map drills, I'm confused!

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  • March 19, 2010 at 6:02 pm
    my3boys
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    I am just now incorporating map drills the CM way into our week.  I guess I’m confused on the explaination of it.  This is what I understand. 

    Give the child a detailed map of the region and a blank map.  Got it.

    Allow him to label a few details.  Got it.

    End lesson.  Next week take out blank map and have him label as many as he can remember.  Show him the labeled map to show accuracy.  Then what?  I think I read that you let him label more on the original blank map he began with or on the new one he basically had to practice with?  And, when he’s done that what will I hand him the week after? Another blank map of the same region to label from the detailed map?

    I’ve read several posts on the subject and everyone has such good idea’s.  I just need a starting point then I’ll be able to figure it out from there. 

    As you can see, I think my mind has the idea, but not sure how to transfer that to reality:)

    March 19, 2010 at 7:22 pm
    Sonya Shafer
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    I think you’ve just about got it, yes. 

    Each lesson give the child a blank map of the region. Everything is done on that blank map. He labels what he remembers, checks it against the detailed map, corrects any mistakes, then copies one or two new items from the detailed map. He can then hang onto that used-to-be-blank-but-now-has-his-labeled-items-plus-a-couple-more map until next week’s map drill. At next week’s map drill, he gets a new blank map to repeat the process. Hopefully, each week he will be able to remember more items for his initial labeling step.

    Is that a little clearer?

    March 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm
    my3boys
    Participant

    Sounds great.  We actually did Australia today using the blank map and a globe.  Just a question, though, is using a globe a good idea for that or is it too round:)  I have wall maps of the world/United States, but they are not in a spot for this type of project.  I will be purchasing maps from Homeschool in the Woods/Uncle Josh’s/or some other source, but for now I used the one’s from WorldAtlas.com. 

    I do have a subscription already paid for by enchantedlearning, and the maps looked similar to the worldatlas one’s, but I want to do this right and wondering what the difference in the quality of the maps (accuracy of course, is important) makes in the outcome?  Thanks for the help you all provide, I feel so blessed:)

    March 20, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    The main requirement for a detailed map (other than its being accurate, of course) is that the children can read the countries’ names easily in order to copy them onto their individual maps. So if the writing on your globe is large enough, you should be all set. I like to use a mixture of globe and map for map drill and locating countries that we’re reading about in our living books.

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