ABSTRACT
Where is something? Why is it there? How did it get there? How does it interact with other things? ese questions are asked by geographers as they explore our place and space on Earth (Bednarz et al., 1994). Children are natural geographers; they are curious about their world. ey want to understand where they are, learn about fascinating people, and gure out why places grow, change or decline. Even the youngest children have a concept of the world drawn from stories, travel, news, and other sources, oen surprisingly accurate, and sometimes oddly distorted. Our aim, in this chapter, is to help you tap into children’s inherent inquisitiveness, spurring their sense of exploration about their world.
