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Understanding Spatial Positions

Mathematics Grade 1 Difficulty 1/5

Beginning of the lesson

Understanding Where Things Are

Let's learn about positions! We can tell where things are using special words.

Up and Down

Up means higher. Down means lower.

UPDOWNBird is upFish is down

Forward and Backward

Forward means ahead. Backward means behind.

BACKFORWARDYOU

Right and Left

Right is this side →. Left is this side ←.

LEFTRIGHT

High and Low

High means way up. Low means close to ground.

HIGHLOW

Near and Far

Near means close. Far means not close.

NEARFARYou are here

Inside and Outside

Inside means in the box. Outside means not in the box.

INSIDEOUTSIDEOUTSIDE

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