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Geography · Preschool

Our First Illustrated Map

Olly flies over the park and looks down: a map is a picture of a place seen from above. Children see that the small pictures on a map stand for real things, find and count things on a picture map, say what is near or beside, and draw their first map of a room with a grown-up.

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

  • Tell that a map is a picture of a place seen from above.
  • Tell that the small pictures on a map stand for real things.
  • Find and count things on a picture map and say what is near or beside them.

Lessons

  1. A picture from above 4 steps1 practiceabout 6 min
  2. Pictures on a map 4 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  3. Make our map 4 steps1 practiceabout 7 min
  4. Map check 4 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

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Guide for grown-ups