A Childs Geography Explore His Earth [Paperback]

Ann Voskamp (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Knowledge Quest; Pap/Cdr edition (April 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932786325
• ISBN-13: 978-1932786323
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann Voskamp is a bit of a mess.

She won a full-tuition scholarship to university and never finished. She married a Farmer and came home to gravel road and cornfields and had babies. A lot of them. Half a dozen. Her laundry basket is never empty. She loses library books. She homeschools their six beautifully exuberant kids and most days feel just a tad bit overwhelmed and very crazy.

She's the author of One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are (Zondervan). And everyday, she's just wild enough to take the dare. Right in the midst of her own messy, gritty, grace-filled life.

When the kids and the washing machine sleep, she washes her real dirt down with words and The Word. Some of her words find themselves in an award-winning series for curious kids, A Child's Geography, of which all profits are donated to Compassion. Other words can be found at Laity Lodge's High Calling where she serves as a contributing editor, and other words advocate for the poor as she is a blogger traveling with Compassion.

The only words that really matter are the ones she lives. This convicts her. She clings to grace.

Everyday she writes about the mess and the grace and the everyday wonder at www.aholyexperience.com

Customer Reviews

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Than Just a Geography Book, July 18, 2008

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Susan L. Anadale "suz" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Childs Geography Explore His Earth (Paperback)

This is more than your typical geography book. In addition to such mundane terms as the equator and the hemispheres that we are all familiar with, you'll learn about the atmosphere, seismic waves, the hydrosphere, cartography...166 pages may not seem like much but this book has a lot to offer. Its conversational style and well thought out activities will make it a welcome addition to your homeschooling library. Examples of activities are making a model of the atmosphere, making an edible earth out of ice cream, investigating the earth's plates with play dough (including a recipe for making your own play dough), making a clock to tell the world's timezones, and much more. It includes a CD with templates for some of the activities as well as copywork.

But what I love about this book is its focus on the fact that this is God's world, not ours and how awesome His world is. The quality of the book itself is very good, the pages are thick and glossy, and full-color pages are alternated with black-and-white pictures.

My only real qualm is that this book is not available in hardcover, preferably a library binding, because I know I'll be using it for many years to come!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Child's Geography: Explore His Earth, July 15, 2008

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L. J. Botha "missionarymom" (Gautier, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Childs Geography Explore His Earth (Paperback)

Forget the kids; I love this book. (Though the kids delight in it as well.) The lessons are so interesting and so well structured that even a less organized homeschooling parent will find him/herself planning out time to fit them into the day. My very imaginative 6 year-old LOVES the "Tell the folks at home all about it" sections. She amazes me with her anecdotes and her retention. Sometimes I catch myself wondering if we were really there, and I just imagined it came from a book. We have tried all the projects so far, and enjoy them immensely. They are inspired. Seeing the paper mache' globe hanging in my oldest daughter's room spurs conversations that reinforce what we have already learned as well as igniting interest in the next lesson... The quality of the actual book is excellent, text is age appropriate without being "dumbed down" like so many texts these days. I cannot be effusive enough with the praise.A Childs Geography Explore His Earth (Childs Geography) BUY THIS BOOK. Your children will want to save it to teach their own kids some day!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what we were looking for!, July 15, 2008

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Mission Bay Home School - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Childs Geography Explore His Earth (Paperback)

Some of our best homeschooling moments have taken place with this book! Written in a way that engages the child, I would say it would be enjoyed by any elementary-aged student. We have been using it for ages 5-11.

The book is divided into eleven chapters and includes read-aloud portions, notebooking activities, and hands-on projects. There is also a portion in each chapter titled Reaching Out to His World. These sections brought about our most meaningful discussions and prayer. At the end of each chapter there are additional resources listed for further exploration.

In my opinion, this could really be considered a unit study on God's earth that covers history, science, geography, missions, Bible, narration, writing, vocabulary, art...and probably more.