The World Map

One of Tara´s main projects at the Estancia was developing games and activities for the kids to do that involved the world map. Over two years ago, Tara had training in Danli, and with a small group of trainees, led the children in painting a world map on the wall of the school.

This year, she developed a board game for the children to play (one game for each continent). After studying the map with the children (beginning with the difference between a country and a continent), she developed a scavenger hunt for the children with the ultimate prize being something very close to my heart: ice cream. The kids had a great time and it was a very creative idea on her part. (I am pictured above with my team).





The second big activity Tara did with the kids was a geography bee. Tara told the students the name of the continent and the country, and they had to point to it on the map. They did great, and several first graders made it to round two.

After going through all the easy cards and making it to the challenge round, these were the four winners! All of them are in third and fourth grade. The student who won beat everyone by identifying Germany on the map.









The winners got to get a liquado (fruit milkshake), read books, and play at a local ice cream shop. Afterwards they got to go to Tara´s house.