Map My Community

Creating maps builds spatial awareness and understanding of community layout.

Objectives

Materials

Instructions

1. Discuss where helpers work (hospital, fire station, school).

2. Draw roads on large paper together.

3. Add buildings with stickers or drawings.

4. Use toy cars to 'drive' between locations.

5. Discuss how helpers travel to help people.

Educator tip

Add simple labels to buildings to introduce environmental print.

Assessment

Observe spatial placement of buildings and ability to describe locations.

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