Did you know that felt sticks to felt! And it’s the perfect hold for toddlers to move continents and labels around easily. Help kids learn with this interactive map. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Includes: ♥ 1 Approximately 3x5' felt ocean to hang on the wall. ♥ 7 Felt continents, color coded to Montessori. ♥ 7 Continent labels. ♥ 2 Command Strips for damage-free hanging. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to add animals or landmarks to your world? Here are the add-ons: www.etsy.com/listing/584841218 www.etsy.com/listing/618129415 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIYer? Buy the template here and make it yourself! https://www.etsy.com/listing/224171719/world-continent-map-interactive-on-felt?ref=listings_manager_grid ♥♥♥ Your purchase helps feed an infant, with a donation to a milk bank. Read more about it! emiscrafty.com/about/
Once your child has mastered the Montessori continent globe, it’s time to introduce the continents as a map. You can buy a wooden one, or you can make your own for far less money out of felt…
My kids have been learning about the continents and oceans while playing with their Montessori felt map of the world! Highly recommend this learning toy!
Here is a round-up of our favorite Montessori toys and homeschool materials on Etsy! These educactional wood products are for kids age 3-6.
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Continents Felt Board Set 🚫 Felt Board Not Included ➡️ Choose Your Set: Un Cut Set: Save money and cut out pieces yourself. Sharp scissors are recommended. Pre Cut Set: Pieces arrive to your door step cut out and ready to play. 📝 Description: Great set to teach the 7 continents to your child or students. Bright, colorful pieces. Match the labels to the Continent. ➡️ Developmental Skill Focus: Language, Cognitive, Social, Fine Motor ➡️ How pieces are created: The pieces are printed out on iron on transfer paper then I use a heat press machine to attach onto white felt. 🔅 Recommended Ages: 3 and up and no longer put items in mouth ➡️ Pieces Included: (approximate in W x H in inches) 1- North America (6 x 5 1- South America (3.25 x 5.25) 1- Antarctica (6.75 x 1.5) 1- Europe (4.75 x 4.25) 1- Australia (4 x 4) 1- Asia (6.5 x 5.5) 1- Africa (3.5 x 4) If ordering Set with Labels: 1- North America (6 x 5 1- South America (3.25 x 5.25) 1- Antarctica (6.75 x 1.5) 1- Europe (4.75 x 4.25) 1- Australia (4 x 4) 1- Asia (6.5 x 5.5) 1- Africa (3.5 x 4) 7-Labels (3 x 1) ⬇️ Custom Choice at Checkout: Continents With Names Only Continents No Names + Labels Continents With Names + Labels 📦 Packaging: packaged in a zip top bag allowing you to store all the pieces in one place. Will be mailed in a large Manila envelope. 🚛 Shipping All orders are shipped USPS First Class Domestic Orders can upgrade to Priority Shipping ✔️ If you have any questions or concerns about your order, please contact me through Etsy messages or Email. 🖥 Due to all computer monitors being set to read colors differently, the color you see may be slightly different then the final product. 🔸 Graphics Provided by: Poppydreamz. Thank you.
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Enjoy Montessori continent learning activities that include the sandpaper globe, colored globe, 3-part cards, song, continent map, and extension exercises.
Did you know that felt sticks to felt! And it’s the perfect hold for toddlers to move continents and labels around easily. Help kids learn with this interactive map. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Includes: ♥ 1 Approximately 3x5' felt ocean to hang on the wall. ♥ 7 Felt continents, color coded to Montessori. ♥ 7 Continent labels. ♥ 2 Command Strips for damage-free hanging. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to add animals or landmarks to your world? Here are the add-ons: www.etsy.com/listing/584841218 www.etsy.com/listing/618129415 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIYer? Buy the template here and make it yourself! https://www.etsy.com/listing/224171719/world-continent-map-interactive-on-felt?ref=listings_manager_grid ♥♥♥ Your purchase helps feed an infant, with a donation to a milk bank. Read more about it! emiscrafty.com/about/
This roundup of Montessori continent map work includes DIY continent maps, presentation ideas, and extensions. Perfect for classroom or homeschool!
These simple world continent tracing worksheets and outline template pages are extremely versatile and can be used again and again, for many different geography extension activities. This set includes 8 continent tracing pages and 8 continent outline pages (with continent names in Montessori colors): Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania (with the same image as Australia). These world continent pages will make a great fine motor complement to your preschool or kindergarten geography studies! Here are some ideas for using them: Trace each continent using the traditional Montessori color Use as a simple coloring page Use with watercolor paints Laminate or put in a page protector to use as a play dough mat Laminate the tracing pages or use page protectors to create reusable tracing pages Print on light blue paper and have the child tear pieces of colored paper (to match the traditional Montessori color of the continent) and glue them inside the continent shape to create a mosaic Have the child draw a picture of animals on or around each continent What you will receive: - One PDF file, size 8.5 by 11 inches - 16 worksheets with the continents labeled You may also be interested in my World Continents Dot Marker Worksheets or my Animals of the Continents Coloring Pages. ***Note: This is a DIGITAL product. No physical product will be mailed. You will receive your downloadable files immediately after purchase. These files are for personal or single classroom use only. Please do not share, alter, resell, or distribute the files in any way.***
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These folders were born one day when Ms. P noticed the plastic folders that held photos for each continent were getting worn out and grim. Each folder has a front flap with the color coded map of the continent and the name. Constructed of beige denim and backed with interior cardboard these folders will last for years of rugged use. These folders measure 18" across and 12" high and are about an inch deep, giving lots of room for letter or legal size photos and materials. The sides of the folders are color coded as well, so depending on your shelves and organization you can quickly identify them in the pile. You and your kids will love using these.
Once your child has mastered the Montessori continent globe, it’s time to introduce the continents as a map. You can buy a wooden one, or you can make your own for far less money out of felt…
Make a felt board with all of the continents of the world! A great ay to learn about geography while having fun at the same time.
Did you know that felt sticks to felt! And it’s the perfect hold for toddlers to move the United States and labels around easily. Help kids learn with this Montessori style interactive map of the United States of America. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Includes: ♥ 1 approximately 3x5' felt ocean to hang on the wall. ♥ 50 felt states, Montessori style. ♥ 2 command strips for damage-free hanging. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIYer? Buy the template here and make it yourself! etsy.com/listing/513417793 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ♥♥♥ Your purchase helps feed an infant, with a donation to a milk bank. Read more about it! emiscrafty.com/about/
I love the geography area of the classroom! It seems like the kids gravitate toward anything with small objects. It also appears that as far as learning about different places around the world, animals are something that they can relate to and connect with. Therefore having something familiar to connect with a place as far away as Asia helps them realize the diversity in all these places! This work is made from felt. I collected many different animals from toy stores, Michaels, and even my own son's collection (with his permission of course!). I have it set up in a large basket with the felt all folded nicely and the continents and animals on top. This is the control book. I show them how to arrange the continents just like on the picture. Opened up it has all 7 continents (again, color coded) with the native animals underneath. I show the kids to do one continent at a time. There is anywhere from 2-5 animals per continent depending on what I could find!
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A weekly outline of our Montessori at home preschool plans (2.5-6 years). Plus, links to practical life skills, Montessori materials list, and free printables! These unit studies can be used for homeschool or after school fun activities to supplement learning.
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Help your students begin to identify each of the seven continents with this fun bingo game designed for two to four players. Calling cards and four bingo cards featuring images of the continents in Montessori colors are included. North America is orange, South America is pink, Asia is yellow, Africa is green, Europe is red, Australia is brown and Antarctica is white. This introductory bingo game will help the young child focus on the shape and color of the continents. Ships: printed on quality 100% post consumer recycled white card stock ready for you to trim and laminate yourself or laminated (5-7mil), trimmed and ready for immediate use.
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This roundup of Montessori continent map work includes DIY continent maps, presentation ideas, and extensions. Perfect for classroom or homeschool!
This listing is for a set of 8 felt Solar System decorations (Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), to be hung individually or strung along the supplied length of ribbon as a garland. Mercury is 6cm tall and Jupiter 10cm. The completed garland is approximately 1m wide but the decorations can be spread out to suit your space. The Solar System garland is also available as a Make Your Own kit to sew at home. Look at my other listings to see other sets and individual decorations.
I’ve had felt on the brain lately! I really like making kid activities from felt because the look super cute, it’s easy to work with and they last. So today I made a land, air, water fe…
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This continent map from Montessori N’ Such had me drooling, but the price…not so much, so I began searching for alternatives. I’ve seen quite a few continent maps crafted out of f…
This printable Montessori Animals and Continents activity is a brilliant way to introduce kids to the world in Chinese, Korean, and English!
This continent and ocean lapbook is a great way to get students learning when they don't even know they are learning! This pack includes all interactive and hands on activities to teach continents and oceans. The best part is you can also use this pack as an interactive notebook or simply use the foldables to reinforce the learning. Included: Cover sheet and continents song Oceans 4 tab foldable World map guess-and-check Continents flip book Oceans 4 petal foldable Continents riddle pocket activity **JUST UPDATED TO INCLUDE 5 OCEANS** I left the 4 oceans as well, just in case you choose to teach it this way You're students will love this project and they will never forget the things they learned about continents and oceans because of the nature of interactive learning.
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Des ateliers de manipulation et de reconnaissance des différents contrastes géographiques. Largement inspiré de la pédagogie Montessori. De la maternelle au cm2 sans aucun problème !!
As I discussed before, my son really enjoys geography. We continue to talk about the continents daily, and I am working on putting together some continent boxes for him. That being said, I decided to introduce the land and water forms to him. We started with the book Water Land, which I checked out from our library (and renewed as much as I could!). I should probably just purchase the book. I was not too sure if my son would enjoy creating the land forms on his own just yet, so when I saw a post from a Montessori 101 member about making land and water form tactile tablets, I knew I had to try it. My son really gravitates towards anything he can touch or trace, so these seemed perfect. Here is what our DIY land and water form tablets look like: A total of 10 tablets - from L to R, top row: isthmus, archipelago, island; middle row: strait, system of lakes, lake; bottom row: gulf, peninsula, bay, cape. Materials: 10 small wooden tablets (I purchased them from Michael's for 99 cents each) Blue and brown felt Hot glue gun and glue Scissors or rotary circle cutter Sharpie marker Steps: 1. Trace the tablets on the felt so you have 10 blue rectangles and 5 brown rectangles. 2. Glue the blue felt rectangles to each tablet with hot glue. To make this a bit easier on myself, I did a line on the wood, then laid the felt down on it. I made lines all down the wood, a few at a time, so that I could control where my felt went. 3. Trim any blue felt that overhangs the tablets (this step is optional, but it helped to square off any raggedy edges). 4. Free draw the land shapes on to the brown rectangles. *Note: Each brown piece will be used for 2 blue tablets. For example, the lake and the island are opposites of each other, so I cut out the island and was left with the shape for the lake. This is where using a rotary circle cutter is extremely useful because I got cleaner lines. 5. Cut the shapes out of the brown felt and set aside. 6. Glue the brown felt pieces on top of the blue felt for each tablet. Trim any overhang from the brown felt. 7. You are finished! I went ahead and wrote the names of each on the back of each tablet for control of error and also for my own personal reference. I also made a control sheet on my computer with information on each land and water form! This DIY cost me about $20 and only took me about 20-25 minutes to complete! Enjoy and thank you to the member who inspired me to make these!
After our Introduction to Geography (landforms and mapping), we jumped right into learning about the 7 continents. From this week on, each theme corresponds with a letter of the alphabet. In true Montessori fashion, we're not learning the alphabet in alphabetical order. ;) We did a lot of casual learning (unschooling, you might say) for the past couple of months, and during that time M learned most of the letters and their sounds just by watching the Letter Factory video, playing with letter magnets, and other simple letter games. Since she is already familiar with most of the letters, I'm really not especially concerned with the order we go in. You can see the full list of themes on this introductory post. To keep the posts from getting overwhelmingly long, I'll put all of the geography activities in ones post, letter activities in a second post, and everything else in the Weekly Wrap-up post. We started the week by revisiting M's new interactive globe. We talked about which parts represent land and which parts represent water, and used the talking pen to locate all 7 continents and listen the the facts that the globe supplied. Next, we took out the tray with M's new DIY pin map. I printed the free file from Montessori Print Shop to create this map. I used modge podge to attach the blank control map to a piece of foam core board for the backing. I printed the second map and colored the continents in the Montessori colors (Asia = yellow, Europe = red, Africa = green, Australia/Oceania = brown, North America = orange, South America = pink, Antarctica = white), laminated them and cut them out. I created the flags according to the directions in the file. I used a small hole punch to punch a hole at the right spot in each continent cut-out so the toothpick flag would go through easily, and I finished by putting a black sharpie dot at the spot where I had stuck the pin so M would see the hole to place the flag. She LOVED this activity! She used the continent card from the 3 part card set (The Helpful Garden) as a control to help her place the continents in the correct spots, and assembled and disassembled the map three times in a row! Next, I pulled out the rest of the 3 part cards (print a free set from The Helpful Garden), and the felt continent map that was inspired by the one from Imagine Our Life. I have pretty much no sewing skills, so I cut out the continents from felt, glued them to blue felt backing, and then traced the outlines onto the felt background. I glued Antarctica to the background, but the rest of the continents are removable. I managed to hand sew little pieces of velcro onto the background and the continents so the labels can be attached to the map (continent names and ocean names). Since we're just starting out and M doesn't actually know the names of the continents yet (and can't read...), I gave her the 3 part cards to match as labels. When she was finished, she packed all of the cards into these amazing pocket folders (thanks Counting Coconuts!). M thinks these pouches are so cool, and I think that anything that encourages her to clean up when she's done is pretty incredible! The next day I wanted to create a sensorial experience by putting out all different materials from around the world. I chose a few animals and figures from the various TOOBs I purchased for our continent boxes (along with the matching 3 part cards I made), and added some souvenirs my brother brought back from a trip to Africa, a Mexican drum, Russian Nesting Dolls, Around The World Flash Cards, Finger Puppets, and coins from around the world. I didn't have a plan for what I wanted M to do with these materials - I just wanted to give her a chance to play and explore with everything. The coins and Russian nesting dolls attracted her attention first. She dumped the bowl of coins on the table and spread them out. She commented that the coins were all different colors and size, and found a few that had similarities. She spent a LOT of time playing with the nesting dolls. My mom has a larger nesting doll set that my brother brought back from a trip to Russia several years ago, so she already knew how the dolls worked. It was a great practical life and sensorial activity. She opened and closed the dolls over and over, and sorted them from largest to smallest. I showed her where Russia was on her globe so she could see where the dolls came from. Next, she started sorting through the basket of figures. I laid out some of the 3 part cards on her mat and encouraged her to try to find the matching figures in the basket. While she sorted, I grabbed the felt map and laid it out behind her. We sorted the cards/figures by continent (using the colors as a guide), and placed the people (finger puppets and figures from the TOOBs) on the continents. We talked about how different people live in different places around the world. We talked a little about how the environments differ in different parts of the world, and how that impacts the kinds of animals that live there. We played around with her globe and listened to facts about the geography, climate, and currencies of different parts of the world. Later in the week we participated in some classes in our community that helped us expand on what we had learned about continents so far. We went to the library for their Kindercraft program. M listened to stories about snow and penguins and made her own snow globe to take home. We also went to Rainforest Fridays at Roper Mountain Science Center. M had a blast and learned a ton about birds and seeds. She got to hold coconut seeds and tagua nuts (poor man's ivory), and look at many other small seeds under a microscope. She met Tilly the Umbrella Cockatoo from Indonesia. She pet him, watched him play in the "rain" (sprayed water), and watched him crack open and eat sunflower seeds. She tasted fresh and dried papaya (and was offered sunflower seeds, but wasn't interested). The program was excellent, and we are excited to go to more in this series over the next several weeks. I downloaded some geography apps for M to try out on her Nabi. We're still testing them out (I'm hoping to do a post on the best apps sometime soon), but she definitely had fun with some of them. We did a fun little art activity that allowed M to create her own picture of the Earth. She used a foam brush to dot green paint inside a circle to represent land on Earth. She then ripped apart a couple of cotton balls and glued them around the outside as clouds. She went back and added blue paint for water. I wrote the title at the top, and helped her write her name on the bottom. We had a lot of fun this week, and it was a great start to our exploration of the continents. I'm excited to see how things go next week when we explore Africa! Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Make sure you stick around for the rest of our "Around the World" adventure! Linking Up With: Preschool & Kindergarten Community Tot School Gathering Place Link & Learn The Sunday Showcase Montessori Monday Hip Homeschool Hop Welcome Party Wednesday Linkup
Today, we’re going to Japan! This adorable sushi bar serves up a number of delightful felt delicacies. The menu includes a pronunciation guide, so you can brush up on your Japanese while dini…
I am one lucky mom. My daughter comes home from kindergarten every day with a smile on her face. At dinner we always talk about our "highs" and "lows" from our day. Her "highs" almost always include her teacher and something fabulous that she has done in class. It is a dream situation. I love going into her class, because I always leave inspired! I blogged today over at The Primary Pack and shared one of my favorite inspirations from her class. She added little strips of felt to her blocks center and had the kids create interactive maps. It was so simple, yet so genius!! The kids went crazy over it. As my daughter put it, "Mommy, the Blocks Center was rocking the house today." High praise... After seeing it in action, I knew that I needed to share the idea with you. It is such a quick and easy activity to prep and it hits on so many skills at once. Kids are exploring communities, community helpers, counting, map skills, spatial concepts, and so much more. All of this is one little activity! You can see all of this in action over on The Primary Pack. I have a FREEBIE posted that will get you started creating your own interactive map center. There are pictures and ideas, so you can create the materials for your own center, or you can scoop up mine at my TeachersPayTeachers store. It is on sale for 50% off for the next 48 hours. Click here to get my Interactive Map pack! Have fun playing with your interactive map center and get your Blocks Center to "rock the house"!
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At last, the final sewing installment the Montessori wall map! It’s hard to believe I’ve finished sewing the whole world (just about)! The next and final post in this series will featur…
I am so excited to introduce you to make latest big project! Those of you who follow along on Facebook or Instagram have already seen a lot of fun sneak peeks. Plus, it was YOU who voted on the Fac…
