ge Range: School age
Length: 30-45 minutes.
Number of Attendees: 10
Materials
The book: Austin Lost in America: A Geography Adventure by Jef Czekaj
Map of the United States (In craft bag)
Dice
West Coast-East Coast Cards (Copy found on the tools page)
Special Map of the United States (In craft bag).
Match box cars
Description of Program
Children listen to the story, Austin, Lost in America: A Geography Adventure by Jef Czekaj. Afterwards, children break up in teams and play a geography game. Using the map supplied, in teams, children will travel from the east coast to the west coast. First team that arrives, wins.
Instructions
Before children hear the story, facilitator asks children if they have ever gone on a trip? Where did they go? What was it like?
Children sit down for storytime and listen to the story, Austin, Lost in America: A Geography Adventure.
Children break up in teams. Each team picks a card from the east coast bag and the west coast bag.
They place the cards on the map. (one on the east coast, one on the west coast)
They select a race car and put it on the city on the east coast.
Each team takes turns rolling one dice.
The number they roll on the dice tell them how many hundreds of miles they can drive. Example: they roll a "1" they move 100 miles. The roll of "2", they move 200 miles.
The team must decide the fastest way to get to their city on the west coast. They must end on a yellow dot or a gas station. If they roll a number that doesn't give them enough miles to reach the next dot or gas station, they do not move on that turn.
Cost
None, supplies donated by Bedtime Math Foundation.
Miscellaneous
Maps placed on the floor or on top of the white tables.
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