Compass Directions

Three pages for learning the points of the compass. The compass rose has a box at every tip: north is given and the child writes the rest, with the book's own letters (N S E O in Portugal, N S L O in Brazil, N S O W in Germany). On the grid page a start and some pictures stand on squares, and each route is a short list of moves such as "Go 3 squares north.": the child draws it and writes the picture it ends on, or, in the other version, writes the moves for a route that is drawn. The third page puts a picture in the middle with one in every direction. Routes are worked out so every answer is certain, and the answer key draws them.

Age

ages 7–12

Answer key

Included, free

Skills

directionsspatial reasoningvocabulary

What you can change

• Page

  Compass rose, Routes on a grid, All around

• Points

  4 points, 8 points

• Already written

  North only, N, S, E, W, Nothing

• Write the names too

• Routes

  Follow the moves, Write the moves

• How many routes

  1–3

• Grid squares

  5–10

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.