Montessori Pick of the Day

Water Cycle Printouts

 

The surface of the earth is covered by 2/3  water. Water cycles through our  environment.  Find out more and print out these reading cards at montessorimom.com

Mount Saint Helens

One of the most interesting stories of ecosystem recovery is what happened after the eruption Mount Saint Helens.  Lessons from the Wasteland explains why this area recovered so quickly.

Directions for Volcano Model

How to Make a Paper Mache Volcano by eHow.

How to Make a Playdough Volcano.

Make A Volcano

Hands on science is a great way to show concepts, such as how a volcano works. Here are some links for making a volcano.

Make Your Own Volcano

Lava Lamp or Salt Volcano

Bedtime in Space

My children loved using a portable planetarium theater to study space at bedtime. They chose this instead of a bedtime story.
Studying stars and constellations at night is so relaxing. Sweet Dreams!

Bat House

Watching bats leaving their bat house at sunset is a wonderful opportunity to study their hunting habits. Bats exist almost everywhere in the world.

We have a bat house in our backyard and it's fascinating to  watch them leave at dusk.  Here is how to make a bat house.

Water & Land Globe

Montessori introduces concepts of geology with a globe. A simple globe that shows the shape of the earth, the continents and water are easy for even preschool children to understand.

You can purchase an inexpensive  plastic globe ball to introduce the concept of the earth.

This Montessori newsletter has free printouts of landform cards.

Human Body Games & Printouts

Learning about the human body is fun when you play games and use color printouts.

Here are some games you can play with your children:

Here are some free printouts about the human body:

Human Body Coloring Pages

Human Body

The Digestive System

This puzzle shows different layers of the human body. It's a great introduction about the body for younger children.

Periodic Table Games

Learning the periodic table can be fun when you use games and manipulatives. Children as young as 5 years old enjoy learning about the periodic table.

These are some games to help learn about the periodic table:

Here are some fun free links too.

This has some ideas for making Montessori reading cards with the periodic table.

Volcano Fun

Volcano activities work well with Montessori's Cosmic or Great Lessons creation story, God Who has No Hands.

Here are some more ideas about volcanoes.

Windy Day Fun

A kite is a great way to introduce geometric shapes, art and science.   

Here are some links for free kite plans from easy to challenging.