The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps–the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (“Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!”).
This book was a recommended resource for our Memoria Press Kindergarten Enrichment and for the little book that it is, it is extremely useful and a great introduction to cartography. Even with the big words phonetically spelled out. It was perfect for using to introduce my Kinder son (Rascal, 5.5) to maps and he spent the rest of the afternoon pouring over various world atlases from our shelf. While Cat in the Hat is not always my mama favorite, it is continually a big impression hit with the kiddos and the facts to learn are always valuable. Again and again, Tish Rabe impresses me.
We own this book; we bought this one on the recommendation of Memoria Press. Use the coupon code: cherryblossom, to let them know I sent you for a small affiliate blessing to our family.
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6 July, 2013:
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