Geography Series

I am looking for a good geography series. Here is what I have in mind. I would like a series that allows the students to learn about one continent a year. Kindergarten preferably would just learn the basics about the United States. Then first grade would be about North America, second grade would be about another continent, and so on. I really am looking for a series that is all inclusive--culture, land formations, countries, foods, languages, etc. I am finding it hard to find any good geography series--much less those divided the way I would prefer. I am looking for this for myself as a homeschooling tool. Do you have any suggestions? What series do you use to home school your children or in your classrooms? Do you feel that it is successful in teaching the material in a fun and organized way? If I don't find one soon, I think I am going to begin writing my own.

Treasures Reading Series

Our school has a reading series called Treasures. This series is available from the publisher MacMillan McGraw-Hill. It is an amazing series with which you can not go wrong as long as you just do and say what it says. It has each lesson broken into parts which include the five basic parts of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.) It also includes spelling, writing, and grammar. I have to credit this series with my students high reading abilities! It has been a true success! There are 3 stories/selections to read each week in the main hardback book. There are also decodable readers (a stories with words that the students should be able to sound out based on the lessons that week). There are oral vocabulary sections to boost the students oral language skills. The grammar is presented on a very challenging level. At first, all of the students really struggled with the grammar. The skills being taught in second grade are like the skills that are taught in fourth grade in other reading series. After using the series for a few months the students adjusted and are now doing quite well. There are many resources including a very helpful website with activities that anyone can access--even someone without the textbook series. Check it out sometime! http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/utah/students