maps

A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world.

Curious George and Jumpy Squirrel follow their duck friends down the river and must find their way back.

Explores how to map different countries, including the features of a map.

Literacy focus: vocabulary, short vowel sounds, summarizing main ideas, matching pictures and text. Social studies focus: shows how symbols and a key are used to show objects on a map.

Helps young students understand the purpose of maps, showing how real life locations can be depicted in small models, and how that information can then be placed on maps.

Takes viewers on a walk through a park, teaching concepts related to direction, destination, order, and location.

A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world.

Looks at different types of maps and explains specific funtions, patterns, and symbols.

Teaches students about the different parts of maps and globes, reading a compass rose, lines of longitude and latitude, and how to locate different places on the Earth.

"Rose wants to bring something truly unique for show-and-tell, so she creates maps to explore her imagination in search of something no one has ever seen before"--Provided by publisher.