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Thinking sheet · My world and community
Grocery Store Map
Design a grocery store: where do the fruit, bread and frozen foods go? Then plan a shopping route.
- Grades
- 1–4
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Kids practice
- maps, categories, planning a route
What kids do
“You run the store! Where does everything go?”
- My store from above (label each aisle)
- Shopping list
- Why I put the … near the door:
How to run it
- Group foods: fruit and veg, bakery, dairy, frozen.
- Draw a route through the store for the shopping list.
- Talk about why milk is often at the back!
Talk about it
- Which section is biggest?
- Where would you put treats?
- What makes a store easy to shop in?
Take it further
Price your shopping list and add it up.
Pairs well with
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