If there's one thing I've learned from homeschooling - especially homeschooling with seven children - it's how to adapt. The kids get cabin fever. One of the little ones needs something basically every five minutes. Supplies get lost or broken - all. the. time.
Thankfully, the kids are pretty gracious about rolling with the punches.
I would like to say that our game of "Geography Twister" today was born out of my boundless energy and creativity. But in actuality, our maps got put away somewhere, and no one seems to be able to find them.
I had not had nearly enough coffee to go hunting. So - we improvised.
Someone gave us a world map mat (say that three times fast) a while back.
I was having Princess A jump from continent to continent to help her find the locations we were studying when Younger Brother had the idea use it for Twister instead.
It actually worked out really well.
The kids took turns being the participants and being the ones to call out, "left hand / Adriatic Sea" etc.
Double reinforcement, boom!
They decided the last one standing should play me. I should emphasize the "they" part.
So what did we learn?
Continents
European Countries
European Waters
Flexibility of all kinds is a good thing.
And if it's before noon, and you're over the age of 35, Twister is not a good game for you.
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