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ohginnyfan

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Sep 08, 2005 09:13

I am, at the very least, a bit more cheerful today than I was yesterday. Joshua brought home papers yesterday, and they were all "decent". One C -- the rest were A's and B's. That was a good thing. Both boys had a bunch of homework yesterday -- Josh had more than Matt, primarily because Josh has a band meeting tonight, plus choir, so he won't ( Read more... )

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anonymous September 8 2005, 08:30:29 UTC

Hi,
I randomly came across your journal and I wanted to offer you a quick geography tip that my father gave me when I was little. If you try to remember
N - E - S- W as Never - Eat - Shredded - Wheat and go clockwise around a map of North Am. N in the Arctic E the Atlantic S Mexico and W the Pacific it becomes easier to conceptualise something that is fairly abstract. An acronym can be pretty helpful and getting basic co ordinates down should help with the hemisphere stuff.
Hope you don't mind the totally unsolicited advice
B

ohginnyfan September 9 2005, 09:42:18 UTC

I'm not sure if you'll ever see this, but thanks so much for the helpful hint. He's actually doing better, and the helpful hints people shared have definitely helped. I appreciate you taking the time to post it. It's definitely a keeper!

Shredded Wheat brother_art September 13 2005, 03:41:38 UTC

Hey Sus, I was going to give you the 'never eat shredded wheat' thing also. My beloved is terrible with directions (by her own admission) and uses that all the time. I'm the opposite, and have never needed it ( ... )

Re: Shredded Wheat ohginnyfan September 13 2005, 04:56:28 UTC

Hi Art!

Welcome to my journal! And thank you so much for the game idea! I can't do it as a relay for my boys yet (my youngest is only 4, and can't read yet *snort*), but I can use it as a puzzle for the older two and have them figure it out. I'll have to see if I can get some pizza circles from the local pizza place.

We also did orientation, both outdoors with compasses, and indoors with maps.

I'd be interested in hearing more about this too. I can read a map fairly well, but I'm rubbish if I have to give N-S-E-W driving directions ("go north on 565 and then go west on 466" - although I have gotten better over the years) This type of thing could be good for both the kids AND me.

Re: Shredded Wheat brother_art September 13 2005, 07:14:48 UTC

Every heard of car rallies? You're given these instructions, like drive east for 20 telephone poles, then turn left, go precisely 6 mailboxes... etc etc.

Orienteering is sort of like that. You're put at a known starting point. Given a compass, a set of instructions, and a sheet to fill in. When you start you're given a direction, something like this... go ESE for 200 paces. Look for a oak tree beside a barbed wire fence. Once you get to it, there should be a marker or something to verify that you've found the right point. There will be a number, or symbol on the marker that you copy down on your sheet, to prove that you were there. Then you go to the next set of instructions: "no NNe for 300 paces, look for a Red rock beside a stream".... and so on. It's been SO long, I hope I'm remembering this correctly.

I would expect that boy scouts or any boys club still does something like this on their camp out trips. I should try googling "orienteering" some time.

...art