Paths of Exploration - Columbus Unit Lesson 1 Supplemental Resources

Below are my Supplemental Resources for Paths of Exploration (POE) by Trail Guide to Learning for the Columbus Unit, Lesson 1. Our goal is to add more hands-on activities to this wonderful curriculum! (Note this is a long article, so I have chosen to use the “read more” tab below in order to shorten the articles on the home page… so if you are interested, please be sure to click the “read more” button right below the share buttons for the various social media sites OR the Title of this post).

Lesson 1 Part 1:

Compass Rose – A great (and free) compass work by Montessori Print Shop.

Have your children / students label your classroom with Cardinal Direction Labels by FirstGradeWow.blogspot.com

Cardinal Directions Red

or use this set by Fiar Circle

Cardinal Directions Blue

Make a compass by KidsActivitiesBlog.com

How to make a compass

Research and Discuss the difference between a Compass and GPS; between Orienteering vs Geocaching.

Experience the difference: Orienteering Scavenger Hunt; GeoCaching Scavenger Hunt

Geocache Scavenger Hunt

Lesson 1 Part 2:

Rug Design:

Weaving activity 1,

Woven Sun

Weaving Activity 2,

Coaster Weaving

Hula Hoop Rug;

Hula Hoop Rug

Print France, Africa and Greece maps and determine their relationship to the Mediterranean Sea http://www.yourchildlearns.com/megamaps/

Lesson 1 Part 3:

Lesson 1, Part 3 and Part 4: Syllable Work (Free Montessori Syllable Counting Work);
Lesson 1, Part 3: Globes vs. Maps; Create your ownglobe using an orange

Lesson 1 Part 4:

Lesson 1, Part 4: Geometric Figures. Congruent, similar and Equivalent study. Free 3 part card definitions; GREAT Montessori study on Congruent, similar and equivalents by Cultivating Dharma; Free Worksheets; But it is far more fun for your students to make this Geometric Stick Material and let them explore this concept more fully!
Lesson 1, Part 4: Map Activity; Graph Paper;

Lesson 1 Part 5:

Lesson 1, Part 5: Nature Journaling: Teach your children how to create a nature journal (it’s not hard)
Lesson 1, Part 5: Continent Outline Maps; Map Marco Polo’s Route on a Felt World Map that you make with your child;
Lesson 1, Part 5: Various Spanish Dishes to cook

My Supplemental Vocabulary: Cartographer, Orienteering, forecastle, poop deck, sloop, schooner, square-rigger, privateer, bazaar, terrestrial, celestial, spherical, mathematician, astronomer, indentured, venn, navigator, passage, explorer, worldview, admiral, climate, geography, population, comparison, continent, hoisted,

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Trish has been married to her best friend, David, for 16 years and they have three sons (aged 13, 12 and 9). Trish is from the coast of North Carolina, but they now live in rural West Tennessee on a 40+ acre farm. She has been homeschooling since 2009 and her homeschool style leans towards a Montessori approach with a heavy emphasis on hands-on learning. They also own a small business that Trish runs from home. Trish’s family is Messianic and they love studying the Scriptures, learning Hebrew and growing in their faith and walk daily. In her spare time, Trish loves to write, work in their garden and can regularly be found trying to learn something new, modeling that learning is indeed a life-long endeavor!