FREE Printable World Maps & Activities
Download FREE Printable World Maps & Activities in this post! Being able to introduce, review, and solidify basic map skills with your elementary student is imperative to their learning. In this post, I will share with you FREE Printable World Maps & Activities that The Homeschool Daily created and links to those sites that I found helpful over the years.
*After learning basic geography skills, challenge your older elementary or middle school student to tackle a Country Research Project complete with printable fact sheets and maps. How to Teach Latitude & Longitude is also an effective lesson to use as your kid grows in their geography skills. For those of you looking for more free social studies resources, check this post out!
*Be sure to have these on hand when starting to teach geography. Do you have a globe? Check. Do you have a world map? Check? What about a U.S. map? Check. Do you have an atlas? Check. Then, you are all set!
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FREE Printable World Map Reference Poster
Hang this FREE Printable World Map Poster as an effective reference for your elementary student. When just starting to learn about the continents and oceans, it is important to provide a convenient reference sheet for your student to refer to. This World Map poster features the 7 continents and 5 oceans labeled and listed. The definition of continent and ocean is also provided.
When introducing geography, it is the world map and the learning of the 7 continents and 5 oceans that we start with. Over the years, we have used several different world map activity sheets. Even though the activity sheets are similar, we feel it is important to ensure our students know the continents, oceans, and major countries within.
FREE Printable World Map Cut & Paste Activity Sheet
The FREE Printable World Map Cut & Paste Activity Sheet is great for those students still in the earlier elementary grades. At this age, some students are still working on their fine motor skills making writing small labels difficult. Hence, being able to cut and paste the continent and ocean labels onto the map is ideal for these students in transition.
FREE Printable World Map Fill-in-the-Blank Activity Sheet
This FREE Printable World Map Fill-in-the-Blank Activity Sheet is appropriate for older elementary students. Your older elementary students are capable at this point of labeling the continents and oceans successfully. If you would rather them not color the map, then don’t. However, I find coloring the map in coloring pencils creates a finished map that is eye-catching and visually appealing.
World Map Questions
After working with your student on basic geography skills including being able to locate the continents and 5 oceans, use this activity sheet to gauge their understanding of directions (North, South, East, West). I still remember the mnemonic device we used in grade school to remember the directions- Never Eat Shredded Wheat. The World Map Questions focus on being able to use a compass. Students are asked to place a S for South, N for North, E for East, and W for West on the world map. Then students are asked questions that will test their ability to use a compass.
Seterra
We have used Seterra for years. I love the variety of activities they offer concerning geography skills. Seterra is for those students that truly enjoy geography, puzzles, and challenges. They also have tons of FREE Printable maps and activities! Check out Seterra!
World Geography Games
If you are looking for some free geography games and activities, try World Geography Games. The games range in ability and levels. To check it out… click here.
Continents & Oceans of the World Videos - Homeschool Pop
Are you familiar with Homeschool Pop videos? If you aren’t, you are in for a treat! Homeschool Pop provides a wide array of educational videos that are just long enough to give your student the information they need, but not too long so that they get bored. These two videos cover the basics and then some. Enjoy!
Geography Workbooks & Curriculum...
Some of you would feel better if you had a geography activity book to work through with your student. You might want to try 180 days of Geography. We start using the Abeka Geography Workbook in the 3rd grade and up until then we use activity sheets like the ones above including creating our own U.S. States books and completing Country Fact Sheets. One activity that we like to do in the elementary years that reviews geography skills and others is the Where in the World Project. However you decide to fit geography into your homeschool, enjoy it!
OTHER FREE HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES
Looking for a more Permanent Curriculum?
For the first few years of homeschooling, I created and put together my oldest sons curriculum. On one level, I enjoyed this. It was fun to look at all of the free options and ideas on the web. On the other hand, I got overwhelmed and distracted like a kid in a candy store. As I had more children, life became busier too. It became evident to me that ordering workbooks and textbooks to guide us was ideal for our schedule and life. I still create interactive units to supplement and meet individual needs, but I have found that the workbooks give us a sense of direction and consistency.
For me, compiling engaging curriculum for each of my kids became time consuming and daunting. It is a huge blessing being able to buy math and grammar workbooks. It gives me a piece of mind to know that I am not skipping around or leaving gaps in their education. Some of you may scoff at this. I am not condemning those that go it wholly on their own. Personally, it was just too much. If I was unable to purchase these books, then of course I would change my strategy to use more readily accessible materials. If you are interested in checking out some of the most popular and effective homeschool curriculum available, follow the link below. Happy homeschooling…
