World Globe Map

Someone found a huge world globe map when a school was in the middle of renovations and they asked me if I would like to have it for my daughter. The thing is huge, and it hangs on her bedroom wall now. It was in great shape when we got it, but it now has a few tears along the side. She is rough with everything she has, and it was pulled off the wall a few times. It does have a nice coating over it though, and it has survived crayon and marker attacks with relative ease.

She loves the world globe map because she can point to where we live, and also she can find Australia. We are planning a trip there next year, and she loves to point out where we are going to anyone who will listen. She uses the world globe map to show everyone how far we have to go to get there, but I do realize that she really has no idea how far it really is. To her, an hour trip in the car to go to my mom’s house is a long trip. I don’t know how well she’s going to handle the twenty-four hours it is going to take to get there.

Sometimes we use the world globe map to point out different countries. I never had a geography class in school for some reason, so I don’t know where a lot of countries are. I do have a general idea, but it is fun to look at the world globe map to see how wrong I usually am. There are a lot of places that I should know, but it seems that what I think in my head is often very wrong. We stand there together and learn where some of the countries are, and then we look them up online to learn a little about them.

If you want your own world globe map, you can find them almost anywhere, though you may have to look a little harder to find the one that I have. If you get one for small children, make sure it has a coating over it so that it can take some abuse. These can be great learning tools, and if you home school your children, a world globe map is a must. They can learn about each place, and they can look at the map each time to see where that country is in relation to them and the rest of the world.