A big thank you to Floberg Real Estate, MSU Billings, Wells Fargo, Billings Gazette, and AlphaGraphics for this year's Maps for Kids. Maps for Kids is a program spear headed by Floberg Real Estate. Every year, they make sure every first grader in Billings is given a United States map and every fourth grader receives a Montana map. These first graders were so thrilled to get and use their new maps! In class, we used the maps to help us play a game (app) called Stack the States. We projected one ipad up on the whiteboard. The app asks different questions about the United States.
The students used their maps to help them answer the questions. When the children get the answer correct, they earn that state to "stack." The object is to stack your states up to the finish line. You can turn the states to be on the tallest, flattest side. When you stack your states above the line, you get to move to the next level. The first graders LOVED the game. They did a great job reading their maps and working as a team. Thanks again, "Maps for Kids!"
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