Map Skills: Read, Create, and Use Simple Maps

Map Skills: Read, Create, and Use Simple Maps

Map Skills: Read, Create, and Use Simple Maps

Learn to read map symbols and keys, use directional language and cardinal directions, identify basic landforms, and create simple maps through hands-on activities and a class field-trip planning project.

Map Skills: Read, Create, and Use Simple Maps

Paid once.

Level
Beginner
Ages
6–10
Duration
25 min
Classes
2 / Week
Weeks
2

Class Experience

This course teaches foundational map skills: why maps exist, how to read map keys and symbols, location words and cardinal directions, basic landforms, and how to draw and label simple maps. Lessons include guided discussion, symbol practice, map-making, homework sharing, and collaborative activities such as planning a class field trip.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and use common map symbols and keys

  • Use directional language and cardinal directions to describe location

  • Create and label a simple map with a key

  • Recognize basic landforms shown on maps

Prerequisites

Materials needed:

Paper and drawing/coloring materials.

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Meet your Instructor

Ms. Namrata Joshi MA

Joined August, 2026

4.7

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An experienced educator who has taught one-on-one and small group English classes since 2008, this instructor began virtual teaching in 2020 and brings a strong foundation in individualized instruction. Map skills lessons focus on reading, creating, and using simple maps through…

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