Cantering the Country Curriculum Review and FREE Sample
Published:
January 8, 2025
Contributor:
Charis King
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Cantering the Country by Loree Pettit and Dari Mullins is a great way to teach U.S. geography while also covering many other subjects such as history, literature, language arts, and science.
Cantering the Country Curriculum Review
Review by Bridgette Taylor
Students learn by researching and compiling their own notebooks for each geographical region. The material is directed at grades 1-5, but could easily be added to or detracted from in order to accommodate a larger age group.
As you canter across the country with this unit study your student will be able to spend as much or as little time on each state as needed. The program is designed to be completed in 1-3 years and the scheduling is left up to the teacher. This makes it easy to fit the lessons into your household schedule.
Math and spelling are not covered and you may find that you need supplemental materials for language and science as well.
The curriculum covers each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia alphabetically. Each state lesson covers basic facts about the state, but also lists numerous resources for each of the basic subjects (geography, literature, history, science, etc.) that your student can use to research and create stunning notebooks.
The included CD-ROM features many other activities such as word searches, maps, mazes, crossword puzzles, games, and full-color reproducible notebooking sheets. The suggested activities and resources for each lesson work together with the curriculum to provide your child a complete view of each state’s history, folklore, culture, natural resources, and more.
In order to give you a choice about what you study there are many activities listed, but you do not have to complete them all. Selecting a handful of activities for each state will provide you with more then enough information.
To further round out each lesson you can learn the state song, the state pledge, do arts & crafts, prepare a local culinary treat, or choose from one of the other many activities.
While Cantering the Country is not a complete curriculum in and of itself the activities, both suggested and included, go beyond that of a simple supplemental resource to quickly make geography the favorite subject of your students.
I highly recommend this curriculum for any homeschooling family.
Where Can I Get a FREE Sample of Cantering the Country?
The team at Homeschool Giveaways loves it when a curriculum creator or publisher provides a free sample so homeschool families can get a peak at the material before spending any money. GeoMatters does just that for your with Cantering the Country.
To get your FREE sample:
- Go to the Cantering the Country product page
- Click on the Samples tab below the image. (Currently, this is the third tab: Description – Testimonials – Samples – etc)
- Click on the link Cantering the Country sample
- A 23 page FREE sample will open for you to download to your computer
- Try it for FREE!
Where Can I Purchase Cantering the Country?
GeoMatters offers Cantering the Country for sale directly on their website at the same location as the free sample.
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Charis King
Charis King is the owner & steward of Homeschool Giveaways, a wife whose husband lives in Heaven, and a mom of twin daughters currently attending college. She and her husband homeschooled their daughters with the belief that each person is a unique masterpiece of God – created with gifts, interests and talents. (Eph 2:10). Even though the season of homeschooling her own daughters ended a few years ago, Charis is grateful for the opportunity to support other families along their own unique homeschool journey.
