Title: Teaching young children about maps for learning development
Headings: Teaching young children about maps to help their learning development
Teaching young children about maps to help their learning development
Why maps are an important tool for a child’s learning development
1. Learning about maps introduces spatial thinking
2. Reading maps improves visual literacy
3. Helps kids see past their own perspective
How to teach kids about maps while getting them to draw their own map
1. Show your kids different levels of detail on maps
2. Measure distances on a map
3. Explore directions and connect them to distance
4. Understand what symbols mean
5. Map out the classroom
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Content: Measure distances on a map
An important part of making maps is determining accurate distances between places represented. For younger children, this may simply involve asking the question: what is closer to this house, and what is further away? Measuring does not need to involve actual units if students have not gotten there yet. 3. Explore directions and connect them to distance
An essential part of a map is having accurate directions. This is a great opportunity to teach children about North, South, East, and West. Once they understand the difference between each direction, combine it with what they know about distance to be able to correctly describe a location on the map. Check out this article we’ve written on how to teach kids to navigate without GPS: Teaching students how to navigate without a GPS
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