As part of all my unit studies, I like to do an interactive map for geography. It's fun to visualize how the country looks as an outline and pin major cities as well. Both my girl's are quite young, so too many details are lost on them. My oldest likes to cut out the map … Continue reading France Unit Study: Montessori Inspired Foam Map [Geography]
In all my country units, I like to include a visual of the country and mark important major cities. First I cut out my map from a simplified pattern. You can download the map and city tags HERE. We attached our city/town names with map pins. I had a lot of fun with the map … Continue reading Iceland Unit: Interactive Foam Map [Geography]
Jamaica is a Caribbean island nation, with lush topography of mountains, rainforests and reef-lined beaches. Many of its all-inclusive resorts are clustered in Montego Bay, with its British-colonial architecture, and Negril, known for its diving and snorkeling sites. Jamaica is famed as the birthplace of reggae music, and its capital Kingston is home to the … Continue reading Jamaica Unit Study: Interactive Foam Map [Geography]
I love to include a foam map of all our country units - it's a great visual to see the land mass shape these countries include as well as see where the different towns/cities are in relationship to each other. For our England unit, it was only right we use a sparkly foam because England … Continue reading England Unit Study: Montessori-Inspired Foam Map
Our study of Ireland wouldn't be complete without our signature foam map! We used our pattern (the detail of the country simplified to make it easier to cut out) to trace onto paper and then cut it out. You can download your copy of the map HERE. We used map pins to attach the different … Continue reading Ireland Unit Study: Geography
Our study of Japan would not be complete without a study of the geography of the country. I love using foam paper to make cut-outs of the different countries. My three year old loves comparing the different shapes of the countries during our units and I find the visual helpful as we learn. You can … Continue reading Japan Unit Study: Japanese Geography
We had such a great time studying some of the indigenous animals of Japan. It was pretty hard to find the appropriate corresponding animal miniatures, but I did my best. I also created corresponding Montessori inspired 3-part printables for these animals as part of our Japan Unit Study. FREE Download Here! Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) … Continue reading JAPAN Unit Study: Fauna – Montessori 3-Part Matching Cards
My oldest daughter loves to play with money. She likes to line them up by size, shape, color and "value" - playing with currencies from other countries has been a favorite activity. The Australian pound was introduced in 1910, and was replaced by the Australian dollar in 1966. Coin value included denominations of 1, 2, … Continue reading Australian Unit: Australian Currency
I have recently become inspired by play dough mats where children can use play dough to outline/fill in areas over a plastic cover. I thought it would be fun to learn the provinces of Australia in a similar way. First download the province map and the corresponding province tags HERE. We used various colors of … Continue reading Playdough Map: Australian Provinces
Australia has some really cool and crazy animals. I was psyched to find Safari Ltd made a TOOB® called The Land Down Under which had great little figurines of some of these amazing species - I decided to make corresponding Montessori inspired 3-part printables for these animals as part of our Australia Unit Study. FREE Download Here! Tasmanian … Continue reading AUSTRALIA Unit Study: Fauna – Montessori 3-Part Matching Cards
