Continent boxes

How to Make Montessori Continent Boxes, a fun hands-on learning component to a Montessori Geography curriculum - includes list of materials & tips!

I love Montessori Continent Boxes. As Otto (3yrs) isn't attending a Montessori preschool this year I want to set up some Continent Boxes at home. Continent Boxes are nice materials to have at home as you can personalise the contents and make them relevant to your family. The Montessori Continent Boxes are as much about Culture as they are about Geography. We show the child the physical location of the continent through maps and the globe. We share the culture of the people through…

I was so excited to stumble across the Continent Box idea a whilst back. Sadly, I didn't think of them. Nor had I heard of it prior to just this past year-so my older kids totally missed out. But alas-I have one student who can benefit from it. I will be doing a whole geography series (of posts) as we move through the various continents, but for now-here is what we have in our box. For more (and awesome) ideas, just search Pinterest for Continent Boxes and Geography Boxes. A ton of pins will…

Here we are, having moved across the ocean to study S. America. But wait-you may be wondering what happened to Europe? Well, here's the thing. We will be studying the Medieval/Renaissance time period for history next year (2016-17)-so I decided to waylay the European study until then. So we jumped across the great Atlantic to land on the S. A. shoreline. I didn't have a lot of time to gather more goodies since I was not going to cover this until next year-but that is how things go. So a…

Continent Folders? You're thinking, "You mean Continent Boxes, right?" Nope. I mean Continent Folders. They actually also go by "Montessori cultural folders" as well. Either name is accurate and neither name fully describes them! These were originally going to be our Montessori Continent Boxes. Now they are toy boxes. I like the idea of the continent boxes (cultural boxes) - and I had even bought a set of stackable drawers to use for just such purpose, before I went to AMI Primary Montessori…

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Ideas and resources for preparing Montessori continent boxes after children work with the Montessori continent map

Easy Ways to Teach Montessori Culture with Free Printables, Continent Boxes, Multicultural Books and Activities including Zoology, Science, Botany, Geography, History, Art and Music

How to Teach Geography with Continent Boxes, DIY Montessori Continent Boxes, A multi-sensory approach to learning with kids, Multi-Culture ideas with kids

Roundup with a long list of ideas for Montessori continent boxes for classroom or homeschool ... perfect for hands-on geography activities for preschoolers.

Australian continent box at How we Montessori

One of my most favorite parts of the Montessori Primary classroom is the geography area. In particular, I love the continent boxes. Continent boxes (or drawers, or bags, or folders, depending on your set-up) contain items and pictures from each of the 7 continents on our earth. Each continent has it's own box (or drawer, or bag or folder....you get the idea, right?). My classroom is the newest one in our school and so I am slowly adding materials to it. This coming year I am planning to…

Social studies for kids is such a fun topic to teach! Kids are naturally curious about the world around them, whether it be their neighborhood community or a continent on the other side of the world! Why not build on their curiosity by inviting them to participate in some fun geography activities! Are you following...

Asia is quite a big continent to cover. Many countries are represented, so you could conceivably have a huge variety of goodies for your box. I looked on Ebay and various other sites that sell more oriental type trinkets and such. I could have bought a lot more but needed to watch the budget. Also, with his age and no other munchkins following his footsteps, it made little sense to go on a spending spree for items. My sister/brother-in-law spent ten + years in China so we have some nice…

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The foundation of Montessori Geography is based on the use of hands-on materials that enable children to explore and discover the world around them. Children are introduced to various geographical concepts like land and water forms, continents, countries, climate, and culture by using maps, globes, puzzles, and other hands-on learning materials.

Six experienced teachers share how they teach their kids about the world with easy and effective Montessori Geography lessons and activities.

My activity today is an extension of the Montessori continent box.

School interruptions...Nobody likes them. For this reason, I decided to delay the beginning of our school year instead of starting and stopping, starting and stopping and so on. I know a lot of you have been patiently waiting for me to resume my regular-content posts (thank you for your patience by the way!:) ) but I felt we wouldn't be off to a great start if we had one school day only to stop and resume later in the month. As such, school will really only be starting after our visitors…