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  • Why you need an address

    Most kids learn their address by repeating it over and over and over without really understanding what it means or why they have to learn it.  I really wanted to make this concept a little more meaningful for my kiddos. Earlier this year we did a great activity – you’ve probably seen it on Pinterest – Students use different sized circles to represent the planet, continent, country, state, city, and street that they live on.  This was our introduction to our addresses, but we hadn’t really revisited the concept. This time around we drew pictures and wrote simple letters to our families, then we put them in envelopes, and talked…