I thought it would be fun to see if Selena could use her cards that we put on a ring and a puzzle of the Unites States to identify some of the States. We examined the picture of the State on the card, and made observations as if it was near water, an ocean, or other States. Then went to our puzzle to see if we could find them.
The first State was Alabama. Selena was surprised when she lifted the State out of the puzzle to discover it did say Alabama underneath it.
We also found California and Colorado. There were other States we looked for such as Florida, New York, and then I tricked her by asking her to locate Connecticut. This one stumped her since it was so tiny on her puzzle. She had a lot of fun with this and I am sure we will find more uses for both the cards and the puzzle.
We look forward to seeing what you are all studying.
What a neat puzzle, as I sit here reading my boys are busily working on our United States puzzle that is finally out of time out.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to learn the location of the States. I'll have to see if I can do something like this when DJ becomes interested in the geography of the United States. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is terrific - I think I might try something similar with our puzzle, and book of states. E, will love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great puzzle and complementary activity. Right now Anna is only interested in her globe, but hopefully we will come back to maps one of those days.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't mind sharing but where did you get the puzzle? It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe Puzzle used is a Fit a State Puzzle by Lauri and can be found at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Lauri-LR2109-Fit-A-State-Puzzle/dp/B000EBA7Z8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1288198998&sr=1-1
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I need to put our state cards on a ring, too. I finally linked up!
ReplyDeleteOk I am loving that puzzle, very cool.
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