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C is for Continent Felt Board~ Geography Projects A-Z

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Remember the Geography Projects from A to Z I have been slowly working on?  I FINALLY finished our project for the letter C.  This one took me a lot longer than I planned…  For the letter C we have been working on continents. This is a fun way to help your kids learn their world map and the continents.  Although it took me a long time, it was a lot of fun to put together.

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We are using the book Geography from A to Z by Jack Knowlton.  So far we have done atoll & archipelago for A,  beach & bay for B, and our geography nesting cans.

To make it I used a bunch of felt in various colors, a science project board and some tacky glue.  I printed out a big map from this site. You can print it huge on multiple pages and then tape the pages together. There are a bunch of different maps & sizes to choose from, too. I used this as my outline for the different continents.

I cut out all of the continents on paper first, then pinned each one to a different color of felt.

I had to take some liberties & not include every island and peninsula. I have to admit that it was painful for me to cut off certain places because each one is a wonderful part of our world! I eventually had to just get over it, though.
Then… I cut a piece of blue felt to cover the project board. I used tacky glue to attach it to the board. I ended up watering it down a little and painting it on with a foam brush.
I secured the edges with large paperclips until it dried.
I love how it turned out!
I am excited to create some more fun flannel sets to use with our big board now.
See the other Geography from A to Z Projects:
Geography Nesting Cans
A is for Atoll & Archipelago
B is for Beach & Bay
D is for Delta
E is for Edible Earth’s Core
Making Dinosaur Fossils
Homemade Bird Feeders (Without Peanut Butter)


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  1. Carla at Preschool Powol Packets says

    May 23, 2013 at 2:05 am

    I am a huge fan of flannel, and I *love* how you used it for the continents! My head is just racing with other ideas for your continent pieces…like in a discussion of plate tectonics or Pangaea or even the water cycle! Thanks so much for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday at Preschool Powol Packets!

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  2. Stephanie @ Discovery Moments says

    May 23, 2013 at 2:22 am

    Wow! What a great idea! I really love this. I think I may make one using the Montessori Continent colors because we are going to study geography this year! Thanks for the idea!

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  3. Liz Hallberg says

    May 23, 2013 at 4:55 am

    Awesome, and you have some serious felt cutting skills!! 🙂

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  4. Kim Huff says

    May 23, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    This is awesome!!!! I’m soooooooo doing this 🙂

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  5. Proverbial Homemaker says

    May 24, 2013 at 6:05 am

    This is so fantastic! And I actually have all the things I need to do it! Thanks so much for the tutorial.

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  6. cristinatebar says

    May 24, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Nice tutorial! This goes to my “to do” list!

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  7. Bugs says

    May 30, 2013 at 10:16 am

    I just loved this post! I featured you on the Hearts to Home Blog Hop this week :). Come on over to claim your featured badge!
    http://www.onlypassionatecuriosity.com/hearts-for-home-blog-hop-1/

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  8. Anna says

    May 30, 2013 at 10:23 am

    LOVE this! Way to go — we definitely need to start doing some geography around here. The kids are so interested when they’re young – need to capitalized on that!

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  9. Lynn N says

    May 30, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Wonderful job! I think I may try this for countries as well

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  10. Carrie says

    May 30, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    Great job!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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  11. Beth Gorden says

    May 31, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    I LOVE your continent flannel board – what a great teaching tool!!

    I featured this at TGIF this week here – http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/05/tgif-linky-party-78.html – Feel free to grab an I was featured button if you like.

    Thanks for sharing all your creativity with all of us! I hope to see you linked up again later today!!

    Have a great weekend,
    Beth =)

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  12. Jae (Pinay Homeschooler) says

    June 2, 2013 at 9:31 pm

    Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Kristan Price says

    September 26, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    Your continent felt board came out amazing!

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  14. Jacquie says

    March 5, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Just gorgeous! Thanks for linking up at Discover & Explore this week — your post gets a double feature as Chelsey & I are both including it in our round-up of map activities 🙂

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