Map Reading

The other bears decided they all wanted to learn more about what you can see on maps to help with planning nice walks, so Crackers and Oscar offered to help them. They started by showing the bears the area on the local map where they live. They each chose a symbol on the map. Then they looked at the map's "legend" which is the area, usually at the bottom or side of a map, which lists what all the various symbols mean.

Then they could understand that the symbol on the map matched the actual place on the ground.

Like where the canal was, with bridges over it, where the local church was (one they knew had a tower), and the Post Office, and other places they go to regularly. It was like magic how everything matched!

And there were all the roads and lanes and footpaths that they knew, and the woods they visit. It was all very interesting. They could even work out what size the roads would be, and where the bends in the lanes were. No wonder Crackers and Oscar could work out such lovely routes for them on holiday when they could find out exactly what was there - before they even got there!