What is a map? Where do we live?

Being that the children have a tremendous interest in animals we've decided to explore which animals live on each continent.  We began with sn introduction to the map.  We have used Maps throughout the year, so it's something the children are familiar and comfortable with.

We began by looking at maps to get an understanding that there is a whole world out there.

Morah Yehudice: " What do we use to help us figure out how to get somewhere?

Hannah: We use a map.
Chana: What is a map?
Amanda: Maps help you go someplace.
Sammy: They help you know where to go.
Aiden: Toy Story has maps.
Hannah: We have to use maps to get places.

Amanda: Tinkerbell has maps sometimes.
Sammy: A map is square.
Chana: Treasures are on a map.
Hannah: They have paths to get there.

We also learned that there are many different kinds of maps.
We found Franklin Lakes on the map too!

 We then had fun drawing a map of our building.