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Compass
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01.14.09Compass Letters
Compass (2)Seth: Mommy what direction is that? (Arm pointing randomly) Alis: I don't know, here let's find out using the compass. Ok it's north east. Seth: Mommy which letter is east? Alis: The E. Seth: I have that letter in my name. Hey mommy the compass has all the letters from my name on it!
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01.08.09Coaxing Cartography
Compass, Orienteering, documenting nature (2)I’d been trying to coax Seth out to work on our map of the back yard for a few days. Denise mentioned that when her children made a map of their neighborhood they drew pictures of their friend’s houses along the route. This gave me the hook I needed, I mean really mom who wants a map of their back yard! But a map of one’s imaginary back yard rail road – now that’s what I’m talkin’ about! We used an old landscaping blueprint to get the actual proportions of the house and fence, the rest was blank for us to ...
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12.29.08Urban Orienteering for Four Year Olds
Compass, Orienteering, Utility Knife (5)First things first you get yourself a good map! This is a map of our journey from Grandpa's house in Mountain View via Cal Train to Redwood Trading Post in Redwood City. Our map is hand drawn with some fantastical cartography and lots of emphasis on TRAIN stations and other TRAIN elements. This map was drawn purely for four year old orienteering "buy-in", and is definitely not to scale. Our goal was to get to Redwood Trading Post where we would purchase new puddle boots, Seth's first pocket knife and a compass. After a brief bit on ...
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