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A fancy way of saying that I think little kids should spend more time looking at maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I start each program with an overview of the country (or state\/area) we are visiting and try to correct misconceptions. For example, when Stanley goes on an \u201cAfrican Safari,\u201d I spent the first portion explaining that Africa is a continent, not a country, and that he specifically went to Kenya and Tanzania. I showed photos of Nairobi AND the savannah with its animals. We also talked about how the well-known Mercator map makes Greenland look as large as Africa, when that\u2019s definitely NOT the case. See this link to learn more<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I then read selected portions of books (remember to get publisher permissions if reading virtually!) and we do two crafts. I learned the hard way that it\u2019s best to do VERY SIMPLE CRAFTS when you are not in person. The <\/a>origami frog <\/a> I\u2019ve always done during the visit to Japan did not translate well to the online format and led to some frustration and tears. I made sure to make sure the rest of the crafts were easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve completed 7 of the 9 weeks and have retained attendance throughout, drawing between 14-16 people each week (out of 15 registrations\u2014I\u2019ve had a friend guest appearance). I have met some wonderful kids who I hope will continue to come to programs when we are back in person (at least somewhat) this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This post addresses the core competency III. Programming Skills.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the second summer in a row, understandably, we have not offered our yearly summer camps. While they can be a lot of work, I missed the camaraderie that occurs when I work with the same kids over many days in a row. So, this year, I planned a weekly virtual program based on geography. The nine-week program, meeting an hour each Monday, used the first nine books in the Flat Stanley Worldwide Adventures early chapter series as a starting point to talk about travel. As a child who grew up obsessed with maps, I have long lamented geography not having its due in American schools and the lack of geopolitical knowledge amongst Americans in a global world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1474,1],"tags":[2243,1966],"class_list":["post-25498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-maria-trivisonno","category-uncategorized","tag-geography","tag-virtual-programming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}