Materials
crayons
rubber bands or masking tape
large sheets of drawing paper
Instructions
1. Beforehand, draw a map of the world, country, or town in which the children
live on the curtain with permanent markers. Add water areas, islands, and
other important details such as airports, train and bus stations, and hospitals.
Note: You can use the whole curtain to make a large map, or use one large
and several small ones (curtain cut in halves or quarters) and draw several
different maps on them.
2. Tape the maps securely in an area where children have plenty of space for
their travels.
3. During times when children must wait for an activity to start or for others to
finish, they can use toy vehicles, play people, and boxes on the maps.
More to do Math: Children love to compare distances from where they live to where
others live. Provide tape measures and rulers and encourage them to measure
the distances on a town map. Discuss the words "mile," "meter," "inch,"
"kilometer," and so on.
Social Development: Discuss what country the children were born in, who
was born in the same country, and how all countries are different. Invite a
visitor to come to school to speak about his or her homeland.
