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Daddy’s Treasure Map
Posted by Coral on June 3, 2008
Yesterday we were studying Maps and Exploration in the “Usbourne Children’s Encyclopedia”. P asked if she could draw a map, a treasure map to be more specific. So we did.
We started by getting a small cardboard box that I had in the garage. The girls each placed a few things in it (pictures they had colored, a toy car, a plastic dounut, and a sticker), they deemed treasures 
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Next we found a place that we wanted to bury it in the back yard. The perfect place was behind the play house where there are lots of rocks for Mommy to dig up. So I dug, we buried. I spray painted a black
X on top, because P was quick to remind me “X marks the spot”.
We started our map making out in the garage where Daddy always comes into the house from. Moving our way through the house to the back yard we finished our map entitled, “Daddy’s Treasure Map”.
Finally P taped it to the back of the van so Daddy would see it when he got home. when Jeff called to tell me he was coming home I told him there was something on the back of the van for him 
. When he got here he played along wonderfully and went on an exploration for his treasure. This was a lot of fun!
Hi Coral,
You are awesome! I stumbled upon your website while looking for families that live in RVs and homeschool. Not that we do…just a dream of mine.
You sound sooooo much like me, except much more energetic and structured….ok maybe disciplined. I have a 2 and 4 year old and have pretty much been unschooling, but love many Charlotte Mason philosophies too. Ordered one curric. already and used it 2 days. It is sort of daunting getting started and not having a lot of funds to make costly purchasing mistakes. My 4 yr old Zoe sounds just like your oldest. It is refreshing to hear your experiences and how you’ve adapted to your kid’s learning styles (as well as your own !) I am going to try some of the books you reccomended. I LOVE art and Lit as well, so does Zoe…so those references were wonderful. The math sounds great too. Is this going to cost a fortune? Anyway, thankyou so very much for taking the time to share. Your enthusiasm is truly inspiring.
God Bless, Celestiel
PS I have a my space page under my email address.
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