What We Can Do To Help Children Learn Geography

• Read with them-- especially about other places and other people.
  
  
• Keep maps and globes around the house and let your children see you use them.
  
  
• Look and explore. Go exploring with them and become aware of your surroundings.
  
  
• Ask, ask, ask. Ask questions about what you see. Ask about shape and color and why things are located in a particular spot.
  
  
• Talk about the weather and how it changes what you wear and what you can do.
  
  
• Celebrate your own cultural heritage.
  
  
• Experiment with other cultures. Eat their food and sing their songs.
  
  
• Talk about where ideas, products, and people come from.
  
  
• Travel in different ways. Bus, car, bicycle, subway train. Jumping, running, climbing.