so, i hung the map where i could see it all the time. i had already put a star on it for where we are to get them used to finding us on the map.
and then when we saw on the news the other day that chile had a volcano and the boys were going “oh, cool, look at that.” i thought, “huh, now i could do something with that enthusiasm.” so i drew up a quick volcano (barely recognizable, mind you) and stuck it on southern chile. i didn’t mention it to the boys. they found it later on their own and you’d've thought they discovered buried treasure. it was on.
when they watched a discovery show on weapons that was all about the samurai sword, yep, i drew one up and stuck it on japan.
we were watching Around The World In 80 Days (with jackie chan – pretty fine – my oldest has watched it repeatedly) and we saw Big Ben. “where’s that?”, they asked. and away i went to draw a clock.
it’s turned into great fun. they check it everyday. i better up my game.
