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Preschool Places in My Town Worksheet

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Places in My Town

Preschool - Social Studies - Challenge Me

Worksheet 1

  1. A town with no shop. Point to what it needs.

    Read aloud: This town has homes, a school and a wood, but nowhere at all to buy food. Point to what the town needs.

    A small picture map with three pictures on it and no words.A map showing , , .homeschoolforest

  2. Two places do the same job. Point to the odd one.

    Read aloud: Three of these places lend or teach or sell. One of them is not a building at all. Point to that one.

    A small picture map with three pictures on it and no words.A map showing , , .schoolstoreforest

  3. Somebody drew it small. Point to the shop.

    Read aloud: Somebody has drawn the same town again, much smaller. Point to the picture that still shows the shop.

    A small picture map with three pictures drawn close together, and no words.A map showing , , .homestoreschool

  4. Which is nearer to the school, not to home?

    Read aloud: This time measure from the school, not from the home. Point to the place nearest the school.

    A small picture map with four pictures on it at different distances, and no words.A map showing , , , .homeschoolforeststore

  5. Walk south, then west. Point to where you land.

    Read aloud: Start at the school. Walk south to the bottom, then west to the left. Point to the place you land on.

    A picture map with four places at the corners and a compass showing which way is which.A map showing , , , , with a compass rose marking north, south, east and west.schoolhomestoreforestNSWE

  6. What is between the home and the wood? Point to it.

    Read aloud: On this map one place sits exactly halfway between the home and the wood. Point to that place.

    A picture map with three places in a row and a compass showing which way is which.A map showing , , , with a compass rose marking north, south, east and west.homestoreforestNSWE
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About this worksheet

A map is a picture of somewhere seen from above, and that is a genuinely new idea at three or four. This page builds it slowly. The first questions are not about maps at all: they ask which place you go to when you want to borrow a book, or buy food, or run about outside, because a place is best known by what people do there. Then the same places appear as small pictures on a little map, and the child matches the picture on the map to the picture in the answer row. There are no words anywhere on the map, and there do not need to be, because a school, a home, a shop, a park and a wood are drawn as five different things. The last groups add a compass, and north and south become simply the top and the bottom of the page. Nothing here asks a preschooler to plan a real journey. Walk somewhere familiar and name one landmark at a time instead.

What your child will learn

  • Match a town place to what people do there
  • Read a small picture map with no words on it
  • Use near and far to compare two places
  • Find what is north and what is south using a compass

Worked example

Read aloud: find the shop on the map, then point to the place that is directly above it. The compass shows north at the top, so the place above is the one to the north. The child traces upward with a finger and matches the picture they land on to the same picture in the answer row.

Common mistake

Choosing a place by its size or color instead of by where it sits. Put a finger on the starting place first, then move.

Helpful hint

Put your finger on the place the question names, then move up, down, left or right.

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with places in my town?
Choosing a place by its size or color instead of by where it sits. Put a finger on the starting place first, then move.
How can I help my child with places in my town?
Put your finger on the place the question names, then move up, down, left or right.
Are these preschool social studies worksheets free to print?
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