Dinosaur Unit 3 with Free Printables
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For your youngest dinosaur fans, I've created some super fun dinosaur lacing cards! Lacing cards are great for helping little ones work on their hand-eye
The Second Great Lesson is meant to show, in broad strokes, how life on Earth has changed throughout time.
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OMG! These things are crazy expensive. Is it worth it to pay $200+ for a timeline? For us, I decided that it was definitely not worth the m...
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Doodle continued working with his art history timeline. In our second week of covering Lesson 2, Doodle reviewed insect metamorphosis using the free ladybug life cycle cards from Montessori Print Shop. For some reason the adult insect didn't print properly. :( He continued using the five big major extinction events cards and added the five major ice ages that I made. Using both the free set and the $1.99 set from Montessori Print Shop, Doodle looked at dinosaurs. He also wrote a paragraph on three different dinosaurs that he chose from the cards. The goal was to include all the facts on the card and three things from online research that he thought were interesting or important. Here is one of the three: Archaeopteryx is a member of the family Archaeopterygidae. It was named by Hermann von Meyer in 1861. Its name means ancient feather or wing. A total of eleven Archaeopteryx specimens have been found plus a feather. Although it had feathers and could fly, it had similarities to dinosaurs, including its teeth, skull, lack of a horny bill, and some bone structures. Paleontologists view Archaeopteryx as a transition between dinosaurs and modern birds. This early bird lived in the late Jurassic period about one hundred fifty million years ago and was about one foot long and weighed eleven to eighteen ounces. Archaeopteryx is the oldest-known fossil animal that is generally accepted as a bird. We looked at our prehistoric marine life posters. Be careful! The fossils will chew on your head. We watched two free DVDs from HHMI- The Day the Mesozoic Died and The Origin of Species. He also read a little in A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, and I finished our Timeline of Life and will write a separate post about what went into making it.
Using realistic dinosaur models for hands-on activities is a perfect introduction to paleontology.
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OMG! These things are crazy expensive. Is it worth it to pay $200+ for a timeline? For us, I decided that it was definitely not worth the money for a rising sixth grader who will probably spend two weeks with Lesson 2 this summer. While we plan to visit the grand scheme of things again in the fall, it will be through Big History Project and not Montessori Great Lessons. The coming of life on earth will be the same, so a timeline would be nice. I would definitely pay $50 for a 2'x10' poster that covered the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic, but any more than that kind of makes me cough. I would even have paid $80 for a 2'x10' timeline poster that came with a blank 2'x10' poster and digital download cut outs to place on the blank one. I would have seriously considered $100 if it came with all of the previously mentioned items and some nice extras that go along with Lesson 2, even if the extras were just digital downloads. However, I cannot bring myself to pay over $200 for a timeline, blank, and pieces that will be used for two weeks. So, after I finished ranting about the cost, I went to the Parent-Teacher Store and purchased a 2'x12' roll of bulletin board paper for
Dinosaur Pattern Blocks enable children to develop spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. It also helps children to sort blocks based on size,...
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This is our Unit Studies shelf with activities to help children explore what animals do in winter. Here’s our setup for making animal tracks in playdoh. A little glitter in the white playdoh can make the work even more attractive. I used the animals from our North America box for this activity. […]
Learn with dinosaurs. Print out our printable dinosaur quiet book - a wonderful dinosaur activity book geared for kids in preschool and kindergarten.
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Voor kinderen van drie jaar veranderde er op korte tijd een heleboel. Zindelijk worden, leren praten, misschien wel naar de kleuterschool… voor veel peuters gebeurden dit allemaal het...
Use these spider scissor skills printable cutting cards to set up a Halloween-themed cutting centre. Great for fine motor skills! Spider scissor skills printable cutting sheets Using scissor takes practice and setting up a cutting centre helps children work on this important fine motor skill. You can use these spider cards to create […]
10 fun and education Dinosaur Crafts including handprint stegosaurus, frozen dinosaur eggs, making your own fossils, dinosaur plates and dinosaur feet!
This sorting animals venn diagram activity is a hands-on way to learn about animals habitats while developing math skills!
We’ve been learning about the continent Australia! One of our parents brought along some wonderful items from Australia to share with us. Boomerangs! Holding a Koala What’s on the Shelf? Here’s our unit studies shelf with materials about Australia Geography of Australia This is our Australia Geography folder full of images from Australia and the Pacific […]
These dinosaur playdough mats are such a fun addition to fine motor centers! They're great for kids in Preschool, PreK and Kindergarten. Why Is Playdough
OMG! These things are crazy expensive. Is it worth it to pay $200+ for a timeline? For us, I decided that it was definitely not worth the money for a rising sixth grader who will probably spend two weeks with Lesson 2 this summer. While we plan to visit the grand scheme of things again in the fall, it will be through Big History Project and not Montessori Great Lessons. The coming of life on earth will be the same, so a timeline would be nice. I would definitely pay $50 for a 2'x10' poster that covered the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic, but any more than that kind of makes me cough. I would even have paid $80 for a 2'x10' timeline poster that came with a blank 2'x10' poster and digital download cut outs to place on the blank one. I would have seriously considered $100 if it came with all of the previously mentioned items and some nice extras that go along with Lesson 2, even if the extras were just digital downloads. However, I cannot bring myself to pay over $200 for a timeline, blank, and pieces that will be used for two weeks. So, after I finished ranting about the cost, I went to the Parent-Teacher Store and purchased a 2'x12' roll of bulletin board paper for
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