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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 13

Near, Far & Maps

Left, right, up, down and maps

What your child practices

Words for where things are (left and right, up and down, in and out, above and below, near and far) and finding places on simple maps.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.9; K.7 · giving and following directions with position words, and using simple maps

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Near is close. Far is a long way.
  2. Above is up high. Below is down low.
  3. Left is the opposite of right.

Example: The cat hides below the table. Where is the cat? Below means lower down. The cat is under the table. Answer: under the table

Near, Far & Maps in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 12 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Alabama & America and before Clues from the Past.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The office is left of the door. Walk out and turn…

    • down
    • up
    • left
    • right

  2. Question 2

    Which word tells where something is?

    • loud
    • yummy
    • near
    • happy

  3. Question 3

    The bird is up in the tree. Is it above or below the tree's roots?

    • above
    • under
    • below
    • inside

  4. Question 4

    Which helps you find a city far away?

    • a map
    • a hat
    • a cup
    • a broom

  5. Question 5

    The ball is between two chairs. One chair is on each…

    • cloud
    • side
    • roof
    • page

  6. Question 6

    Where do you go to borrow books at school?

    • the parking lot
    • the office
    • the library
    • the gym

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