Over the last two weeks, the children in room two have been putting great effort into drawing maps of their own classroom. They have identified all of the different items they might include in their maps and taken time during aistear to draw, colour, and share these maps with each other. Drawing maps of familiar environments is an excellent way to develop the children’s spatial awareness and observation skills, which are key components of the national geography curriculum. Maybe you might ask them to begin to draw maps of rooms at home!