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This may be a bit off what you are looking for, but do you enjoy cooking? We used to pick a country that we'd plan a meal and also learn a few facts about, one night each week when my kids were younger. We didn't do intense research, just looked up things about th entry on the Internet or at the library.

We also used to have the coolest book for yung kids - it was an atlas for little kids, about as tall as a three year old, and it had pictures that illustrated culture in each country. It wasn't very advanced for a 5-6 year old, but it was a lot of fun to look at and prompted a lot of fun discussions, and gave our kids a starting point to look for more info elsewhere.

I've also found that just going to the library and browsing in the youth non-fiction section is a good way to learn about geography!

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Sorry if this is a duplicate post, I seem to have lost my original. National Geographic geo bee has a great website with quiz questions. We love their app, too. I think the website has book suggestions for the bee- i'm not at home so can't list titles, but i think that is where we found them. We just got a great new book (again, dont have the title handy) that is a geography scavenger hunt done via google earth. When younger, the kids liked Carmen Sandiego (pc games, "Where in the World is Carmen S...) where you solve clues and travel around the world (or the US) to solve mysteties- IIRC good for ages 5-6ish but it was a few yrs ago so dont know if they are still available.

ETA: The Great Global Puzzle Challenge with Google Earth, Scholastic Atlas of the World, Student Atlas of the World by National Geographic, and the Rand McNally Answer Atlas. It has been a few years since our kids used these heavily, so I don't remember specifics about which one we liked for what use, but I'm sure you could find reviews online.

Thanks, everyone!

I love this idea!! How fun! I've been wanting to start weekly meal plans and this might be a great place to start! Just curious but what has been your favorite country so far?