Columbus Day (ages 5-10)

Here’s what you’ll need:

Internet access
Paper
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Map or globe
In 1492
Author: Jean Marzollo
Illustrator: Steven Bjorkman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Here’s what you do:

Read In 1492 your child.
Research information about Christopher Columbus on the Internet:
Facts about Columbus
Ask your child to draw pictures of the “Nina”, “Pinta”, and “Santa Maria” sailing west across the Atlantic.
Find Spain and the Bahamas on a map or globe. Show Columbus’s journey to your child on the map.
“America” was named after Amerigo Vespucci. (He explored the mainland for Portugal after Columbus).
Read more about Vespucci with your child.
Talk to your child about other brave men like Columbus who faced their fears with much courage.

Skill: Reading nonfiction (facts about Christopher Columbus)

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