Let’s face it! Understanding how kids’ street, town, state, continent and planet fit together is downright confusing. But, thankfully, this simple me on the map craftivity is coming to the rescue! It’s a helpful visual kids can use again and again.
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Getting Ready
To prep the activity, I used the directions written on each page of the craftivity (below) to print the sheets on different colors.
The “Me” circle was purple, the “street” was blue…
Then, I grabbed scissors, a hole punch, brad and crayons we would need to complete the project.
Me on the Map
I introduced the activity by reading the book Me on the Map (found on Amazon HERE). Then, I explained that we were going to find out where WE were on the map!
Big Brother (age 7) began coloring one of the boy pictures to match himself.
Then, he carefully cut around the outside edge of the picture and placed it off to the side.
After cutting out each circle, we worked together to label the parts. “My country” was the USA, “my state” was Washington…
We stacked the circles on top of each other and aligned them at the top so that we could easily punch a hole through all eight parts at the same time.
Then, we bound them together with a simple brad and viola! Big Brother could easily see HIS place on the map!
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Hi, I am trying to download the “Me on the Map” templates and after filling out the email & name box nothing is happening. Help, would love this for my first days of school
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Warmly,
Kimberleigh
Hello! Love the post and have tried downloading after providing my name, email and then clicking on button. It either does nothing or shows a retangular blue message box that says “this website cannot be reached.”
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Thank you very much for the “me on the map” activity. My children are going to love it! 🙂
Hi Rosemary,
That should work just fine! I have not tried this activity with plastic, but I think it should work well! Fingers crossed, you are able to try it out!
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Hi
I am trying to download the Me on the Map activity and it is telling the page is not found. I do have the Adobe and it is updated and it is still saying that. I really like to use this activity with my class.
Did anyone above ever get the download to show up? Mine is saying website not available ot moved too.
Thank you