Invite your children to embark on a learning journey like no other as you explore the world around you through great books and rich times of play, laying down a strong foundation that will make future learning come alive. GO GLOBAL is an easy-to-implement geography curriculum based on living books, movement-rich activities, and cross-cultural exploration geared for 5 to 8-year olds (and any younger siblings).-Full year of curriculum: 36 weeks-Covers geography, science, history, world cultures, and literature; everything but phonics/spelling and math -Literature-heavy: hundreds of previewed and high-quality book recommendations -Movement-rich: not coloring sheets, not a lot of messy crafts, not expensive materials. Simple ways to let your children move and solidify understanding and long-term learning.-Easy-to-use: daily lesson plans, 4 days per week Oh, if only my children were young again! This curriculum isexactly what I was looking for so many years ago and would have saved me hoursof time spent planning my own literature-based, hands-on geography lessons. Itsgentle approach to teaching serious geography concepts through meaningful workis perfect. Children will find geography to be such a joyful subject as theyjourney through good books and complete worthwhile activities. Parents will bethankful for the ease of use and how it can seamlessly draw multiple ages ofchildren together for learning. -Cindy West , speaker, author of Homeschooling Gifted Kids GO GLOBAL is just the kind of curriculum we love for youngboys - literature-heavy and movement-rich. Heather and Colene understandchildren and they've created a geography curriculum that kids will love andthat will help them to love learning. You'll enjoy it as much as your children,too! - Hal & Melanie Young , award-winning authors of RaisingReal Men I have been spatially and geographically challenged for aslong as I can remember--GO GLOBAL looks like just the thing that may have givenme "hooks" on which to hang my learning about the world around me and thecultures we studied! Colene and Heather have compiled a vast selection ofquality books for perusal and read-alouds, as well as activities to makecultural and geographical literacy come alive for various levels of learners.What a gift to have all these great book lists and hands-on suggestions all inone place, lesson-planned out by the week for the busy parent who wants thestructure, or simply as a buffet of choices for the more adventurous teacher. -Vicki Bentley , HSLDA Educational Consultant, author of HomeEducation 101: A Mentoring Program for New Homeschoolers What Heather Haupt and Colene Lewis have created in GOGLOBAL is a comprehensive, well-paced, and winsome guide to learning aboutgeography and culture together with your young student. The complementary keysto primary learning - story and hands-on experience - are the foundation ofthis excellent curriculum. Utilizing both classic and recent literature, youand your child will enjoy stories that engage the imagination and feed thevoracious appetite that youngsters have for learning, especially for whateveris novel, adventurous, and exotic! Haupt and Lewis pay careful attention to thebrain-body connection, as well, incorporating a wide variety of activities thatenlist the child's senses and involve movement and physicality. This is not a"simply insert and press Play" curriculum - GO GLOBAL will get you and yourchild cuddling on the couch, extending learning beyond the school table, andexperiencing wonder together at the exciting world we live in! -Cindy Duell , AFHE Board of Directors, homeschool mom If anyone understands the fine art of how to teach youngchildren in an effective and engaging way, it is Heather Haupt and ColeneLewis. With GO GLOBAL, they gently introduce geographical awareness by engagingchildren in activities that are both fun and rich in learning. Geography iseverywhere and learning about it is a part of faith-building. GO GLOBAL sets astrong foundation not only for children to understand where people, continentsand oceans are in the world, it will help them understand their own place in itas designed by their Creator. -Marcy Crabtree ,homeschool mom, owner of the popular homeschool blog, BenandMe.com Rarely can I find acurriculum that combines my desire to inspire learning through well-written,language-rich literature and my kids' desire to wiggle. GO GLOBAL masterfullypairs them both. Packed with mom-tested lessons and kid-approved activities,this curriculum is an incredible gift to the homeschooling community and will,no doubt, help moms cultivate a sense of curiosity and lead their children to adeeper understanding and appreciation for other countries and their cultures. - Jamie Erickson , homeschooling mom of 5 and author of HomeschoolBravely One of the many benefitsof homeschooling is being able to teach more than one subject at a time. GOGLOBAL is IDEAL for this! Not only do our 5-8-year-olds lea