West longitude on an inland harbor. It is a major shipping port for the eastern seaboard with direct land routes by train and highway to cities throughout the United States. Many people who live in Baltimore are involved in waterfront activities such as shipping, loading, and fishing. Very young children will not be able to understand concepts like latitude and longitude, or even left and right. This is the beginning of an understanding of location.
Young children learn that they relate to other people and physical things.
To help young children learn location, make sure they know the color and style of the building in which they live, the name of their town, and their street address. Then, when you talk about other places, they have something of their own with which to compare. Activities Direction Concepts of location begin early in life. By age 2, children are able to distinguish between objects that are near and can be grasped, and those that are farther away. They can notice features of their immediate surroundings, such as the bedroom or yard.