A great way to practice geography and learn map skills is by creating your own treasure hunt geography games! Your elementary student will have fun with this east to prepare hands-on geography activity.
Make Your Own Treasure Hunt Geography Game
Map Skills
With a rough outline of your house, now you are ready to add lines of longitude and latitude. Grab a ruler and add lines about 1-inch apart. Mark the center horizontal line 0 degrees, and label the lines above and below in increments of 10. Label the horizontal lines above 0 degrees with the symbol N {for North} and the lines below, S {for South}. Label the vertical lines in the same way by making the middle line 0 degrees and label lines to left and right in 10 degree increments. Use the symbols W {West} for lines to the left and E {East} for lines to the right of 0 degrees.
Hands on Geography – Make your Own Treasure Hunt
Grab a few envelopes and strips of paper to provide additional clues to help your students find the treasure.
Write the first clue on the map leading to the envelope with the next clue and so forth. I hid some candy in the last envelope as the treasure. To begin, I called Big Brother {8 years} and Little Sis {4 years} to come downstairs for a scavenger hunt. I gave Big Brother the map and told him to read the latitude and longitude coordinates at the bottom of the map to find his next clue.
The coordinate led them over to the fireplace. The next clue led him over to the kitchen….
They found clue number 4 in the laundry room….
Big Brother loved this activity and if he hadn’t told a few friends he would be out to play, he would have wanted me to set this up again! Little Sis of course loved the treasure! Hope you have fun setting up a scavenger hunt in your homeschool!
Geography Books for Kids
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Geography for Kids
Looking for more resources and free worksheets to teach students about geography for kids? You will love these coloring sheets, printable maps, books, activities and games:
- Grab this realistic looking Free Printable Passport for Kids
- Free Printable Maps including world map, continents, and country maps with and without labeling
- Ready to dive more in depth? Check out Country Study for Kids – look at 16 countries around the world up close
- Kids can research to learn about other countries with these country worksheets.
- Around the World I Spy Worksheets – learn about 36 countries
- Use Lego to explore famous landmarks in countries for kids
- Research and learn with these free Children around the World Worksheets
- Roll into Geography – Printable Geography Games
- Geography Treasure Hunt Activity
- Landforms Worksheets pdf free
- Snap Geography Games for Kids
- Read, Color and Learn about other countries with FREE country studies including:Â Vietnam For Kids and Greece for Kids and Peru for Kids and Kenya for Kids and Israel for Kids, plus many more!
- You can find all our FREE printable country coloring pages covering over 36 different nations – or jump right to Spain Coloring Pages, China Coloring Pages, Italy Coloring Pages, Chile Coloring Pages, Germany Coloring Pages, and Costa Rica Coloring Pages
United States Lesson for Kids
Help children learn about the great country of the United States with these free printables and resources:
- Free Presidents of the United States for Kids
- Cute, Free Printable State Coloring Pages
- Printable USA Presidents Coloring Pages
- Voting for Kids – How Americans elect a new president
- Free Presidents Worksheets – Learn about all the American presidents
- US States I Spy Worksheets
- Help kids understand where do I live with this clever printable activity
- Learn about American symbols with these Patriotic American Symbols for Kids
- United States I Spy Worksheets
- How much do you know about USA for Kids? Color the flag, look at a map, discover famous landmarks like the statue of liberty,and more!
- American Symbols Worksheets
- Fireworks Patriotic Craft
- 50 States Worksheets
- State Animals USA Printables Scavenger Hunt
- United States Scavenger Hunt of State Birds
- FREE USA State Flowers Scavenger Hunt Printables for Kids
Free Printable Scavenger Hunt
Looking for ways to help teach and entertain kids at the same time? You will love these printable scavenger hunts for elementary age kids.
- Zoo Scavenger Hunt – LOTS of choices for younger kids and educational fieldtrip options too
- Printable Flower Scavenger Hunt
- Library Scavenger Hunt – LOTS of options inlcuding search by genre, specific books, resource to get to know your library, using book catalog, and more!
- Reading Scavenger Hunt for the library
- Individual Book Reading Scavenger Hunt
- Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt Activity
- Free Camping Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- Printable Farm Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- Noun Scavenger Hunt
- Learn shapes with this fun, free printable Shape Scavenger Hunt
- Creative Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt
- Camping Scavenger Hunt for Kids
- Scavenger Hunt BINGO
- Free Printable Indoor Scavenger Hunt PDF
- US Bird Scavenger Hunt Printable
- State Flowers for all 50 States Scavenger Hunt
- American State Animals Printable Savenger Hunt
- Over 76 FREE Printable Scavenger Hunts for Kids
Seasonal Scavenger Hunts
- St Patricks Day Scavenger Hunt
- Easter neighborhood easter egg hunt
- Spring Scavenger Hunt – head out and explore your neighborhood or use as a car activity
- Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
- Kids will love this engaging Summer Scavenger Hunt
- Simple Nature Fall Scavenger Hunt
- Fall Leaf Scavenger Hunt for kids – great way to learn about the different type of trees in your area
- Kids Halloween Scavenger Hunt
- Luke 2 Christmas Story scavenger Hunt
- Christmas Christmas Scavenger Hunt – christmas decorations, christmas movie, christmas selfie
- J is for Jesus Candy Cane Scavenger Hunt
Responses
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This is brilliant Beth! I love all your resources and ideas. Thanks so much for generously sharing them with us!
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I can imagine my girls running around the house already! It’s a clever activity, thank you for the idea!
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