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How to help kids learn to read maps-and why it's important
My husband and I love to watch Amazing Race, where people travel all over the world completing challenges. We always feel frustrated (along with the competitors!) when they get hopelessly lost on the way to their next destination. I actually have a terrible sense of direction, but I was taught to read a map, so I feel somewhat more secure when I have one in my hand and find myself wandering around in a new city.Â
Is it even important for kids to learn to read maps anymore? Why teach your kids to read maps when they’ll have smart phones with GPS to do it for them?
It’s important for them to know how to read a map because obviously, technology sometimes fails us. We hit a “dead” spot or our phone dies.
If you know how to follow a map, you have a picture of where you are and how to get to your destination.
If you know how to follow a map, you know what the GPS means.
If you know how to follow a map, you can lead others and help them where they need to go.
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