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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 11

My First Maps

Pictures that show where things are

What your child practises

Introduces maps as pictures that show where places are. Your child finds familiar places on a simple map of a classroom or neighbourhood.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 3.3 · beginning to understand maps as pictures of places

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

    A path goes from the gate to the slide. What do you do?

    • follow the path to the slide
    • swim to the gate
    • fly to the moon
    • stay at the slide

  2. Question 2

    On a classroom map, how do we find the desks?

    • smell the paper
    • look for the desk shapes
    • listen for a bell
    • look for the moon

  3. Question 3

    On a map, houses on the same street are…

    • in different countries
    • under water
    • near each other
    • on the moon

  4. Question 4

    What might you see on a neighbourhood map?

    • dreams and wishes
    • streets and buildings
    • tunes and smells
    • tastes and sounds

  5. Question 5

    The pool is far from the farm. What does that mean?

    • They sit on top of each other
    • They are the same place
    • They are touching
    • They are a long way apart

  6. Question 6

    A map has a star next to the school. What does it do?

    • makes the school sing
    • marks where the school is
    • moves the school
    • makes the school bigger

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