Title: Map Skills for Elementary Students | National Geographic Society
Headings: Map Skills for Elementary Students
Map Skills for Elementary Students
Spatial Thinking in Grades preK-6
Spatial Thinking and Maps Skills in Young Children
Mapping Concepts and Skills
Spatial Thinking
Activity Summary
Large-Format Maps
State Tabletop Maps
World Map for Kids
Maps of Familiar Places
Park Map
Neighborhood Map
Community Map
Classroom Map
Educational Video
The Cartographer's Dilemma
Pictures of Practice
Mapping the Classroom
Mapping Storybooks
Model Student Work
Many Ways to Name a Place
Maps as Tools for Adventure
Map Games

Content: This collection can help you teach an assortment of map skills through activities that address the spatial thinking abilities of young children and developmental appropriateness. The collection is not intended to be a complete map skill program, and the activities can be adapted for higher or lower grades. Click here for a downloadable summary of all activities and the learning objectives and spatial thinking concepts targeted in each activity. Mapping Concepts and Skills
Spatial Thinking
Learn more about the development of concepts and skills across the early years. Activity Summary
Click here for a downloadable summary of all activities in the Map Skills for Elementary Students collection and the learning objectives and spatial thinking concepts targeted in each activity. Large-Format Maps
State Tabletop Maps
Dive into state geography learning with printable, tiled tabletop maps. World Map for Kids
National Geographic's The World for Kids wall map is an enticing and engaging world map perfect for classroom, home or library. Recommended by geography educators for ages 7-12, this map features an optimized map design for readability and easy, intuitive learning. Maps of Familiar Places
Introduce young students to the concept of maps as representations of places with these community maps. Park Map
Introduce young students to the concept of maps as representations of places with this park map.