Many skillsets of the past may have become outdated with modern digital life, but some will always be relevant. Like the skill of navigation, for instance. Despite having apps today that can instantly guide you from one location to another, having an inherent understanding of navigation is always helpful. Understanding maps is an important tool that helps kids develop spatial skills. Dr Nora Newcombe Professor of Psychology at Temple University describes spatial thinking as “seeing in the mind’s eye”. Spatial thinking lets a child understand phenomenon related to places around them. According to research published by the American Psychology Association (APA), training in spatial skills is correlated to success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Today’s DIY is all about developing your children’s spatial skills but in a really fun and easy way:
Materials required:
Methodology:
Ask your kid to draw an outline of your house/apartment, as in a view from the top.You can help your child by making up symbols of your own like two small parallel lines to depict a door, a square box to depict a window and so on. You can also do so by colour coding the symbols. So, for example a green coloured rectangle will depict a door, whereas a blue coloured rectangle can be a window.
credits: polioeradication
This DIY is really simple and you can add your own little variations to it. The real deal behind the activity is to introduce your child to the basics of visual-spatial understanding of their own surroundings. You can add twists to this activity by asking them to map out their dream house or draw a map navigating between their school and home, or even a map of their heart or brain! The basic idea underneath still remains the same. Not only will this boost their visual-spatial skills but also foster their little imaginations, a win-win situation in both ways!
If you enjoyed reading this article you may also like:
Indulge in colours with Marbled Milk Paper DIY
Play the memory game – with just a pen, paper and scissors!
Charu, a feminist and an accidental writer, is yet to master the art of writing about herself. Always curious to learn new stuff, she ends up spending a lot of time unlearning the incorrect lessons. She enjoys all sorts of stories – real, fictional, new, old, hers and would love hearing yours too. Feel free to ping her at storyweavers@byjus.com to share anything that you think is worth sharing.
Arya C is a 4th grader who talks about her transition from the US to India and how BYJU`S has helped her at that. She also loves how BYJU`S has made learning a lot more fun.
Meet Sourabh who has a ton to say about his BYJU`S learning experience. His love for quizzes, games and other fun activities are paying off!
V Shriya is a class eight student who has been using BYJU’S for a year now. She shares her experiences with using the app and how it has helped her in improving her academic performance.
Aanvi from class 9 has been with BYJU`S for just 6 months and hear what she has to say about her learning experience with the app.
Comments
Ariha
May 29, 2021
Nice
Nanaki Jaswal
May 21, 2021
Really creative
Thankyou really helped me for my assignment…
??
Parvathi Ajayakumar
October 30, 2020
I will try this today itself………….
Aayushyamaan Choubey
September 6, 2020
Too good I like this ???
From Aayushyamaan Choubey
Dhairya Chandak
September 5, 2020
Really great
rashmi
August 30, 2020
?????
Kristi
August 24, 2020
Wowww really good ??
ABHISAR SINGH ⚡
August 21, 2020
Thank you for giving this idea of map.
Pratham singh
August 20, 2020
Nice ?
ANIRUDH
August 20, 2020
Niiicccee???
Sujeet chandanshive
August 20, 2020
Very nice this things are very nice