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in Elementary· Geography· High School· Middle School

WonderMaps from Bright Ideas Press Review

This post contains affiliate links because I believe in this curriculum. See full disclosure policy for more details.

WonderMaps from Bright Ideas Press is a must have product for map-loving families. It is a purchase that you make one time and then you can use it the entire length of your homeschooling years.  You can print maps for each of your children with the click of a button.  The WonderMaps product comes as a CD or an immediate download.

WonderMaps Collage Review

WonderMaps may be just what you are looking for to bump up your history, literature, and geography courses to the next level.  The WonderMaps program will work with any method of homeschooling and with any curricula you currently use with all ages of children.


WonderMaps Tutorial Video

What makes WonderMaps so “wonder”ful?

  • You pick how detailed you want your map to be for your particular study by adding and subtracting layers of detail.
  • Using the WonderMaps program you can decide whether to print your map out in color, show city, river, state, and country boundaries, or detailed topographical information.
  • Each feature is a layer you choose before printing.
  • There are also historical maps and thematic maps that we used extensively in our homeschooling.
  • We found them to be a perfect fit for our Tapestry of Grace plans and our notebooking style of record keeping.

WonderMaps is Great for High School Too!

My high school age son used WonderMaps for his history and geography study.  I think that he enjoyed this so much because he was in charge of picking and creating many of the maps he used in his notebooks. He still likes to draw his own maps but with WonderMaps he can quickly print and use a map without a lot of trouble.

WonderMaps Memorization

Create Custom Geography Memorization Plans

I tried something new this year and created a geography notebook by printing many of the USA maps without labels. I numbered the pages according to the weeks of school and each week Mr. B could quickly turn to the week’s map and label it. I made multiple copies of each regional USA map from WonderMaps and Mr. B used them to memorize the fifty states and their capitols.

Teacher’s Guide with Other Resources

One important part of our high school geography course was to learn about the Five Themes of Geography. WonderMaps comes with a complete reference and activity guide to apply these important themes in your history and geography courses. WonderMaps makes it super easy!

How about 50 Bright Ideas for Using Outline Maps? It’s included!

There are no downsides to this product…at least none that our family has found in using it over the past two years. The price is $49.95 but if you consider that you will use this resource for the rest of your homeschooling years…it is a great investment. If your children are in the elementary years, you are going to have a long time to benefit from WonderMaps. This product is on my “best of” homeschooling products list…just wish I had some younger children to use it with from the beginning.

There are samples available: WonderMaps Sample file.

Now for the Giveaway! One Curriculum Choice reader will receive a WonderMaps CD from Bright Ideas Press valued at $49.95!
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Written by Barb-Harmony Art Mom.  I also blog at Harmony Art Mom and my business is found at Harmony Fine Arts. I would love for you to join us for the Outdoor Hour Challenges at Handbook of Nature Study.

 

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Barb McCoy- Harmony Art Mom writes about homeschooling their teens on her blog Harmony Art Mom. and taking family outdoor adventures on her other blog, Handbook of Nature Study. She is the author and host for the Outdoor Hour Challenge and a series of ebooks helping families get started with simple nature study. Barb also founded Harmony Fine Arts which helps homeschoolers with their art and music appreciation.

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  1. Yahiliz Seiltgen says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:48 am

    This sounds like a wonderful resource! I’m just beginning my homeschool journey and this would make a great addition. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  2. Jen says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:24 am

    The kids love maps and are always asking where places are! This would make a great addition!

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  3. Becky says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:38 am

    We love maps. I am setting up a geography box this summer with outline maps I can pull when we run across a country or region in our studies.

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  4. Joanne says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:53 am

    We love maps! I can see using this for so many things–history, literature, cultural studies. I love that it can be customized.

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  5. Heather H. says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Would love to use this program with our upcoming history studies. Ancient history and American history all in one product? Awesome!

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  6. Rebekah Shaver says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:00 am

    We use Story of the world. They use maps, but sometimes my map LOVING almost 5 year old wishes there were more and more DETAILED maps. 🙂 Wondermaps would be great for my older 2 as well, and my youngest in a few years. Even if we switch curriculum for history I believe wondermaps will be a GREAT resource.

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  7. Kristen says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Everytime my daughter hears about a new location, she wants to know where it is located. She is also intrigued with historical maps and comparing country borders over time. We find most of our maps online since our atlas and globe don’t provide enough details. It would be nice to have a reference item that is more detailed to help my daughter learn about her world. Thank you for the review of this product!

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  8. Dena S. says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:34 am

    We are getting into maps and this would be a great addition to our room.

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  9. Sabrina Lester says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:56 am

    We would love to check out Wonder Maps

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  10. laurie says

    May 13, 2013 at 10:29 am

    looks like it would be great to have

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  11. Rebecca says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:03 am

    We’d love to have something like this! Thanks! It will get lots of use with my oldest only being 7.

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  12. Desiree says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:32 am

    Maps help in many ways. This looks like a great resource!

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  13. Michelle says

    May 13, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Wondermaps would be a wonderful addition to our homeschool. Yesterday, I asked my ten year old what he would like to learn about next year and without hesitation he said geography. He loves computers and I’m sure he would really enjoying creating his own maps.

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  14. Wanda says

    May 13, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    This product looks amazing.

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  15. Kelly says

    May 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    We would use it when we do our cultures curriculum.

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  16. Dianne says

    May 13, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    I love that it is adaptable and can be made more detailed as my daughter grows. I like the idea of using the maps to enhance cultural study as well.

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  17. Audrey says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    As I begin homeschooling, these maps would be a welcome addition.

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  18. Tiffani says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Before we moved a few years ago, we had large maps of the world and the US up on the wall in our dining area that we looked at and talked about all the time. They don’t fit in our current eating area, so they are on the walls of our schoolroom, but we don’t look at them as much. This resource could help my girls have the geography knowledge their older brother gained through that opportunity.

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  19. stella says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    This would go perfectly with Story of the World that we’ll start using in a few months!

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  20. Susan says

    May 13, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    I would love to win this! I keep looking at them, but I haven’t ordered them yet!

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  21. Yvonne says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    We are starting homeschooling in the fall with our soon to be second grader. I have heard so much about this product and would love to use it next year!

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  22. casie says

    May 13, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    I have been looking at this resource for a while- I love geography and want only the best resources available!

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  23. Gena says

    May 13, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    With our Mystery of History studies and practice for geography bee.
    –Gena

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  24. Michelle says

    May 14, 2013 at 1:34 am

    I’ve been looking at this recently. I’m not the best at using homeschool-on-the-computer stuff, I’ll admit. But I’ve been considering this to help with our Geography.

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  25. Kendra says

    May 14, 2013 at 8:53 am

    I love maps! What a neat program!

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  26. Pam says

    May 14, 2013 at 9:58 am

    This sounds like a great product. We are starting homeschooling in the fall with my 6th grader. She loves maps. 🙂

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  27. Lisa @CreativLEI says

    May 14, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    We’re looking to do geography-based social studies this year and WonderMaps is high on my ‘must-get’ list!

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  28. Erin says

    May 14, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    I like this geography based set of assignments because you can apply it to almost any grade level

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  29. Amanda says

    May 14, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    We do Classical Conversations. These maps would be most helpful to our studies this next year!

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  30. Lisa says

    May 14, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    My kids are young and this would benefit us greatly for many years to come.

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  31. Shirin says

    May 15, 2013 at 7:01 am

    I would love to add this to our curriculum stash!

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  32. Becky says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:23 am

    One of my projects this summer is to make a “geography box” with outline maps I can pull to supplement our study of history and current events. This would be a great resource.

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  33. jamie says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:49 am

    How I wish I had this when I was teaching Global Studies! My family could definitely benefit from easy access to maps. Our homeschool is a globetr

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  34. Melissa says

    May 15, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    I was just looking at this program today and trying to decide how I can justify the cost. Thank you for the review – it would be so helpful for our geography studies!

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  35. Heidi says

    May 16, 2013 at 7:58 am

    I have not been great about using maps in my homeschool. This looks like a great resource to change that! Thank you for the detailed review of this product!

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  36. Sharon Ankerich says

    May 16, 2013 at 8:00 am

    We are changing curriculum this year and THIS would be the perfect addition!!! The tutorial was excellent!!! Thank you for the review and very excited about this!!!

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  37. Amy says

    May 16, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    My kids LOVE maps! I would love to print maps from places new to them and let them explore freely.

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  38. Missy says

    May 16, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    What a great resource! We are just going to start homeschooling next year and this would be great to have!

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  39. Becky Rider says

    May 16, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    We are just starting to focus on a history time in our homeschool next year and this would be a great tool to have to use from the beginning.

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  40. Terry says

    May 16, 2013 at 10:02 pm

    I have gotten other things from bright idea, but not maps……my son LOVES geography!

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  41. Jessica A. says

    May 16, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    I would use the maps for our geography unit study that I’m working on right now for my son! This resource would be wonderful to have!

    Reply

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