New addition to #Geographyfromhome - @EYPPC_GA member Julia Tanner has put together 8 home schooling ideas which explore connections to place... (1/10)
Talk about favourite places at home - Ask children to draw and write about their favourite places at home (including the garden, where relevant) for different activities e.g. my favourite place to sleep, to play, to eat, to read, to be quiet. Talk about their pictures. (2/10) 
Investigate special places - Ask children to draw a place away from home which is special to them. Talk about why it is special to them. How do they feel when they are there, and when they think about it?(3/10)
Create a family book - Together, make a family book or digital photo gallery of ‘Our Special Places’ incorporating drawings or photographs and quotes contributed by all family members. Talk about why these places are special, and the memories this activity provokes. (4/10)
Make some maps - Invite children to make maps of places and trips they know well, e.g. their garden, your street, journey to school, the local park, the journey to grandma’s house. Talk about their maps. (5/10)
Make an emotional map - Draw a map of the house and garden. Ask children to use emoji or create picture symbols to show how they feel about different places on the map.(6/10)
Create environmental art - Look at images of environmental art. In the garden, or on your daily walk, use twigs, stones, leaves, etc to create some environmental art. On subsequent occasions, choose a theme, e.g. ‘Spring’, or restrict the number/type of materials to use. (7/10)
Food connections - Look at labels and packets of food to identify where the food comes from. Find these places on a world map. Ask children to make their own map showing where their food comes from. (8/10)
Holiday places - Find photographs of family holidays. Find the places you visited on a map of the UK, Europe or the world, as relevant. Talk about what the places were like. (9/10)
Download the full sheet of activity ideas here: geography.org.uk/write/mediaupl… (10/10)
