Maps from Stories
Subject: Literacy
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Age Range: 5 to 7
- Read a story or poem to the class (eg. 'The Owl and the Pussycat' or one
of the Katie Morag Stories).
- Discuss a place visited in the story or a journey made by a central character.
- Brainstorm the features of the location or the main landmarks of the
journey.
- Discuss ways of representing these features on a map.
- As a class, in groups or individually produce maps which represent the
chosen area or journey. Make it clear that it is quite acceptable for each
map to be different.
It is interesting to share work and to discuss the various ways in which
children have seen the described places and how they have represented them.
It is valuable in allowing children to realise that each person can respond
to stories or poems individually.
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