Map the classroom first
Before a city or state map, have kids draw a bird's-eye map of the classroom with a key and a compass rose. Then they give a partner directions: "Walk north to the reading rug." A map they made is a map they understand.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
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