Additional Learning Resources for the Adventures in Italy:

Adventure 1: Lesson 1: Living in Italy + Maps

We are learning all about Italy, and it’s map, and the map of Europe. Here are some additional things for you to check out.

Optional Books To Read:

Here we have included book titles that take you on an adventure to Italy, and see what it is like to live there, as a child! Having a large map is also a fun addition, feel free to include these book suggestions into today’s lesson.

Living in Italy by Chloe Perkins - Read Aloud by Our Friend The Reading Teacher:

Caterina the Clever Farm Girl by Julienne Peterson

Take Me Back to Italy - Geography Education for Kids by Baby Professor

Italy’s ABC’s - A book about the People and Places of Italy by Shannon Katz Cooper

Find Out About Italy: Learn Italian Words and Phrases and About Life in Italy by Patricia Borlenghi

Rand McNally Atlas of World Geography by Rand McNally

Optional Book for Learning Italian (great if you are planning to travel to Italy!)

First Words - Italian: 100 Italian words to learn by Lonley Planet Kids

We have included Amazon links for your shopping convenience. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If we find a read-aloud of the books (as some may be found in your local library, some may not) we will be linking those here for you as well.

Introducing Italy:

This video talks about many things that we will be learning more about within the next lessons, and Adventures!

We hope you are enjoying your time with the Build Your Masterpiece Class, in it’s new and updated format!

Interested in Learning some basic Italian for kids?

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Our Amazon Picks

We love educational toys that help to reinforce what our kids are learning about! Here are our top picks for learning about Maps, and Europe:

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Imagimake Mapolpgy: Europe Map Puzzle

Learn all the countries in Europe with this fabulous foam puzzle set with 32 country pieces! Can you find the boot?

Mudpuppy Map of Europe Puzzle

With this 70 piece puzzle you and your kiddos ages 5 -9 will love to build their own beautiful creation of the map of Europe, with colorful and whimsical artwork that are double-sided! Each country’s pieces are cut in the country’s shape, with its name in English on the front, and it’s named in French, Spanish and German on the backside. It also comes with a sturdy storage box, which I love, so we can refer back to this puzzle easily, again and again.

Imagimake: Mapology World with Flags & Capitals Jigsaw Puzzle -

Explore the countries of the World, including Europe with this fabulous foam puzzle! Includes 2 for the world, and 1 for Europe, 83 Country shapes, 65 Flags, and capital stickers. Encourage kids to learn more about the world with this hands-on world map puzzle!

Dowdle Jigsaw Puzzle - Best of The World - 100 Pieces -

As we learn more about Italy, enjoy this world puzzle for kids to create and build while learning about the country they live, as well as many more, plus the special landmarks! As more of our Adventures are released, this world map puzzle will be a joy to come back to again and again!