to the first three essential elements of geography as outlined by the National Geography Standards.

Activities cover the following geography skills:

Section 1: Map Skills
1. What Is a Map?
2. Positional Words
3. Cardinal Directions
4. Compass Rose
5. Map Symbols
6. Map Key
7. Distance on a Map
8. Borders on a Map
9. Map Grids

Section 2: Landforms and Bodies of Water
1. Hills and Mountains
2. Islands and Volcanoes
3. Deserts and Plains
4. Canyons and Valleys
5. Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers
6. Landforms and Bodies of Water Center and Minibook

Section 3: Continents and Oceans
1. Introduction to the Seven Continents and Four Oceans
2. What Is a Globe?
3. A Closer Look at the Seven Continents
4. Continents Games
5. Animals Around the World