As promised here is my post for our continent box of Antarctica! I have made all the cards by using google images. It was very time consuming, but a little more budget friendly! In an ideal world they would be 3- part cards that have words on all of them, but right now they are just pictures since I couldn't afford to print 2 set of everything (I spent $120 as it was). I think that the boxes look pretty good, but I do view them all as an on going project. I figure that we can add to them as we go! So here is Antarctica! 
This box includes:
~Pictures of people in Antarctica
(researchers since there are no native people)
~Pictures of Birds of Antarctica
~Pictures of Places in Antarctica
(not my best area, I need to work on this)
~Pictures of Animals in Antarctica
~Seal, Penguin, Whale, and Orca figures
~Bag of "snow"
~Snowflake
Antarctica is a tough continent because there is so little that lives there. I did find out that there is a flag for the continent though, so I have to find a way to include that! I also found a set of 3 part penguin cards that Bunny loved (penguins are her favorite part about this continent). They were free here. There are some other freebies on this site too! :)
I also had her write a report on Antarctica ( I think that I might put it in our box too). Her drawings of the Emperor Penguins are SO sweet! I love the little baby on the Daddy's feet (you have to look really close and you can see it orange beak).
Anyway, that wraps up Antarctica here! Because of Bunny's birthday we did a lot less this week, but its good!
You did great job :-)
ReplyDeleteI loved the idea of "continents in a box" I think I will do it too.
ReplyDeleteYour newest follower. I have been looking for an effective way to store our continent materials and think the boxes are a great idea :)
ReplyDeletewow your amazing! Just looking through your stuff and I will definitely be using it. Totally new to montessori and kind of lost at the moment, great help thanks!
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ReplyDeleteSo neat! What size are the boxes & envelopes, and where did you get them? I would love to use your idea for my kiddos :)
ReplyDeleteHI Nikki! My boxes were bought from Peir 1 around christmas time. They were gift boxes about 8x8x8 square. I think they were like 50 cents a piece! The envelopes were just piece of cardstock that I glued on the sides and lamiated. I just made them big enough to fit the cards I made. I hope that helps! Let me know how your boxes turn out! I love to see what others come up with! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic...I am in the middle of making mine and just love coming across great ideas...Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteLook up the Laughing Star Antartica black line book. I've ordered it and my friend is posting it over. She said it is fantastic!! For handwriting their series is good and so cheap. She has many pdf downloads now.
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Hi Tracey, Glad to have you stop by! I will have to check out the stuff at Laughing Star! I love hearing reveiws from people who have used their stuff! Happy Schooling!
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Hi Sra. Carro! I will link it up for you! I love new linkys! Thanks for stopping by!
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ReplyDeleteI am a public school kindergarten teacher....We are currently teaching the continents as part of the Common Core Curriculum. Thanks so much for the ideas! I think it is definitely something we could incorporate immediately!
ReplyDeleteMiss Taylor I'm so glad that my ideas will work out for your classroom! I love the blog world with all of its idea sharing! Stop back and let me know how it all works out! Happy Schooling!
DeleteWow, these are wonderful! I am in the process of starting my continent boxes. I figure it will take a while! :-)
ReplyDeleteYears ago when my youngest son was in Day Care...They had something similar to this...Great Educational Device...In the Photo of the Box's, what is the Name of the Book on the Floor...?
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I love this idea! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is great but I think we should also teach our kids to be geographically correct. And how about we begin by the fact that America is ONE whole continent, it is not separated in two.
ReplyDeleteI love what you are doing to teach your kids about geography! My oldest was a montessori student until we moved and boy did I miss the geography education that he received! I ended up developing a business teaching geography to kids aged 3-8 because of the lack of resources at the time. I would love your opinion. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help! Please contact me if you have a chance -
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