It seems that map skills are often explored very briefly or taught as a filler exercise during a rainy day in conventional teachings (I guess the idea of traveling during a heavy snowfall is preposterous). There is no development of these skills through their incorporation into travel routes, and cardinal directions are left out altogether. An O&M instructor once gave me a tactile map of a travel route without any explanation of it, and that was the extent of my exposure to maps. Perhaps a few of us can collaborate on an article using examples of our work with students to illustrate. Thank you again for the ideas. Sumara From: Fredric Schroeder [mailto:fschroeder at sks.com] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 10:57 AM To: Sumara Shakeel; mperet at BISM.org; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Sumara, et al, Once all the ideas are collected, this would be a great best practices article. Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D. From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: mperet at BISM.org; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: Re: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Maurice, Those are great ideas! Thank you. Sumara From: Maurice Peret [mailto:mperet at BISM.org] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:07 PM To: Sumara Shakeel; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org> Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Greetings Sumara, I trust that this message finds you well. I?m not sure how helpful this might or mightn?t be but I?ve sometimes used the concept of a face clock with folks struggling with cardinal directions; north being 12:00, east 3:00, south 6:00, and west 9:00. Trouble is, most people have become more accustomed to digital time devices. An idea that crept into mind, however, is perhaps circling chairs around a circle as for Musical chairs and the object might be to identify the chair at each compass point. You could do the same thing with a cake walk, have tasty treats at North, East, South, and West. Depending upon how challenging you want to get, you could even give bonuses for kids who can identify NE, SE, SW, and NW. Hope to see you in Orlando. Maurice From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us<mailto:Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:48 AM To: NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org> Subject: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Hello, We are planning activities for the children?s summer program at our state agency, and I am wondering if anyone has ideas for teaching compass directions to children as part of a map skills activity. They range in age from about six to twelve. 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