One tool that Dora used for exploration was the character Map. The show uses anthropomorphism to depict Map as an interactive character. It appears in every episode as Dora must read it to reach her ...

Spatial skills are critical for a child's cognitive development, influencing their ability to solve problems, understand maps ...

Researchers have found that children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading from the age of just four! The study involved 175 two to five-year-olds. It reveals that four-year-olds ...

Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to increase the length of its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, in fiscal 2026, ...

Phonics gets more attention in elementary English/language arts classrooms than other core foundational reading skills, like fluency. More generally, states’ new reading laws emphasizing foundational ...