I love that time of year when new school books start coming in. Our children are just as excited to look through new books to. They all gather around when a box is delivered anxiously waiting to look. Last Friday our first package arrived! I’ve decided to make world geography our focus for next year. After a lot of research I decided to use Galloping the Globe as our spine. It is a multi level book geared to grades K to 4 but could easily be adapted to older students. Since I had planned to use this next year my oldest 3 children will be grades 2, K and K4 this sounds perfect for us. It introduces you to each continent and major countries by unit study. For each country their are maps to color/label, and some fun worksheets. But what I like the best is the book suggestion lists. For each country there are lists of reference books as well as fiction. Science topics include animals natural to the country, trees, volcanoes etc.

I’ve also picked out some of the suggested books to go along with with this book and I’m impressed with them also. Considering God’s Creation is a grade 1 to 8 science program. This would make a great supplement to any science program! I like the hands on materials and experiments.

Children Just Like Me is a beautiful book. It fetchers a child from each country around the world as they tell about their life and county. My children love this book already!

Geography from A to Z is a picture book of geography terms. It clearly and easily explains the different features of the land.

Around the World in A Hundred Years, tells the history of explorers in story format.

I had planned to start using this program in the late summer.  But we just might have to start sooner!  It looks like so much fun!