Gave the little neighbor kid a BIG book of geography the book was bigger than 10x15

[greenbriar]

and very sturdy...kwel book I gave my daughter when she was young


I am having a yardsale and it was in the sale, but he is starting 1st grade and is just so darn cute


for an hour after he and his older brother sat in their yard and I could hear him asking brother



what city is that


what is that state


what does that symbol mean



As a history/Geography teacher, I smiled for a long time after that :)

[greenbriar]

1. later mom walked him over with a hand written TY card

so very cute



Did I mention the kid is just too darn cute

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. That is totally precious.

As a History major/Geography minor, I'm so proud of you and the kid that is too darn cute! :hi:

[BlooInBloo]

2. lol! Perfect. When I was little my parents gave me encyclopedias...

I stayed in my room for days on end with them.

I'm so jealous of kids growing up today with Google Earth. :)

[Bicoastal]

4. I love geography...trivia pop quiz time!

Which two adjacent US states have the most distant capitals?

And what about the most distant largest cities?

[BlooInBloo]

5. WA/ID? TX/NM? (To either question)

EDIT: Ooops - My second candidate is stupid as a response to the second question. Nix that.

EDITEDIT: Hmmmm. Mebbe not - wth - keep it in the running. :rofl:

[Bicoastal]

9. none of those 4 states are correct, sorry.

[BlooInBloo]

12. Bah.

[Bicoastal]

14. A hint--one large, unusually-shaped state is part of both answers.

[elleng]

24. Florida???

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[TheMadMonk]

11. Name the Northernmost, Southermost, Easternmost, and Westernmost States. nt

[Bicoastal]

15. Easy: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, and Alaska.

[hootinholler]

34. Depends on how you measure Westernmost Easternmost

Lines of Longitude converge at the poles such that Hawaii may be farther wet of the prime meridian measured in NM than Alaska. I'm not sure I haven't done the calculation.

Just pointing out that it's not always intuitive.

-Hoot

[elleng]

19. TX, CO (NM?) NEVERMIND!

HI, ME

[elleng]

21. 2d question, still adjacent????

:dilemma:

[elleng]

25. MORE MORE!

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[Bicoastal]

27. Here are the answers:

The most distant capitals in adjacent states--Phoenix to Sacramento. California borders Arizona, but they're 631 miles apart.

The most distant largest cities in adjacent states--Los Angeles, California to Portland, Oregon. 824 miles apart--yet I had a friend who drove that distance every year to get home from college.

[elleng]

28. Oh, the odd shaped state is CAL!!!

More Geog Trivia Quizzes anytime, Bic!

[SeattleGirl]

6. I love maps! I'm not great at geography, but maps? Love 'em!

And I think that's a very cool thing you did for that very darned cute kid!

[greenbriar]

7. My heart just soars when I can make little kids happy

and it doesn't take too much to make them happy

[mitchtv]

8. That remonds me

I need a new atlas. MY current one has lots of expired countries from '72 I think

[greenbriar]

16. glad to be of service

:)

[shraby]

10. My favorite as a kid was a jigsaw puzzle of

the United States. Each piece was cut in the shape of a state with symbols of what they were noted for, the name of the state and the capitol. Loved to work it..also learned the names of all the states and the capitols at the same time.

[greenbriar]

13. oh would love that

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[sandnsea]

17. Awesome idea

My grandson LOVES geography. He goes on google earth and goes all over the place, has some kiddie books with the basic landmarks in them. But a real geography book? He would be in heaven. I am going to go to yard sales this week-end and look for some.

[elleng]

18. I would be in heaven!

Sorry my 'kids' are 21 and 24, located elsewhere, house sold, and many books gone.

;(


Glad to be driving NORTH to Canada next week!

:-)

[sandnsea]

20. I planned to be traveling

I did not plan for these little punkinheads to wiggle their way into my heart the way they did. Now I tell everybody - when you wonder why you had those pita kids - it's so you could have Grandkids!!! My cousin says he wishes he could have had the grandkids first! It's too much fun and a whole new world for you to look forward to. Have fun in Canada.

[elleng]

23. Thanks; there only briefly!

Trying NOT to 'encourage' the girls; they're still busy with studies! I WILL be an 'elderly' grandmother, but, so what? Girls LOVE to 'teach,' which is what they're studying! and I love to hear about them doing so! Younger one studying 'parenting' at the moment; says its 'easy and interesting!'

[sandnsea]

26. I agree with you

My daughter is going back to school to finish her nursing degree. She wouldn't listen. Now she knows. I'm just glad we can be here to help her.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. What a great thing to do! You never know what kind of fruit one small gesture may bear

Thanks for posting this. Lovely story.

[greenbriar]

30. Update

today they brought it back outside and are looking at it again

[Maru Kitteh]

32. How incredibly gratifying. I'm really very happy for both you and the little guy.

[fishbulb703]

29. A Breif History of Nearly Everything

one of the best books ever

[Strong Atheist]

33. Belated Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. That is just awesome! *thumbs up* ElderGK wants a very expensive Atlas+ but keeps spending all

his money before he can buy it. LOL