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You are here: Home / Homeschool / Learning about the Northeast Region of the U.S.

Learning about the Northeast Region of the U.S.

October 7, 2014 by Maureen Spell 3 Comments

We learned about the Northeast region of the United States during the 3rd and 4th week of our geography class.

Learning about the northeast region of the U.S.

Introducing the Northeast Region of the United States

I realized that my young students (K-2nd) didn’t really know what the 5 regions were, so I made a song to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot” to help them remember.

After we sang the song several times, I had them guess which region we would be learning about next.

Learning about the northeast region of the United States

Before class I filled a small drawstring bag with some artifacts, postcards and flashcards of the region. Each child got to reach in the bag and pull an item. We then discussed why I put that item in there and how it fit in with the region.

Literature Connection

Night of the Moonjellies

We read Night of the Moonjellies since it took place in Connecticut. I made each student their own “moonjellies” bottle and they loved it! You can see how I made the moonjelly sensory bottles here.

Northeast map work:

Learning about the Northeast United States

Since my group is young (K-2nd) this week we played a game in order to learn where the states are located. I pulled the (afflink) Northeast state flashcards from the deck of cards and put them in a bag. A student would pull the card out, try to guess the state by looking at it, then flip the card over and read which state it was and the capital. Then each student would locate that state on their printable map and color it.

Learning about the Northeast

We then read about some of the attractions, landmarks, animals, climate and landforms.

(The printables are from this U.S. Regions unit at Teachers Pay Teachers)

Landforms walk

I like to incorporate active ways to learn, so we went on a “hike” to look for landforms. We learned that the Northeast region has rivers, coastlines and mountains (Appalachian.) We found a river (so it really was a creek), climbed a mountain (small hill) and traversed over a rocky coastline 🙂 It was fun to use our imaginations and stretch our legs at the same time!

 Other Posts in This Series:

Weeks 1-2

Learning about the Northwest Region of the U.S.A.

Learning about the Southeast Region of the U.S.A.

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5 Regions of the U.S.A. Co-op Class

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Comments

  1. Alicia says

    October 31, 2014 at 8:14 pm

    I had no idea you were writing these summaries! Beautiful! Thanks for the great job you’re doing. Really appreciate all your time and effort.

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    • Maureen Spell says

      November 4, 2014 at 3:02 pm

      Thanks Alicia! Still need to get our Southeastern U.S. post up 🙂

      Reply
  2. Erica says

    January 27, 2020 at 8:18 pm

    My child loved it she has a test today and she made it 100 on it.

    Reply

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