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Follow the Treasure Map!
by My Book Hub Team
Finn and his terrier Scout follow a hand-drawn treasure map around their neighbourhood, one direction at a time.
What your child will learn
Follows a simple set of directions on a map.
Genre: educational
For ages 6-9
A peek inside
Finn pulled on his red cap and swung his backpack onto his shoulders. Scout the terrier wagged his tail and held a tiny compass in his mouth. On the kitchen table lay a hand-drawn treasure map of their neighbourhood. "Today we follow every mark on this map," Finn said. Scout barked once. Their adventure was about to begin right outside the front door.
Finn unfolded the map on the front step. Scout sat close and watched. "A map is a picture of a place from above," Finn explained. Small drawings stood for real things. A tree symbol meant the oak by the park. A wavy line meant the stream. The key at the bottom told them what each mark meant. They studied it carefully before they took one step.
"First we find our starting point," Finn said, tapping a red X near a house drawing. "That X is our home." Scout sniffed the map, then the doorstep. Matching the map to the real world helped them know where they stood. Finn pointed to the street that ran past their gate. "We begin here and follow the path the map shows next."
Scout held up the tiny compass. The needle always pointed north. Finn turned so the top of the map faced the same way as north on the compass. "Now the map matches the world around us," he said. Aligning the map with the compass keeps directions true. Without this step, left and right on the paper would not match the street.
The first direction on the map said walk straight to the big oak tree. Finn and Scout set off down the pavement. They kept the tree symbol in mind and looked ahead for the real oak. Soon the tall tree came into view beside the park gate. "We followed the first step," Finn cheered. Scout circled the trunk and barked happily.
The map showed an arrow turning left after the oak. Finn checked the compass again. "Left means toward the stream," he told Scout. They turned carefully and walked along the path drawn as a dotted line. Landmarks helped them stay on track. A wooden bench matched a square mark on the paper. Following each turn in order kept them from getting lost.
Next the map directed them past the wavy stream line and toward three stepping stones. Finn read the note aloud. "Cross only where the stones are marked." Scout padded ahead and waited on the first stone. They moved one stone at a time, matching the drawing. Checking the map at every landmark made each direction safer and clearer.
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