Material
- A large looseleaf album so that the pictures can be changed. Use transparent plastic covers. It should be treasured by the children. It must be strong. This should contain serial photographs of physical geographical features, showing the feature clearly with no extraneous, distracting features. Start with local geographical types, so that these become “keys” for the child in the world that he or she experiences.
Pictures show such scenes as the following:
Iceberg – floating
Glacier
Snowfields
Geyser – spouting steam
Waterfall – cascading down
Rapids
Volcano – active
Volcano – dormant
Lava flowing
Sunset
Sunrise
Fields of Corn
Jungle
Do not be in a hurry to add to them. Have the name of the feature underneath, with a simple definition under the name.
Direct aim
To further enlarge a child’s ideas of geographical features. Through working with the album, a child becomes familiar with the terminology. He is helped to think clearly and to express himself precisely.