Landmarks Around the World

Vito had a sudden interest in naming landmarks.  He was fascinated with the pyramids after watching a show about kids exploring ancient sites like pyramids in Egypt and  great walls of China.  I immediately showed a couple of our photos from our travels featuring some of these landmarks in the background.  He was totally surprised that I have been to some of those places.  With this, I introduced him to some other places around the world.


He was glued to the map and landmark figures.  I only identified some landmarks as I don’t want to crowd the entire map with figures.  I highly recommend that you prepare two or three figures for each continent that you can discuss with your kids the first time you try this activity.  It is better that you have knowledge of these landmarks, on where they are located and the features/history because kids tend to ask a lot of questions.  Our learning material (bundle) has information cards about these landmarks in case you need them.  If you are interested in the printable learning material, you can check the details here (Landmarks Around the World Bundle Pack).  The miniature figures are from Safari Toobs.


It is best to use an actual globe, as this shows the child that the world is round, not flat as depicted by the map.  Ours is an inexpensive globe but you can purchase a similar one in Amazon.  I bought a small one so it can fit in our shelf and just the right size for the boys to use.  You can see Vito plotting the landmarks of North America.


Then for extension work, I made use of our landmarks printables to show Vito how these figures look like in real life.  Our learning material in the shop comes with 3 part cards, but I only used the picture cards because Vito can’t read yet.


I love that he is taking his time examining the figures before matching them to the pictures.  So much for visual discrimination, concentration and attention to details!


To some this may just be a simple matching activity, but in our case it opened a lot of discussions and storytelling with Vito.  It’s a great way to connect with your little ones, especially if you have real life experience with these places.  Kids love to listen to stories, especially if Mom and Dad are involved.  Again, this activity is more on familiarization, not for memorizing the names and location.  It is more on exposing your kids to other places and more about telling beautiful stories about these famous landmarks which they will or have encountered in books.

Note:  I have used these cards for years already.  They are made from high quality images so I printed them in a photo/premium paper and laminated them for longevity.  It was worth it because we have used these a lot of times already, for both of the boys.

You can either get the bundle pack of all landmarks of all continents or you can get them separately for each continent. Please see list below:

• Landmarks Around the World Bundle Pack (includes all the landmarks of each continent listed below)
• Landmarks of Australia/Oceania
• Landmarks of Africa
• Landmarks of Asia
• Landmarks of Europe
• Landmarks of North America
• Landmarks of South America

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