| Activity: Learning Direction |
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- To help young children
learn location, make sure they know the name of their town and their street
address, and that they can describe the building and neighborhood in which
they live. Then, when you talk about other places, they have something of
their own with which to compare.
- Children need to
understand positional words. Teach children words like "above'' and
"below" in a natural way when you talk with them or give them
directions. When picking up toys to put away, say, "Please put your toy
into the basket on the "right,'' or "Put the green washcloth into
the drawer." Right and left are as much directional terms as north,
south, east, and west. Other words that describe such features as color,
size, and shape are also important.
- Show your children
north, south, east, and west by using your home as a reference point.
Perhaps you can see the sun rising in the morning through a bedroom window
that faces east and setting at night through a kitchen window on the west.
- Playing games can reinforce their knowledge. For example, once children have their directional bearings, you can hide an object, then give them directions to its location: "Two steps to the north, three steps west...''
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