In this lesson, students will review cardinal directions and/or positional words when giving directions to a partner on how to navigate from one marked square and another on a paper grid sheet.

In this lesson, students will begin to understand the concept of maps by describing the path that Little Red Riding Hood took on the way to Grandma's house.

Using nursery rhymes and a finger play, students will learn about spatial relationships and commonly used position words. Curriculum extension activities/adaptations/integration include common objects in the classroom.

In this multiday lesson, kindergarten students learn about the physical characteristics of their community as an introduction to map skills. Students will partcipate in a variety of activities including a whole group discussion using a Powerpoint presentation, centers, a rebus story, and a neighborhood walk. This lesson includes clip art, a Powerpoint presentation, and student handouts.

In this lesson, students learn about relative location and use terms to describe relative location. This lesson also lays the foundation for the next lesson on locating places within the school community.

Kindergarten students review the physical and human features of their community and how they affect the way people live. Students will participate in a variety of activities in this multiday lesson, including building a model community, exploring and drawing maps, and whole group discussions. A reproducible Parent letter is included with this lesson.

Students use a map and cutouts of a story's character to follow their actions through space and time. They retell the story in their own words, using the map and positional vocabulary.

Students practice using the language of location and then apply that language when creating a map of their classroom. They use the map to locate hidden items in the classroom.

In this lesson, students will complete several classroom activities to improve basic map skills.

In this resource, students will listen to the story 'My Father's Dragon' and learn to identify geographic terms that describe their surroundings. There is a map at the back of the book showing all the places the main character visits. Students will use language that clearly describes the direction (top, bottom, left, right, far, near, etc.) of the path taken as the picture of the main character is moved around on the map.

This chapter on Geography is meant to introduce students to the world around them and begin building foundational geographic skills which will serve them well in later social studies courses. This chapter may look different than many geography units you’ve seen.This chapter was designed with close help from Dr. Phil Gersmehl and his wife Carol, both of whom have extensive geographic pedagogical knowledge and experience. In this chapter we invite students to the world of spatial thinking rather than simply nailing down and exploring the five themes of geography.

In this multiday lesson, kindergarten students learn about the physical characteristics of their community as an introduction to map skills. Students will partcipate in a variety of activities including a whole group discussion using a PPT, centers, a rebus story, and a neighborhood walk. This lesson also includes clip art and student handouts.

After learning how people use positional words to describe their surroundings, the students will use the positional words to solve analogies to increase critical thinking skills. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

After learning how people use positional words to describe their surroundings, the students will use the positional words to solve logic problems to increase critical thinking skills. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson, students practicing saying where things are using prepositions of location.

This puzzle activity will help students identify and create simple geometric shapes. It will also improve "positional words" such as left, right, top and bottom.

Students learn about relative location and use terms to describe relative location. This lesson also lays the foundation for the next lesson on locating places within the school community.