Activities using visual & spatial skills

Superlative Island: map drawing and speaking
activity

Hand drawn map

Some ideas for using maps in the classroom (PDF)

Spatial reasoning skills:  worksheets for teachers

Blank brainstorm worksheet: cluster diagram (PDF)

Blank concept map (PDF)

Graphic Organizers: Examples Across the Curriculum

Holt Rinehart and Winston samples: Graphic Organizers

Graphical Organizers concept mapping samples

Giving directions map activities

Elementary directions map for ESL students (PDF)

Elementary mapping skills and directions
activities incl. maps (5 page PDF)

How many museums are there in Edinburgh?
Information gap activity: find places on a map by asking questions

Directions around your neighborhood: speaking
activity

Interpreting a map of a kindergarten (PDF)

Useful maps for teachers

Fort Worth Cultural District Walking Maps
click on the links down the page for
wonderful picture/landmark maps (PDF)

Simple community map (PDF)

Mannes neighborhood street map (PDF)

Romsey town map (PDF)

Parkview map (PDF)

Paradise Island map (PDF)


Other visual materials

Describing a office worksheet (PDF)

Comfort Suites Hotel layout (PDF)

4 different styles of meeting room (PDF)

Label the house plan (PDF)

Label the house picture (PDF)