Although we are not very far into the lessons, I love the scope and sequence of this curriculum. The children are not intimated by the lesson requirements and I find preparation time is minimal. We enjoy this subject.
Shannon, Co-op Member
Haven't used it with my children as of yet, but my husband and I are both impressed with what we have read so far.
C. Scott, Co-op Member
I love many of the ideas in this book, they have some interesting projects. The maps and the explanation of them are great. We haven't used much of it yet, but are incorporating bits and pieces of it as we go along. I love that there is no copyright on the maps so that I can make multiple copies and not worry about using the same map for multiple things.
Kelli Gowan, Co-op Member
We really like Mapping the World By Heart. Our Curriculum requires that the student be able to draw and label the World by the time they graduate. This will make that task so much easier. This is built into our memory work each week. My daughter (9) loves the different shapes or figures that are in the maps. She shares these with the other children. We will use this all the way through High School. I share this each time it comes up in conversation. It is a wonderful addition to our World History.
LR, Co-op Member
I've enjoyed how useful the manual is. Suggestions make it easy to tailor for the different settings in which I teach. For middle school co-op, I used the intro hands on lessons, like the grapefruit lesson that shows why there are distortions in 2D maps that represent our 3D world of longitude and latitude. Materials helped me bring home ideas to new geography students AND challenge those classroom experts. I plan to use the entire manual extensively with my own high school children.
Robbye, Co-op Member
We have only just begun to explore Mapping The World By Heart. It is broken down into easy to understand and very flexible lessons. I am looking forward to making this a family adventure!
Sabrina, Co-op Member
I love Mapping the World By Heart! I am also teaching the Mapping the US by Heart section to teach 11 kids in our homeschool group. I would recommend this to anyone that wants their child (or themselves) to learn geography. We have lots of fun with it, while learning quickly and easily.
Christina Cronauer, Co-op Member
Love it! I am forever amazed by the progress my son is making using Mapping the World by Heart. He has a much better understanding of the location of remote countries, and even some smaller details like rivers, mountains, etc. My son enjoys the tasks and seems to learn and grow with each lesson.
Mrs. E. Saunders, Co-op Member
We love this way of learning geography. It doesn't feel like heavy or hard school work at all and my children (ages 15-9) look forward to our geography time. My younger children cannot wait for their turn someday!
Dionne S, Co-op Member
We have not officially started this yet...but I am very excited about the ease, simplicity and fun that this program offers. My girls have been doing a computer based program that is just plain boring for them. This looks to be something we can do together, have fun while doing it and actually learn...(and want to learn)...not just memorize facts...(which in my case never stuck! ;o) Will let you know more in a few months...so far though, we are pumped and ready to start in Jan.
