This work provides a range of lively photocopiable activities that will enable children at Key Stage one level and Scottish levels A-B to foster an understanding of maps. The book encourages pupils to develop their mapping skills in the context of their other geographical work on places as well as themes, such as "shopping" and "where I live". The accompanying teachers' notes provide background information, explain the purpose of each activity, suggest follow-up ideas and highlight links with the Scottish 4-14 Guidelines and the Northern Ireland science curriculum.

 

This book features in the following series: Essentials For Geography, Essentials Geography .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a book of maps. This book was published 1996 by Scholastic .

David Flint is Head of Primary Teacher Training at University College, Worcester, UK. He has written many educational books for children, including Continents: Europe (Wayland).

This book has the following chapters: The language of location; signs and symbols; directions; routes; the view from above; the UK.