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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Introduces Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers

Center-based approach helps teachers make time for geography skill practice.

MONTEREY, CALIF. (January 28, 2005) - While American children often are deemed "geographically illiterate," many teachers bemoan the fact that there is little time in a busy classroom day for regular practice of geography skills. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, a leading publisher of learning materials for Pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade, introduces a new geography resource for grade levels 1–5. Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers provides all the materials needed to help children practice basic geography skills during the school day.

The tools of geography help us understand different places and ways of life. Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers reinforces critical geography concepts with grade-level appropriate centers like "The Compass Rose," "Using a Map Key," and "On a Grid - Grid Coordinates." Other engaging centers help children apply those tools to learn more about places around them, such as "Bodies of Water," "Our World - Continents," and "Name That Landmark!"

"As a result of recent global events, many teachers have a renewed emphasis on helping students develop an understanding and appreciation of our world," said Bill Evans, Evan-Moor CEO. "Because teachers continue to tell us that centers are a wonderful, fun way for students to practice important skills, developing Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers was a natural solution for helping children learn how they are connected to the world around them."

Each of the four Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers titles contains all the materials needed for teachers to develop up to 13 self-contained centers around different geography themes. Step-by-step directions and tips for using centers in the classroom are also provided. The four available titles include centers with geography concepts appropriate for grades 1–2, grades 2–3, grades 3–4, and grades 4–5.

Each edition of Take It to Your Seat - Geography Centers is 192 pages and includes full color maps and materials, reproducible record sheets and self-checking answer keys. The resource retails for $21.99 and each title can be viewed online in its entirety at www.evan-moor.com.

Other geography-related resources available from Evan-Moor include Daily Geography Practice, U.S. Facts & Fun, and the popular History Pockets series. Additional offerings from the Take It to Your Seat Centers series include literacy, math, phonics, and science centers.

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For more information contact:
Megan Murray
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Phone: 831-649-5901 ext. 116
Email: meganm@evan-moor.com