Earthbound Learning?

It has been a while since my last post. I guess I feel like I have had nothing to say to the world in this past month. I know, hard to believe that "mr talks a lot" has nothing to say but trust me, it happens!

I've decided to try a new program at the clubhouse starting next Monday. Oh, for those of you who don't know.....
I have been blessed in that people in the community of Petaluma have given me the opportunity to run and after school program for youths ages 6 to 18. We serve, on average, about 120 kids a day for 4 hours.

Anyways, the new program...

Where in the World? Do you like the title?

Program Objective: To increase members geographical knowledge about California, the United States and the World by exposing them to images and information from around the world. (Still working on how to make this a measurable objective)

Target Age Group: 7-11

Session 1: Introduction to the 7 Continents. North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Australia.

Using pictures from google Earth and a live demonstration of Google Earth the staff will introduce the seven different continents to participants. Each participant will be given a map of the world and be asked to color each of the seven continents different color therefore demonstrating their knowledge of the information presented.

Completed maps that demonstrate the lessons objective will be posted around the club.

More to come. I will update this with each weeks lesson. Hopefully with time the format will get easy for me and this blog posting will get a bit more interesting. Thanks for reading along and of course any comments or ideas are welcome.

Oh, and if you are someone with the talent to cook some sort of small appetizer or dish that is somehow culturally significant please let me know. I would love to include many different ideas into this program. Example: I teach about about Mexico, you make a small dish, using our kitchen, and we serve it to the youth after the lesson. Of course, you need to be of solid character and positive disposition. Please let me know if you are interested.

See you soon