;e Old Schoolhouse® Lab Product Reviews
Compiled and edited by Kate Kessler
Hello again! Is it already March?! I like meeting up like this every month and
hope you do too. Welcome to the
newest issue of ;e Old School-
house® Magazine’s Lab!
We are starting to get into our
groove here with our monthly team
(though truth be told I was late getting this in—so sorry, editors!). I
like the fact that each month has
a di;erent theme and that we can
focus our reviews better now. We
have quite a mixture of great products to share with you this time.
Gardening is up on stage, along
with geography and literature—
both books and curricula.
I will be mixing it up below a bit
and adding in some of our excellent Homeschool Crew team reviews from now on. ;is month I
am sharing just one, but in future
months there will be more. ;e
Crew is our team of homeschooling families who blog their news
and reviews for the bene;t of all
their readers. I can’t wait to share
their reviews with you!
Finally, here is a reminder that
we have more than ;ve thousand
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To ;nd the home page, just click on
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With all the “business” done, let’s
get on to the reviews!
Hands-On Geography
Maggie S. Hogan
Bright Ideas Press
www.BrightIdeasPress.com
877-492-8081
Are you looking for extra activities to
include in your geography studies? Do
you have trouble coming up with ideas
to use for teaching geography? ;en
you may be interested in Hands-On
Geography. ;is 142-page book written by Maggie S. Hogan is published by
Bright Idea Press.
According to the introduction, study
of geography is o;en neglected, and as a
nation we are geographically illiterate. I
would have to agree with this; I have acquired most of my knowledge of geography as an adult as a result of teaching my
own children and traveling. I want my
kids to have a good grasp of the world
that God has given us to enjoy, and
Hands-On Geography has a lot of fun
activities to help it become real to them.
Hands-On Geography is not intended
to be used straight through; you pick
and choose which activities you use
when. ;e book contains reproducible
maps, directions, and cards for home-
made games, and projects for making
and using di;erent types of maps. You
can create a passport or take a journey
with Joseph using a map and your Bi-
ble. ;is book has so much—chapters
include “Missionary and Geography,”
“Genealogy and Geography,” “Nature
and Geography,” “Language Arts and
Geography,” and “History and Geogra-
phy”—to name a few.
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