Cantering the Country Loree Pettit

From the authors who brought you Galloping the Globe, comes the U.S. version, Cantering the Country. Learning geography is an adventure, and it's much more than memorizing facts! This unit study course teaches a wide range of academic and character building disciplines using the geography of the U.S. as a starting point. You don't have to put aside one subject to make time for another. They're all connected!

This comprehensive unit study can be used for all children grades 1-5 and includes:

-Geography - Learn basic geography of each state through terms, mapping, & more.
-Science - Learn science by studying the state flowers, trees, animals, and birds.
-Language Arts - Explore language arts as you read literature set in each state.
-Character - Build character by learning to apply the principles of the preamble to the constitution of each state.
-History - Bring history alive with the stories of famous people, founding fathers and Native American groups from around the country.

At the end of the course, your students will have a deeper understanding and appreciation of this great nation. They'll also create a U.S. notebook chock-full of wonderful information and fun memories. So saddle up your horses and strap on your thinking caps!

This new edition of Cantering the Country includes an Activity CD-ROM jam-packed with even more reproducible content! Simply pop the disc in your computer, select what you need to enhance the day's lesson, and print top-quality student notebook pages right from your home computer!

Dari Mullins, author and motivational speaker, has been homeschooling her three teenagers for over ten years. She fell in love with history and geography when she began researching home education in 1995. Dari and her husband, Allen, have taught their children at home since the oldest started kindergarten in 1997. A passion for non-traditional methods led her to write curriculum for her own family and eventually teaming up with Loree Pettit to write Galloping the Globe and Cantering the Country.

Dari and her family currently live in Asheville, NC where she teaches several classes and stays active with the local homeschool community.

Loree' Pettit is a wife and homeschooling mother of three children. In 2001, she translated an interest in traveling and geography into a geography-based unit study for her children. The unit study become Galloping the Globe, and was followed by Eat Your Way Through the USA and Cantering the Country.