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Thinking in pictures
If you have to pack a lot of items
into the trunk of a car, you use spatial
skills to mentally rearrange them
and decide how to make them fit
best. You also use spatial skills
when imagining how something might
look, such as a different furniture
arrangement in your bedroom.

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Map reading
A map is like an aerial view
of the ground, but with all the
features represented by symbols.
Map reading is a very good test
of spatial awareness. Here, a boy
finds his way blocked and needs to
find a new route by reading a map
and relating it to the real world.
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