Go hide a treasure and make a map to it, with compass directions, and spring it on the kids on Talk Like a Pirate Day. For the older kids a map with multiple goals will keep them busy.

"For Migrating Sparrows, Kids Have A Compass, But Adults Have The Map." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 November 2007. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 11 / 071105180008.htm>.

If you want to inspire your kids to travel, then reading map books is a great way for kids to visualise how big and diverse this world is. Books take you away on an imaginative […] ...

Scientists already have determined that the compass is based on the sun or the magnetic field, but where the map comes from remains a mystery -- one that the team will be exploring in coming years.

BETHEL — Seven young girls huddle around a colorful map of their school campus, putting into practice the navigation skills they learned in their third-grade physical education class.