Expand Their Horizons With This Educational Wall Art

Small laminated world map with North and South America continents showing

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Where in the World Will Their Imaginations Take Them?

Small laminated world map with North and South America continents showing
  • What: Laminated World Map
  • When: 2 years and up
  • Why: Bright, affordable, educational
  • Where: Amazon

Want affordable art for any age? Whether you’ve just begun to decorate the nursery or you need something for the walls of a teenager’s room, grab a laminated World Wall Map for your child.

Rand McNally Signature Edition World Wall Map on Amazon

These maps bring the world home. They let kids practice skills like map reading, learning about directions, and deciphering a legend. If you have family or friends in far flung places, older kids can enjoy locating them on the map or deciphering time zones. These maps also give kids a leg up in playing geography games like Worldle or learning about world history.

12 year old boy playing Worldle on computer with laminated map
My son can sit in front of this world map for ages.

Thanks to the lamination, kids can mark the map with dry erase markers and do zero damage. My oldest child, aged twelve, can sit in front of a map for more than half an hour, planning out a trip or imagining the next great battle. He loves locating places listed in stories he’s reading and brainstorming original games using the map as a starting point.

Rand McNally Signature World Wall Map with focus on continents of Europe and Africa
The bright colors bring life to any wall.

The best part? It will look great on your walls, too. The bright colors go with almost any decorating scheme for kids, and draw the eye. You can choose from multiple sizes to fit almost any space, and it doesn’t need any expensive framing. It doesn’t require glass for hanging, so you don’t have to worry about kids breaking it and spreading shards all over the room.

If you’d like a wall hanging that can grow with your child, shop for your own map now.

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