Title: Important Map Skills Every Student Should Know
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Important Map Skills Every Student Should Know
Why Children Need Mapping Skills?
Tips to Help Students Build Mapping Skills
1. Get Rid of the Compass
2. Start with Small Maps
3. Teach them the Symbols
4. Get Them Outside
Conclusion
Author’s Bio

Content: You show two or three hills that are close together from the window or while outside. Then, you ask the student to find these on the map. It should be much easier if there are multiple hills adjacent to each other. Then, you can move onto exercises like finding their current position, find a specific position on a map, or tell you how you can get from your location to the desired location. Conclusion
Reading maps can be daunting for a student who is faced with the task for the very first time. But, with some fun and practice, this can become a very interesting lesson and a very useful study material. Reading map builds a very important skill – spatial skill. This skill is crucial for any student and has to be taught at some point, preferably at an early age. Author’s Bio
Jeff Blaylock is a geography teacher at a secondary school in New Jersey. His passion is to travel the world.