Park Map

Overview:

A simple park map designed to support the teaching of mapping skills, location identification, and directional language. Designed for students in year 2 and year 3.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify and describe locations on a park map.
• Plan and follow routes between locations on a map.
• Enhance map-reading skills by engaging in treasure hunts and direction-following activities.
• Use directional language accurately to give and follow instructions.

How the Activity Works:

This more detailed city map can be used in a variety of ways to explore map skills. Students can practise identifying locations and use directions to describe where things are. For example, they might use the map to:

1. Describe the location of different places on the map (e.g., "The parking is near the dog park").
2. Plan a route from one location to another by giving and following directions (e.g., "Start at the parking, go towards the playground and then over the bridge").
3. Complete a treasure hunt by following written clues based on directional language.
4. Use the map for a "Where am I?" activity, where students describe the location of different landmarks and guess where they are based on directional clues.