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This 'Create a Map Activity' is a lovely way to introduce children to reading maps. Your pupils can cut out the buildings, trees and other town features and arrange them on the map worksheet however they please. They can then name their town and explain how to travel from one place to another.
Another fun activity for teaching map skills is this large interactive build-a-map. As partners or small groups, students can create their own maps using anchor chart paper! This activity is completely customizable to your class and your students. Complete a guided drawing to create the streets and map layout.
- Read a map book. Storytime is the perfect way to introduce new map skills activities to little ones. Here are a few of our favorite books about maps. There’s a Map on My Lap!
- Introduce map skills activities through imaginative play. Learning about maps comes naturally when kids experiment with them through play. Fill a box with felt roads, rivers, houses, and more.
- Map out a fairy tale. ADVERTISEMENT. Read your favorite adventure story and lay out a simple map of the main character’s travels. This is such a cute activity to help young minds explore map skills.
- Hang a map skills anchor chart. When you’re ready to start tackling map skills in earnest, a colorful anchor chart is a great way to start. Learn more: Mrs. Call’s Campers.
Explore our printable worksheets designed to enhance kids' map-reading skills! Engaging exercises to help young explorers navigate and understand maps.
- Read All About Maps. Children’s books are such a great way to introduce children to new concepts. Exploring books like the ones listed below together with young geographers can familiarize them with the varieties of maps available, and the terminology used therein.
- Review different types of maps. Learning about the varieties of maps is fascinating in itself, and it is often a map that inspires a child’s interest in learning geography.
- Use videos to reinforce map and geography concepts. Videos provide children with a great opportunity to hear and see more about maps and there are some real gems available on YouTube.
- Have your kids map their homes. When having conversations with kids about maps and studying the world around them, they may think of maps in terms of treasure maps and scavenger hunts!
Here is a fun map skills activity. Learn to read a map by using the cardinal directions at "Lakeside Campground." Students identify north, south, east, and west. This is a great activity to include in a unit on maps. Be sure to check out our entire collection of map skills worksheets.
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Through these worksheets, students enhance geographic knowledge by interpreting symbols, legends, and compass directions. They also tackle map-reading challenges, honing data interpretation and decision-making skills.
