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Geography · Pre-K

Picture Maps and Symbols

Maps use symbols: small pictures or shapes that stand for real things. Children match symbols to the things they stand for, meet their first map key (a list that tells what each symbol means), and use the key to find and count places on a picture map of a campground and a park.

  • 2 lessons
  • About 20 minutes
  • Symbol and key check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, count and match pairs
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What learners will discover

  • Tell that a symbol is a small picture or shape that stands for a real thing.
  • Use a map key to find out what a symbol means.
  • Find and count places on a picture map with the help of the key.

Lessons

  1. Symbols stand for things 4 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
  2. The map key 5 steps2 practiceabout 11 min
  3. Symbol and key check 4 questions at the end

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