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RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

27. Google Earth!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 10:31 AM

Feb 2012

Does he like the computer?
There is nothing cooler than Google Earth...

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Suggestions for teaching geography to a kindergartner? [View all] RandySF Feb 2012 OP

Buy your child a decent globe, too. NYC_SKP Feb 2012 #1

Yup ... get a globe!! JoePhilly Feb 2012 #4

Globe. And stamps from all over. postulater Feb 2012 #2

Yes, while they may seem quaint customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #13

Probably A Very Good Time 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #3

what are some other things he's interested in? fishwax Feb 2012 #5

Get a good, age appropriate US Jigsaw puzzle SaintPete Feb 2012 #6

I loved my US jigsaw puzzle. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #25

K is kind of young. immoderate Feb 2012 #7

Make sure when you get a map/globe... Neoma Feb 2012 #8

Drop him off somewhere far away and tell him to walk home jberryhill Feb 2012 #9

LOL!! proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #15

maybe check out "National Geographic Kids" eShirl Feb 2012 #10

Start small mzteris Feb 2012 #11

DITTO, mzt! elleng Feb 2012 #16

start a postcard collection grasswire Feb 2012 #12

Start with having him 'map' his neighborhood, elleng Feb 2012 #14

I still remember putting together a wooden puzzle of the US when I was that age pnwmom Feb 2012 #17

My son goes to a Montessori preschool OhioBlue Feb 2012 #18

Globes are cool. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #19

My Mom used to let us EC Feb 2012 #20

YouTube and Google Maps izquierdista Feb 2012 #21

When my oldest was age 4, I got a big laminated wall map of the United States and hung it in Roselma Feb 2012 #22

When I Was in Grade School On the Road Feb 2012 #23

I used to have wooden a map of the U.S. with the states cut out in their shapes, with the capitals shraby Feb 2012 #24

My Dad, who died at the age of 92 yrs, loved geography... nenagh Feb 2012 #26

Google Earth! RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #27

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