Mapstart: Bk. 3 - Softcover

Catling, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582001889 ISBN 13: 9780582001886

Publisher: Prentice Hall Press, 1985

Synopsis

This structured map skills course uses a simple colourful layout to introduce young pupils to using and drawing maps and plans.

Mapstart 1 is a structured introduction to map work for 6-7 year olds. It assumes no previous experience of map skills and establishes a sound foundation for graphic concepts, skills and vocabulary at a very simple level.

Mapstart 1 has been designed with the following purposes in mind:

· to build children’s spatial awareness through the use of familiar objects, toys, the locality of the school and space photos;

· to extend children’s understanding and use of vocabulary associated with spatial location, organisation and movement;

· to provide continuity through the book by the use of vertical aerial photos;

· to introduce children to the perspective of plans and maps and to the representational characteristics of maps;

· to encourage children to observe features and relationships in oblique and vertical photos and maps;

· to foster children’s appreciation of the Earth as a globe.

A free file of answers to questions in Mapstart 1 is available free to download at
http://resources.collins.co.uk/free/Mapstart1Answers.pdf

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0582001889
• ISBN 13: 9780582001886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 65