Teaching Young Children Basic Concepts of Geography: A Literature-Based Approach |
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| Authors: | Mary Anne Zeitler Hannibal Ren Vasiliev Qiuyun Lin |
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| Institution: | (1) Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA;(2) Department of Geography, State University of New York at Geneseo, USA |
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| Abstract: | Teaching young children basic concepts of geography such as location, place, human–environment interaction, movement, and region is a great challenge. This article advocates literature-based instruction as a way of promoting geographic awareness in early childhood classrooms. Examples of children's picture books are given to show what early childhood teachers can do to make the five geographic concepts more concrete and understandable to young children via picture books. |
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| Keywords: | young children geography literature-based instruction children's literature |
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