Book review: Celebrations Around the World

A year ago while we were covering a unit study on Ireland, I came across a book at the library that has been a wonderful resource for geography for our family. 


Celebrations around the World: A Multicultural Handbook by Carole S. Angell was written to teach children about Multicultural holidays with its 200 page month by month listing of Holidays celebrated all over the world, but it does

Timberdoodle Review: Beginning Geography

I was overjoyed when we found out in February that we were accepted to be on Timber doodle's Blogger Review Panel. We were contacted by Timberdoodle to review a handful of Evan Moor titles from either the Daily Math Word Problems or the Daily Geography series, both of which are a staple in their Core Curriculum packages. We chose to review Beginning Geography from Evan Moor for grades K-2 for my

Geography Book Review: Children Around the World

Children Around the WorldWhen I last posted a book review it was on “Children Just Like Me.” A good friend, Natalie@ Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns was in search of a similar book for younger children and so was I. In my search for a similar book to Children Like Me, I found this wonderful book at our local library.Children Around the World by Donata Montanari is a wonderful book that shows kids what

Geography Book Review: Children just Like Me

Children Just like Me by Anabel Kindersley. In this informational book for kids, readers learn about what life is like for children from all over the world. From Africa to America, to Brazil to Bolivia, to India to Israel and other countries, kids from all different races, cultures, religions and ethnicity share not only their backgrounds, families, traditions and religions, but their favorite