Me on the Map

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Yet, all too often, I have found adults who are clueless when given a map- forget orienting it! Someone needs to make sure all children can read and orient maps before leaving grade school! Aren't they learning geography anymore??? This is the perfect book to start with. Nice, simple illustrations of maps that young children can easily understand. Large print is easy for younger readers to follow along with and read. Explanations of how maps work and how to create them is simple enough for very young children to understand.

It’s here, it’s done, and now available!! I’m so excited to offer you Me On the Map: An Early Elementary Social Studies Guide! Book list: I have provided a great book list for each unit with suggestions for picture books and nonfiction books to read together. Diversity: Introduces students to their location in the World and an excellent introduction to where others live. It also offers itself to projects for hands on learning. This has got to be the best easy explanation of maps for young kids! I have used this books with preschoolers to explain how maps work and many older 4 year olds and 5 years olds "get it!" Good for K-4th grade to explain what maps are and how they work. I would think teaching orientation would be a good next step. I remember learning about maps in 2nd grade and being complete enthralled with them!Validity: This is an older book, but still very valuable to teaching young children. It is a great supplement resource to more structured geographical Explore: This is where you will focus on one particular topic within each unit to learn more about. Videos and printables are available to continue learning. Arrangement and Presentation: It is a very well-illustrated book which tells the story of how a girl learns about where she is located on a map. It lends itself to many possible projects and lessons.

Using this guide, children will have so much fun learning how a home is built, what the difference is between the country and city, the symbols of their state, the seven continents, and so much more!The guide is broken up into 8 units where they will learn about their home, their street, their city, state, country, continent, and planet.