Continent Boxes Story

Continent Boxes

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If you’ve seen my grade leveled homeschooling posts, you’ve seen me mention our Continent Boxes. They have been such a fun part of our homeschooling life.

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When my oldest was first learning the names of the seven continents, I decided to get started with our own little collection of Continent Boxes.

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I began by purchasing seven photo storage boxes from Hobby Lobby. I’ve seen these at various arts and crafts stores any kind of small box will do.

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Then I used my little label marker to label each box the front of each box with a simple little sticker: – North America – South America – Europe – Asia

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We placed our Continent Boxes under our large wall map a fun find we picked up at IKEA several years ago. We love this map, but it was a pain to hang! ha!

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As he has gotten older and siblings have joined the fun, we have continued to use these boxes.

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How do we use our Continent Boxes? Read about different places around the world, receive a postcard, letter, or special souvenir from someone who has traveled outside of where we live.

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Any time we come across a new item that would be a good fit for our Continent Boxes, we add it to the corresponding box.

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This is such a simple way to give your kids a global perspective always connecting the boxes to a nearby map or globe.

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