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Review: Skill Sharpeners Geography K

Need an easy way to teach geography? It’s right here. Skill Sharpeners Geography K is apart of our Timberdoodle curriculum and it’s a great little workbook. Each section starts off with a little bit about the topic that you read then your child does a little worksheet on what was read and finally they get to work those cutting and pasting skills. Each section has a certificate saying they learned the topic which I really like. Our daughter loves when we get to put her things on the fridge and certificates are one of my favorite things to hang.


The workbook is colorful and focuses on many different things; reading a map, landforms, continents and oceans, etc. I don’t remember learning half of what is in this book when I was in kindergarten I’m public school. Our daughter’s family part is the end of the lessons where she gets to cut and paste. It makes her so excited and she really gets into the material because of it. 


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  1. Kristen of A Mom's Quest to TeachJuly 10, 2020 at 12:16 PM

    I love these books - we have used different ones at different times.

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