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Weather is one of those universals that you can discuss with anyone. And when I saw this post at Deceptively Educational about studying weather in five US cities, I knew I had found the perfect way to tie geography and weather together for my kids!
I wanted to make the activity accessible to all three kids (aged 2, 4, and 6), so rather than have them graph the weather, I wrote it out on post-it notes, which we placed on our map. Since my family is pretty globally nomadic, I only had to resort to a non-relative for Australia! We talked about who lived (or used to live – I added in the four non-US countries where I grew up) where, what the cities were like, and how cold they were relative to one another. The kids were able to accurately pick out the coldest (Boston, on this particular day) and hottest (Perth, not surprisingly) cities! I had hoped to have them add in sunshine/rain, but my kids got sick again and I decided to keep it sweet and simple!
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It IS seriously hot here this week! :) What a great map… I think I would learn a lot from an exercise like this, let alone my kids.
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
90 seemed a little warm for Perth this time of year, to me… I hope to do a repeat of this over a period of time, graphing the answers – maybe when the kids are slightly older!
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That is a great map! It’s a lovely idea to compare weather around the world. We had beautiful sunny weather last week and snow again a couple of days ago! :)
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That is a cool map. Our weather was in the 80s yesterday.
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
The map was an awesome Costco find =)
Hard to imagine weather in the 80s right now!
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sunnymama Reply:
March 7th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Hoping you’ll share this one with the Spring Carnival too! I’ve pinned it on All Year Round Pinterest :)
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maryanne Reply:
March 7th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Thanks for the reminder! Will definitely link up – thanks for pinning! :)
Super fun!
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What a great educational activity! Praying for HEALING for your family!
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Thank you, Jen! It’s frustrating to have kids sick yet again…
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Great, simple activity! Love the map too!!!
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
It’s a fantastic map – the kids spend hours looking at it =)
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Since we just started Cooking Around the World this week. I think this will be a perfect tie in to help my daughter see all parts of the globe. Thanks for the idea!
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maryanne Reply:
March 6th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
I’m so glad you like it! :)
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This is a super idea! We have a large wall map- we could totally do something like this- very clever idea. :)
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Fantastic idea for teaching geography in relation to weather!
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Love, love, love this concept! Thank you for sharing…
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Great idea! When our house is built, I’d love to put up a map and teach them geography and weather, too! Awesome way to do it!
Sorry your kids are sick again. Cavan’s sick now, too. Hope yours get over it soon.
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maryanne Reply:
March 7th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
I hope Cavan feels better soon! 2012 has been a sick year in our house so far, and I’m ready to see some improvement!!!
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I love your map – so colorful and versatile. How exciting that you have relatives all over the world. Come to think of it, we are quite well spread too :)
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What a great idea!! I love the simplicity of it. We have a very similar map. Did you happen to get it at Costco?
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maryanne Reply:
March 8th, 2012 at 7:49 am
Why yes, we did! Love fun Costco finds :)
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I LOVE this activity … so simple to prepare and a wonderful learning experience! It would be a great springboard for discussing Centigrade temperatures in Europe, too. Even though I lived in England for a year and a half while I worked on my master’s degree, I never felt comfortable converting Centigrade temperatures.
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What a colourful and enticing map. Your family really is spread far and wide. I hope that your cherubs are all better now – they sure have had their share of sickness (and I know that means lots of sleepless nights for you too)
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maryanne Reply:
March 8th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Johnny and Lily are still sick! 2012 has not been a good year so far, health-wise. I’m just hoping that everyone is building super-strong immune systems so that we can all stay healthy when we bring home our new baby this summer!
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This is a great idea – I will bookmark it for use in our homeschooling. Wait, no, I’ll pin it! Lol!
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maryanne Reply:
March 8th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Thanks! And thanks for pinning!
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Neat idea to combine learning about weather and geography.
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Fun! What a great idea, I know my oldest would enjoy this
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I’m SO glad our weather activity provided you with inspiration to customize something for your own kids! This totally made me smile!
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maryanne Reply:
March 25th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Thank you for the inspiration!!!
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What a great idea about 4 season!! You did really making sense.
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