Learning Abled Kids - Hands-On Homeschool Geography Curriculum & Games

Geography can be a blast to study for any child with a specific learning disability because the subject can be taught in visual, cultural ways. Through creative use of National Geographic videos, world art, and world cooking projects, a child can learn about peoples and cultures of the world.

In regard to content knowledge, I have been on a personal quest to find visual, auditory, and kinesthetic means of teaching Geography. Curriculum outside of pure textbooks is surprisingly difficult to find, but here are some supplemental teaching materials available on the market.

My favorite tool is clever and creative, and I LOVE it! The tool is called "**Visualize World Geography". . . and is an IDEAL way for a visual learner to master recognition of countries of the world. Theresa Blain, the author, has created clever illustrations out of each country's shape. Along with the illustrations, she tells weaves tales--based upon the illustrations, which include the names of the countries. The short stories and illustrations combine to make a highly effective, highly visual, world geography mental map. The book contains most countries, and does not contain the individual states of the United States of America. For recognition of the countries taught in World Geography.. you'd have a difficult time finding a better visual resource! Click on one of the links above to see a sample of Theresa's handiwork, located on her website.. Visualize World Geography (continued below..)

In addition, Theresa has a "Pictography Flag Coloring Book". This title is most suitable for kinesthetic or visual learners.. Although the book lacks the clever tales and pictography which are so helpful with memorization in Visualize World Geography, the act of coloring the flags will help visual and kinesthetic learners learn the designs of the flags. The Pictography Flag Coloring Book and Visualize World Geography can both be purchased from Theresa's website.

A great stand-by favorite, which gives a light learning activity, is one of the geography specific Monopoly games. These games come in the "National Parks" version (shown on the right), New York version, Chicago version, and throw in a little science with the Astronomy version! These versions are offered through **USAOPOLY. They don't have a great search engine, so it may take you a minute to find a version that will REALLY interest your children, but it is well worth the time to get a fun way to study Geography.

Another source of great games for studying geography is **The National Geographic Store. They offer SO MANY PRODUCTS. Some of the specific great games available for learning geography are:
10 Days in USA Game
National Geographic GeoBee Challenge Game
Fly and Discover Talking Globe

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Multisensory Geography Curriculum

Multisensory
Geography Curriculum