Postcard Geography Album: Washington State, “The Evergreen State”
This week's geography page features the state of Washington.
This state is interesting to us because the kids paternal grandfather comes from this state and Steven spent a number of summers there.
From our coloring page, we learned the state tree, Western Hemlock, the state bird, Willow Goldfinch, and the state flower, Coast Rhododendron. We looked up their coloring on the Internet.
We received a lovely postcard from our dear blog friends Debbie and Selena at Children Grow, Children Explore, Children Learn. Debbie has a wonderful blog that tells about the learning activities of their super bright granddaughter, Selena. She also hosts a weekly history and geography meme.
On the postcard, Debbie writes about her state,
On the postcard, Debbie writes about her state,
"We have it allocean, rivers, mountains and a lot of history around us."
One student decided to put the postcard in the corner of the map that the postcard covers, the Olympic Peninsula.
We also received another postcard from Washington state through Postcrossing, which shows a farm from the rural areas.
My student found the state without any trouble and colored it in, too.
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| Another student and I colored in a picture of the state quarter, but we couldn't fit it on the scrapbook page. |
We learned that Washington entered the union in 1889.
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"Discover the wonders of Washington State, from its natural beauty (Mount Rainier and evergreen forests), to its famous residents (Jimi Hendrix and Big Foot) and familiar skyline (Seattle's Space Needle)." |
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| recipe and photo from Mommy's Kitchen |
You can't study Washington state without peeling a few apples...for apple pie, of course.
What a sweet study!
What a sweet study!
12 states (24%) and Washington, DC in our postcard-geography album
