Hands-on and Fun Montessori Geography: Start With Essential Land, Air, and Water Activities
Children can learn about the continents with this free printable set that makes learning fun and interactive. After our Solar System Activities I figured we needed...
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Roundup with a long list of ideas for Montessori continent boxes for classroom or homeschool ... perfect for hands-on geography activities for preschoolers.
Kids are going to love exploring geography with these fun, DIY Continent...
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During a recent African unit, my kids and I made Kente "cloths." Here's how we did it.
Use these 7 continents worksheet pagges to teach elementary age about CONTINENTS for kids. Grab continents book printable!
Fun geography printables plus recommendations for hands-on Geography materials, including felt & wood maps, globes, and Montessori puzzles!
Ideas and resources for preparing Montessori continent boxes after children work with the Montessori continent map
We began learning about the continent Antarctica this week. Here are some of the new materials we’ve had out on the shelves. I will be posting more in the coming weeks so keep an eye out! Pictures from Antarctica Our Geography Continent folder has some great images depicting a variety of scenes from Antarctica. You […]
Beautiful printables and 80 activities. Perfect for homeschoolers, especially Montessori at home families.
6 Montessori mapping activities for young children you can use to help them learn about geography.
My daughter has one of the best kindergarten teachers imaginable. She is caring, patient, and so imaginative. Her activities seem to seamlessly flow together, integrating all content areas. In short, she is amazing! One of the activities, that I really loved, was her newest addition to the blocks center. My daughter came home and told me that their "Blocks Center is really rocking the house!" That is high praise coming from my baby. A few days later, I got to go in and see this "rocking" center for myself. It really is amazing. It's so amazing that I decided to put my own spin on it and share it with you! The center has pieces of felt (or foam) for different symbols on a map. All the pieces are hand cut and are just a quick shape in different colors. The center that I made includes: rivers, lakes, roads, houses, bushes, and trees. You can get a free copy of the map key here. Print out the key and cut out felt, then you have all you need to make "Interactive Maps"! Cut out some pictures from a magazine and label them for specific places in the community. Simple and fun! The part I love the most about this activity is that it can include math, writing, science, social studies, and so much more! I wanted to include specific places in my version, so I went through my clip art and whipped up a few. I love how every map will be different and each child's personality can shine through. When I started making our version at home, there were only straight roads. This created a lot of protesting from my kids. Thus, a variety of roads were created. They were right, it does make the maps more interesting and realistic. As we played with the concept, I added task cards. This will allow kids to create maps with a model. It is really great for kids that have a difficult time starting an activity without direction. Sometimes, open ended play seems to overwhelm these children. Adding task cards with directions, allows these children to work from a task. AND task cards give kids practice reading numerals and using one-to-one correspondence. I also made blank task cards, so that partners could create tasks for each other. It's more fun to do a friend's activity, than one provided by the teacher. Why not capitalize on their enthusiasm for "being the teacher"? Adding onto the idea of "being the teacher", I love adding in partner games. Each child can have a turn I love adding a recording sheet to the activity, because it holds each child accountable for their learning and provides a physical record that is sent home to their parents. One thing I so appreciate about my daughter's teacher is that every center has some written or physical component that comes home. I am able to infer from the directions, or completed project, what my daughter is doing that day. I am able to ask her more specific questions about her day, after looking over the work that comes home. It allows me to get more meaningful information about my daughter's learning that day. I love having different recording sheets for the same activity. It can change the whole focus of the activity and it makes it very easy to differentiate. I hope you found some easy ideas to use with your kids. I love that you can just add felt and open up a whole new world... Get your kids excited about maps and the parts of their community with these hands on activities. Make your own, or find mine here. Head over to my blog, Differentiation Station Creations, to find some more activities to add your Blocks Center! Until next time,
Learn about the world from the comfort of your home with a printable passport for kids. Let your child explore different cultures and countries with this fun activity.
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Celebrate the varied culture, monuments, flora and fauna of Australia with these simple Australia Day Crafts for Kids! Includes koalas, kangaroos and more!
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It's time for some fun geography hands-on learning! I love mapping activities and have put together a fun printable set to build a city map. This fun printable set is 15 pages long and includes 5 different
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Watch the Video Tutorial @newswithnaylors Quick Links: England PDF (free passport, passport stamps, lesson plan) Yellow Card Stock (crown...
Here's a free Montessori curriculum list of the top 10 Montessori works that are perfect to introduce and work through for ages 3-6.
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5 fun and engaging introductory map activities for four to eight year olds, great for kindergarten through to second grade geography lessons.
Mapping work is a fun way to develop spatial reasoning skills, learn how to read a map, and practice giving directions! I created this work for my daughters (ages 4.5 and 6) and used it in three di…
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Montessori-inspired Africa themed learning activities and free printables for kids.
