Map Skill Activities
(Relative Location)
Music About Apples
(Tune - Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Pick, pick, pick an apple on the tree.
Reach up high to get a branch.
It is (direction) of me.
Giving directions
Use terms designating relative location in a set of directions for
making:
o dried apples
o apple sauce
o apple pie
• Provide a simple map of an apple orchard on which children
place markers or make marks as directions are given. Use terms
designating relative location in the set of directions.
• Talk about the travels of Johnny Appleseed. Use maps of
various types with terms designating relative location. Maps of
typical pioneer homes, orchards, or communities could be used.
• Create a flannel graph with a map of an apple orchard on it.
Talk about mammals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, plants,
soil, or weather conditions which might affect an apple orchard. As
the characters are moved around use terms designating relative
location.
• Create a large cube with apple stickers on each side. Use
terms designating relative location to describe where sets of apples
are located.
• Talk about the work of a photographer or artist who helps
people visualize locations of apples or items related to apples and
apple trees. Use a camera or paint brush to role play the person
involved.
• Create maps of where apples have been grown in history and
where they are now commonly found.
• Map the travels of a worm through an apple. Use terms of
relative location to describe the worm's travels.
• Describe the view of an insect or bird as it flies over an
orchard.
Written by Dr. Loretta Kuse and Dr. Hildegard Kuse