Product Description: Learning Primary Geography: Ideas and inspiration from classrooms celebrates children’s learning in primary geography. It is a book for all student and practising teachers who would like children to learn about their world in an enjoyable and stimulating way...read more

Product Description: DK Workbooks: Geography: Kindergarten is a great tool to supplement school curriculum help your Kindergarten student learn geography concepts. Level by level, these write-in DK Workbooks: Geography offer at-home practice that kids actually enjoy — making them ideal supplements to schoolwork...read more

This lively, thought-provoking edited collection is packed full of practical ideas for teachers looking to foster a creative primary classroom. It will also make its readers reflect on how creativity and geography intersect in children’s lives and why creativity is vital in sustaining all our futures. Professor Anna Craft, University of Exeter and The Open University, UK.     Teaching Geography Creatively offers an innovative approach to geography education in the primary classroom, and is crammed full of practical approaches for bringing the teaching of geography to life. With ideas for exploring physical geography, human geography and environmental issues, it is a stimulating and enjoyable source of inspiration for all training and experienced teachers. Underpinned by the latest research and theory and with contemporary, cutting-edge practice at the forefront, expert authors from schools and universities explore the inter-relationship between creativity and learning and how creativity can enhance pupils’ motivation, self-image and well-being. The importance of equipping children for a rapidly changing environment and the need to place learning in a values context are also stressed. Imaginative ideas for teaching in geography include: games and starter activities as entry points for creative learning; learning about the environment and sustainability through problem solving; linking geography with art, music and mathematics; using the local area for map work, history and ICT; new approaches to fieldwork, playful learning and outdoor work; exploring ‘messy learning’ and real world events. With an emphasis on promoting creativity as a key element to developing young children’s knowledge, understanding and enjoyment, Teaching Geography Creatively offers a range of practical strategies to enable teachers to take a fresh approach to geography teaching.

Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately.; There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED, creating whole school policy and the demands of co-ordinating several subjects within a small school.; The entire set of 16 volumes is available.

Product Description: Maps hold the promise of an adventure, and children really want to know how to read them. At the same time, they still need a lot of practice with the basic maps skills of using latitude and longitude, locating places on a grid, estimating distances using scale, using indexes, and understanding common map symbols...read more

Product Description: Maps hold the promise of an adventure, and children really want to know how to read them. At the same time, they still need a lot of practice with the basic maps skills of using latitude and longitude, locating places on a grid, estimating distances using scale, using indexes, and understanding common map symbols...read more

Product Description: Take It to Your Seat Geography Centers, Grades 12 includes 13 full-color centers that provide a fun format to practice geographic literacy. Take It to Your Seat Geography Centers, Grades 12 covers these topics: positional words and following directions, cardinal directions and compass roses, keys and symbols, reading maps and grids, landforms and waterways, continents and oceans, North Americas largest countries, and states of the USA...read more

Product Description: Take It to Your Seat: Geography Centers, Grades 2-3 includes 13 full-color centers that provide a fun format to practice geographic literacy. Take It to Your Seat: Geography Centers, Grades 2-3 covers these topics: globes and grids, location of famous monuments, political, physical, road, and tourist maps, directions and compass roses, keys and symbols, landforms and waterways, continents and oceans, North America, and the United States...read more

This book provides a clear overview of current thinking on the teaching and learning of geography. It is an ideal companion to all students beginning a career in teaching the subject in secondary schools.The chapters are written by experienced teacher educators and bridge both theory and practice. The writers focus on the continuities, whilst setting them in the context of the changing curriculum.The book is divided into four parts. Part One examines the historical context of geography teaching. Part Two looks at issues of course planning, design, syllabuses and programmes of study. Underlying this section is the assumption that geography should not be considered in isolation from other subjects, but rather as part of a whole curriculum. Part Three concentrates on teaching and learning, and includes chapters on the use of maps, field work, IT and first hand experience within a community. The final section covers the issues associated with assessment, across the whole school age range.

Product Description: Primary teachers in the UK have to understand the National Curriculum and know how to implement it. This text aims to provide primary teachers with a practical introduction to teaching geography at Key Stage 2 to Level 5 and beyond, and is suitable for non-specialists.