50 States in 50 Days – What is Memorable in the Eyes of a Child?

Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by KG in Education, Parenting, Product Review

What started at age five with a talking map puzzle five years later has blossomed into a creative writing exercise. No longer is it just a metallic voice that informs us in a somewhat monotone singsong: “Nevada. The Silver State. State Capital: Carson City.

“ Don’t get me wrong. At age five and six our kids knew more about the 50 States than most, thanks to just that puzzle. As did we, and our cats, who, without fail, would walk across it in the middle of the night, no matter how high up we shelved it. We would then wake up to the sounds of „America the Beautiful“ . No “Off” button; the only downfall of this puzzle map. But I digress.

Now our children have been assigned a school project: Learn quick facts and interesting things about each of the 50 States in 50 days. So they dig into the depth of the encyclopedia, or its computerized counterpart, Wikipedia, Google the net for fun facts and pictures, and try to make intelligent notes of things worth memorizing.

We hope you enjoy our experience of traveling the 50 States in 50 days!