I frequently conduct small geography workshops with activities for kids in my neighborhood. We all enjoy it immensely.
In fact, the kids demand that I have a workshop every Sunday!
This map-reading activity was on 09 December 2012. Details are in the slide show.
Dr Chandra Shekhar Balachandran
The Indian Institute of Geographical Studies
http://tiigs.org
geo 'at' tiigs 'dot' org (replace 'at' with @ and 'dot' with . )
1. ATLAS DID NOT SHRUG!
Atlas games with
9th Cross Ninjas
Ashoknagara
Bangalore 560050
09 December 2012
2. What we did
• Every Ninja got an atlas (same publication)
• There were small strips of paper, folded and
placed in a small bowl. Each had:
– Place(s) to find and
– Question(s) to answer
• Each person had to pick a strip and find the
place(s) listed and answer the question(s) on it
3. What we did
• I suggested merely playing, but they wanted
to form teams and compete. I acquiesced.
– Boys’ team and girls’ team
• Little Sameera started out doling out the strips
but decided this wasn’t Action enough for
him. So, he started pretend-playing … on his
own.
– This pleased him no end!
25. Need help, ideas … to do something like this in your
neighborhood?
Contact:
The Indian Institute of Geographical Studies
geo@tiigs.org
http://tiigs.org