This study focuses on the geographic exploration of§ten-year-old children in New York City. It§investigates their ways of discovering and learning§about different local places in New York City and the§factors that influence their geographic exploration. §§These questions are answered by using multiple§methodologies. Research methods included open-ended§interviews with children and parents, child-produced§atlases, child-notebooks, and informal observations§of each child s home and immediate outdoor environments.§§This study is concerned with improving children s§lives in New York...