We hope you have had a restful holiday period (if you got a holiday break, and if you didn't we hope you get to relax soon!)
Over the Christmas / New Year Period, Little Monkey Apps have taken a break. We've driven around to the relatives, to various parks and had our fair share of adventures! (That's what we call it here when we get a little bit lost or take an unexpected turn!)
Teaching Little Ones (or big ones) to read a Melways is tricky. (Hey! We're from Melbourne, Australia, but substitute whatever map book you wish!) Not surprisingly many students these days wouldn't even see their parents read a map, let alone be able to read one.
Use the GPS! Use the GPS! Is a cry I often hear from my own mother to my father when he attempts to drive to an unfamiliar destination on 'intuition'. I don't want to go down the sexist, assumptive, gross generalisation that all men refuse to use maps and in reverse, that women can't read them! We bought my parents the GPS, so I'm glad that Mum wants it used!
We have a GPS here, but it hardly EVER gets a workout at all. We're not that adventurous and when we are, the GPS gets charged!

But she's not five, and when you want to see a monkey, well, you NEED to see the monkey...RIGHT (stamp your foot) NOW (stamp the other foot!)


NOTHING replaces life experience, hands on manipulatives and interaction with peers and teachers. Our Apps are designed to be used additionally to support and extend these experiences.Use the teacher module instead of a whiteboard or butchers paper, to save or revisit something you have done on paper!

Check out the website for my ramblings on other activities you might like to do with mapping, co-ordinates and directions. You've probably got 101 more ideas than me that suit your purposes, location, budget and inclination!
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