A lovely big world atlas. A globe.

"My First Amazing World Explorer" CD-ROM (suitable for ages 3-8)

National Geographic Magazine (not the kids' one).

Topographic maps of our region. Road maps in the minivan whenever we travel.

A GPS receiver and http://www.geocaching.com .

DK's lovely book "How People Live".

Discussions of current events, including the politics of foreign lands and the environmental issues of watersheds and logging practices closer to home.

A couple of geography-creation projects including making an imaginary world's globe out of paper maché and a 3-D relief map of a fantasy land in a pizza box.

Discovery Channel travelogues and other geography-related documentaries.

Ethnic restaurants and ethnic food cooked at home.

Friends with interesting heritage and those who have traveled abroad.

Penpals. Postcards from friends travelling abroad.

Musette Moose, our itinerant stuffed animal mascot, who traveled the world visiting internet Suzuki Music contacts, collecting stories and mementos, and writing home along the way.

Geographical fiction... books like "The Breadwinner" by Deborah Ellis about life under the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Personal travel.

A world map under clear vinyl on the dining room table, so that when someone asks "where's the salad dressing?" another person can reply "over there near Hawaii."