Map Skills worksheet for children to practice directional understanding using a grid of icons and compass directions.

I'll solve this "Map Skills" worksheet by following the instructions to color the correct boxes based on their relative positions to specific icons. Let me work through each instruction one by one.

First, I need to understand the layout of the 3x3 grid and identify all the icons in each box:

- Top row: Trees, Houses, Truck
- Middle row: Gas pump, Church, Coffee cup
- Bottom row: Flowers, Hotel, Airplane

And I have a compass rose showing North (N), East (E), South (S), and West (W) directions.

Let me now go through each instruction:

1. Color the box NORTH of the gas pump GREEN.
- The gas pump is in the middle-left position.
- The box NORTH of it would be the top-left box with trees.
- So I need to color the trees box GREEN.

2. Color the box WEST of the coffee cup PURPLE.
- The coffee cup is in the middle-right position.
- The box WEST of it would be the middle-center box with the church.
- So I need to color the church box PURPLE.

3. Color the box SOUTH of the church ORANGE.
- The church is in the middle-center position.
- The box SOUTH of it would be the bottom-center box with the hotel.
- So I need to color the hotel box ORANGE.

4. Color the box EAST of the house PINK.
- The houses icon is in the top-center position.
- The box EAST of it would be the top-right box with the truck.
- So I need to color the truck box PINK.

5. Color the box WEST of the truck BROWN.
- The truck is in the top-right position.
- The box WEST of it would be the top-center box with the houses.
- So I need to color the houses box BROWN.

6. Color the box SOUTH of the gas pump RED.
- The gas pump is in the middle-left position.
- The box SOUTH of it would be the bottom-left box with flowers.
- So I need to color the flowers box RED.

Now I'll summarize the final coloring:
- Top-left (trees): GREEN
- Top-center (houses): BROWN
- Top-right (truck): PINK
- Middle-center (church): PURPLE
- Bottom-left (flowers): RED
- Bottom-center (hotel): ORANGE

The middle-left (gas pump) and bottom-right (airplane) boxes don't need to be colored according to the instructions.

This completes the solution to the map skills worksheet.