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Our Town on a Map

Maps of Our Community

Day 91of 180
Week 19of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and identify familiar places on a community map

2

Understand basic map reading skills

3

Develop spatial awareness of local community

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

— Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)

Just as maps help us find our way, God guides us through life's journey

📦 Materials Needed

  • Local community map
  • Colored markers
  • Construction paper
  • Stickers or small sticky notes
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and show a large local community map. Ask children to sit in a circle and look closely at the map.

💭 Review Question: Can you see any places you know?
2Teaching (10 min)

Explain how maps show our community from a bird's eye view. Point out key locations like schools, parks, and libraries.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Maps help us understand where things are located
  • Different colors and symbols mean different things
  • Maps are like a picture of our community from above
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What places do you recognize on this map?
  • Where is our school on this map?
  • Can you find the park?
3Activity: Map Treasure Hunt (7 min)
hands-on

Students use stickers to mark places they know on the community map

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child a few stickers
  2. Ask them to place stickers on places they recognize
  3. Discuss each location as they mark it
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps place stickers

Challenge: Children write the name of each location

4Closing (3 min)

Review the map together and celebrate what we learned

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was your favorite place on the map?
  • How do maps help us understand our community?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for our wonderful community and for giving us ways to understand the world around us.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll look at special landmarks in our town!

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 3:5

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart”

— Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Map tracing while saying verse

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First-grade students are learning spatial awareness and basic map reading skills

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use a large, clear map
  • Point to locations as you discuss them
  • Encourage curiosity about community places
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand bird's eye perspective

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about recognizing familiar locations

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a neighborhood walk to compare real locations with map
  • Draw a simple map of their home or street
  • Create a 3D model of community using cardboard

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