Mary Evelyn Notgrass McCurdy designed Our Great Big World for students to use successfully anywhere from 1st to 4th grade, although you can easily include students who are a little older or younger. It combines the flexibility and richness of a literature-based unit study approach with the simplicity of a textbook-based approach.
Lessons guide your child across all seven continents, highlighting God's natural wonders and amazing creatures, fascinating people God created to do fascinating things, and beautiful landmarks people have built. With open-and-go lessons, you can teach your student with minimal planning or preparation.
What's Included:
The Our Great Big World Curriculum Package includes everything you need for a successful study. The course is flexible, so you can choose the assignments and activities that work best for your child.
- Read inspiring stories about people and places illustrated with colorful photographs.
- Listen to recordings of folktales and songs from around the world.
- Complete assignments in the Atlas Workbook.
- Enjoy coloring a picture related to each lesson in the Coloring Book.
- Use the simple Lesson Review.
- Get creative with optional hands-on projects, including recipes, crafts, and games.
This bundle also includes seven literature titles that coordinate with the lessons to enhance your student's understanding of different places, each set in a different region of the world.
- The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (Middle East)
- Akimbo of Africa by Alexander McCall Smith (Africa)
- A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond (Europe)
- Race for the Record by Dave and Neta Jackson (Asia)
- The Muddleheaded Wombat by Ruth Park (Australia)
- Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat (North America)
- Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina (South America)
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