Reading A Map: Free Worksheet For First Grade

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Reading A Map Free Worksheet For First Grade

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Map reading is an essential life skill that helps children learn about the physical world around them. By reading a map, your child can identify the wonders of their surroundings and find their way around different places. It also sets the foundation for grasping concepts such as direction, distance, and symbol.

Map reading stimulates children’s curiosity, develops a love of exploration in them, and helps improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills—skills that are necessary not only for school work but also in real life.

We have included a worksheet followed by some simple questions. Start your child’s map reading journey with this worksheet, and let them answer the questions independently.

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How To Use The Worksheet For Teaching Map Reading

Follow these simple steps to get the free ‘Reading A Map’ worksheet:

  • Click ‘Download’ to get a free PDF.
  • Study the map given on page 1.
  • Turn to the questions on page 2 and answer them.
  • You may click ‘Print PDF’ to get a printed copy too.

While digital maps are now present in smartphones and are easily accessible, it is necessary to teach children to read physical maps as a part of their early education. This skill is not only academically important but also helps in real-life situations. We have included simple landmarks familiar to children in this colorful and beautiful map to engage them. Once they have answered the questions, you can use hand-drawn maps of your locality to help them navigate in real life. You could also teach them how to use a map key, and, later, introduce them to maps of cities and countries.

Key Pointers

  • Map reading is an important life skill.
  • Map reading helps children learn about directions, distances, and symbols.
  • Start with simple maps and scale up to more complex ones.
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Apoorva K
Apoorva KMSc (Counseling Psychology)
Apoorva is a certified psychological counselor and NLP practitioner. The assistant professor-turned-writer believes that her experience as a teacher, psychologist, and researcher enables her to guide MomJunction readers on child development and mental health.

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Swati Patwal
Swati PatwalM.Sc. (Food & Nutrition), MBA
Swati Patwal is a clinical nutritionist, a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and a toddler mom with more than a decade of experience in diverse fields of nutrition. She started her career as a CSR project coordinator for a healthy eating and active lifestyle project catering to school children.

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Reshmi Das
Reshmi DasMSc
Reshmi Das has over four years of experience as a clinical coordinator, medical content writer and medical conference coordinator. Her continuous interest in medical journals and writing makes her write well-researched articles for MomJunction.

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