July 3 - A-Z Quest of the 7 Continents Set

How well do you know the world's continents?

Here are our always well received A-Z Quest game sheets to help learners of all ages learn more about the 7 continents of the world.  This set includes one A-Z Quest game sheet for each continent and is part of our My Continental Adventure resources.  Simply find things (people, places, events, attractions, countries, foods, etc.) that fit with each continent.  List one thing for each letter in acronymic style play.  This activity can be played as a game or simply as a worksheet to complete.  We prefer to use it as a game.
 

You will notice that answers are not provided for most A-Z Quest sheets.  We do not provide the answers as many times there can be more than one answer and we don't want to limit players or stifle their creativity.  This also allows for open minded thinking and good research opportunities.  Learners can play alone or in teams and keep track of who gets the most letters or play for points using the point gauge.

 

Words Beginning With the Letters/Points

 

AEIOUW 1

 

DHLNRST 2

 

CFGMPVJK 3

 

QXYZ 4

 

Total score for a fully completed A-Z Quest is 60pts.*

 

 

*Note: You may decide that extra points can be given for more than one answer in a letter. Establish rules at the beginning of each quest and feel free to make changes subsequent quests as research skills improve.

 

You may be asking yourself how effective and useful can this activity really be?  Well, try it yourself to see..lol.  It's not as easy as it looks.  This has proven to be a fun way to cultivate research skills among our children. This activity builds skills such as:

• Choosing appropriate research resources
• Performing Internet searches
• Reading for content or skimming for details
• Using public library resources independently
• Using an encyclopedia offline or online

 You'll be surprised at what this activity can do for your learners.

 

 
Click Here to download the A-Z of the 7 Continents Worksheet set.


Blessings,

That Resource Team

June 27 - F3 Pieces for Australia, Africa, and Antarctica added.

F3 pieces to complete your continent set.

Today we offer the final three continents - Australia, Antarctica, and Africa in our F3 List It!! set.

As a reminder, these pieces should reflect many different aspects of the continent.  Try not to focus too much on any particular area or country. 

For a shortened and easier experience for younger children, you may want to just read a book highlighting the continent or country from the continent and have the learner copy in words they learned from one or a few of the books.  Examples of books could include:

M is for Maple, A Canadian Alphabet by Mike Ulmer and Illustrated by Melanie Rose
Pierre Bear by Patricia Scarry
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
Down, Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Babar Series by Jean de Debrunhoff

For continents such as Antarctica that do not have a real population you may want to write down articles that you may pack if you were going to be a scientist visiting for 6 months at a time.  Remember that just because we have provided 8 lines, doesn't mean that they all have to be used.

Hope this gives you some addition ideas.
Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for Australia.
Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for Antarctica.
Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for Africa.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

June 26 - List It!! F3 Pieces for South America, Europe, and Asia

More F3 Flip Flop Flap Pieces for Continental Studies.

Here are 3 more continents to add to your collection of F3 pieces for My Continental Adventure.  These are really working so well for us in our little homeschool.  We hope to have the rest of the continents done by tomorrow for you.

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Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for South America.
Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for Europe.
Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for Asia.


Blessings,

That Resource Team

June 25 - List It F3 Pieces for North America Continent Study

New List It!! F3 pieces focus on the continent of North America

This year we are embarking on continental study...again.  Everything in cycles, eh?  My Continental Adventure, as we call in our little homeschool, is a lot of fun.  We designed it a few years ago complete with a multi page passport, stickers, websites, recipes, map work and saint study.  Since it has been a few years since we used it, we have been recently updating it to meet the needs of littlest learner.  Since all the kids are going to participate in this study, we had to make a few resources that suited new or reluctant writers.  These F3 (Flip, Flop and Fold) pieces are the answer.

Each piece focuses on a particular aspect of the continent including the following:  features, foods, mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, clothing, sights, saints, and countries.  The front flip piece has an actual map graphic of the continent and the inside contains spaces for 8 items to be listed.  Line spacing is inviting for new writers as well as perfect for those learning cursive. 

Simply cut out the pieces on the lines.  There are 2 pieces per page.  Fold each piece twice on the vertical lines.

Glue the wrong sides of the front flip piece to the middle section.

Have learner fill in and then glue into an on-going project, notebook, file folder, or whatever you desire.

**If you know someone who is or will be studying the continents soon, these sets may be just what they are looking for.  We will be sharing and adding our My Continental Adventure resources to our resource collection as we go through the studies in our little homeschool.  We look forward to lots of fun and adventure.

We will feature List It!! sets for more continents over the weekend!! :)


Click Here to download the List It!! F3 set for North America.

Blessings,

That Resource Team