FIAR: Learning about our neighborhood during 'Katy'

As part of our unit on Katy and the Big Snow, we focused on what makes up our neighborhood.

I think the kiddos' favorite thing was constructing a neighborhood map on our floor, using the Make Your Own City cut-outs from the Homeschool Share lapbook. Building it was more fun than playing with it, though. I left it up on the floor for about a week, but no one really played with it after it was all constructed!

Then, they also made their own city using a Sims City app. That was a favorite activity with Daddy for a few weeks.

Crayola has a free Neighborhood Map Coloring page where kiddos can practice their skill at following directions.

Plus we learned about Street Signs, again using the information from the Homeschool Share lapbook. We collected data and created a graph showing what the most common and least common signs are around our house. This was a great game to play while driving an hour up north.