Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
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Tagged: geography, map drills, special needs

This topic has 6 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 8 months ago by art.

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September 14, 2010 at 4:34 am
Sue
Participant
My 11yo son w/ autism has a slight hand tremor. Writing is laborious for him, and his handwriting, while pretty legible, looks like a 5yo’s printing. He loves maps, so map drills should be fun for him, but I don’t think I can get him to write out all of the things he knows on outline maps.
Does anyone have any ideas how I might help him label his maps….without giving him too much help? I really want to see what he knows, but he won’t get very far if he has to do a lot of writing.
Thanks,
Sue M.
September 14, 2010 at 11:24 am
Malissa
Member
What about using a label maker? That way he can label it, without having to write it out. Just an idea. Hope this helps.
God Bless,
Malissa
September 14, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Debij
Member
Along those lines use a small post-it, where you could write it out and he can place them where they belong? Or make labels out of paper and have him place those where they belong. Hope this helps.
Debij
September 14, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Richele Baburina
Participant
Hi Sue,
We use these large simple maps with pre-printed labels. The maps are about $2.95 and labels about $1.00 extra. I got mine from montessorioutlet.com.
Best,
Richele
September 14, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Michaela
Participant
I recently found a fun online map puzzle that has been really fun for my daughters (even my 3 year old likes to do it!) It tells you the time it took you to do it at the end, so you can always try to beat your time. It’s very colorful. The one I linked goes to Africa, but they have all sorts of map puzzles all over the world. Also we found a song that helps you memorize all the names of the countries. It’s done as a rap song and my girls love it. 🙂
This is the only thing I have done for map drills and we have only done it a couple of times, but I know it is working. There was a magazine on our table that had the name “Kenya” on it and my 6 year old said, “Hey, that is in Africa!” And I said, “You’re right, how did you know that?” She said, “It’s in that song, right before Djibouti.”
September 16, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Sue
Participant
Thanks for these wonderful resources. We tried some of the online map puzzles, and I was surprised how many of the states’ names and locations my youngest daughter knew. This will be great for my son. He is able to use the mouse very well, although it gets tiring after awhile and he takes frequent mini-breaks. It’s a lot easier for him, though, than trying to write for even a few minutes straight.
September 16, 2010 at 2:38 pm
art
Participant
What about coloring? If that doesn’t tire him as much as writing, you might make a chart with the names and colors he should make each place. Then he could just color them in.
Or he could just tell you the name of each place orally.
Best of luck