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Preschool social studies resources for Montessori $5-10
7 Continents Montessori 3 Part Cards
Montessori inspired seven continents in 3 part cards and definition cards which can be assembled into a booklet. Includes coloring and activity sheets for work extensions.BONUS MATERIALS:6 Continent Posters6 Word Map PostersEDIT 2021: The posters are BONUS MATERIALS (freebie). It only contains 6 continents (no Antarctica) because I can't seem to find an appropriate illustration for the mat/poster.RELATED PRODUCTS: ✔️Animals Around the World Bundle Pack (check the individual packs too) ✔️L
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PreK - 2nd
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Montessori Inspired Animal World Habitats Learning Pack
I created this file for our geography and animal studies at home. We use this to study the different biomes (habitats) of the world and the animals that thrive on it. This printable is suitable for SORTING ACTIVITIES as well. The pictures I provided are big and clear enough for classroom discussion or for private use.
This file contains the following:
- 6 pictures of habitats (desert, temperate deciduous forest,
grassland, tundra, taiga, rainforest)
- 60 picture cards of animals (10 animals
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PreK - 6th
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Montessori Geography: Continent Cards Photo Cards, Social Studies
CONTINENT PICTURE CARDS include images of people, places, things, animals, plants and other images that are representative of the seven continents of the world. They're for perfect for Montessori continent folders or boxes, adding to your geography or cultural studies or simply to spark interesting conversation with your students. INCLUDES 12+ pictures for EACH continent and continent labels in several sizes. These picture cards are color coded and marked for easy sorting and are all labeled w
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PreK - 2nd
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Montessori World Map Pin Punching
This file includes pin punching templates for 7 continents and labels. Little black dots are helpful to offer young children the shapes for them to pin punch as they may not be ready to trace their own map.Feedback is welcomed!
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PreK - 2nd
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History of Airplanes - Timeline and Ordering Activities
Montessori-inspired resources for learning about the history and evolution of airplanes (aviation). Activities are designed for preschool, kindergarten, and lower elementary kids. This material focuses on visuals (matching activities), reading practice, introducing the concept of change, ordering activities, and integrating fine motor skills into the resources. WHAT'S INCLUDED?History of Airplane Posters (Full Page Size) to be used as banners and displays in classrooms and homeschool roomsHist
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Growing BUNDLE History Timeline and Ordering Packets
Montessori Animals and Continents
This Montessori continents bundle includes 10 animals for each continent. The featured animals are real isolated images in full color. I have even added several extra animals for each continent at the end of the bundle. I will also continue to update this collection of animals and add more as the images are available from the original clipart artist. Each continent is color coded per Montessori standards and the cards are also color coded to match the continent color. This is a gorgeous bundle o
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PreK - 1st
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Dinosaur Bundle for Hands-on Activities
Use our Dinosaur printables to create fun, hands-on learning activities about dinosaurs! These are great for science centers or Montessori classrooms.
Have your choice of pin poking activities for developing fine motor skills, 3 part cards for learning names, fossil matching, and even explore different shapes with our fun shape bundle!
These materials come with realistic images of dinosaurs that will fascinate children, as well as our interesting fossil matching material that will show child
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PreK - 2nd
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Montessori Landmarks of North America 3 Part Cards
This learning material features 23 high-quality REAL images of known landmarks in North America in 3-part cards format. This file is in a .zip form and contains 2 PDF files: (1) Landmarks of North America with BORDER (2) Landmarks of North America without border. Each file includes:- 23 control cards (picture and label)- 23 picture cards- 23 labels- title cards- 23 fact cards- added pin flagsDOES NOT INCLUDE A NORTH AMERICA MAPTHIS FILE IS PART OF A BIGGER BUNDLE, which includes all LANDMARKS i
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Landmarks Around the World Bundle Pack
South America Theme Preschool and PreK Centers
South America Preschool PackThis set is suitable as a supplement to your South America theme or unit for preschoolers. It's also great for special ed and second language learners.Please download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack and if it is the right difficulty level for your students.***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary and 3 secondary colors are
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Continents Preschool Packs Bundle
Native American Houses Information and Picture Cards, 3 Part Cards
This resource presents eleven types of houses built by Native American people across various geographical locations of North America. This is a colorful printable that combines realistic and historically accurate clipart with photographs. These picture information cards can be used with different age groups. The set also includes Montessori 3 parts cards, a student booklet to be colored and labeled, and a b&w map for students to color and find location areas where the different types of Nati
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: North America Continent Bundle - Montessori
Parts of Volcano Stages of Volcanic Eruption Types of Volcanoes Montessori
Enhance your geography curriculum with these engaging volcano printables! This comprehensive set includes detailed information on the stages of volcanic eruption, parts of the volcano, volcanoes of the continents, and different types of volcanoes. Perfect for integrating into lessons about dinosaurs, the Montessori First Great Lesson, or Earth units, these printables are designed for preschool, kindergarten, and grade 1 students. With colorful visuals and easy-to-understand content, these resour
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PreK - 1st
European Countries Montessori 3-part Cards Bundle
These cards will help your child to explore and know more about European Countries! They can be used during Europe study. The set includes cards about France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and UK. These 3-part cards include maps, capitals, landmarks, food and other! The color coding corresponds to Montessori Europe map.The bundle includes Montessori three part cards of 5 European countries - the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France and Spain.The pack consists of:- 50 name and picture cards- 50 pict
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PreK - 2nd
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Musically Montessori: North American Pow Wow Music & Dance for Children
Montessori Style Lesson Plan Activities from Magical Movement Company featuring Native American Pow Wow Music & Dance for children. The Lesson plan includes resource links, a Cherokee language video, and photos of my great grandmother who was Cherokee and other photos of Native American music & Dance.The Printables include:~ Visuals with vocabulary~ "Clapping Rhythms" Cards~ Templates for Montessori style 3 part cards & booklet making for the pow wow drum~ Native American Cleaning U
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PreK - 1st
Montessori Inspired Landmarks of Africa 3 Part Cards and Fact Cards
This educational resource includes 20 real and high-quality images of famous landmarks in Africa, presented in a 3-part card format. The file is in a .zip format and includes two PDF files: (1) Landmarks of Africa with a green border, and (2) Landmarks of Africa without borders. Each file includes:- 20 control cards (picture and label)- 20 picture cards- 20 labels- title cards- 20 fact cards- added pin flagsTHIS FILE IS PART OF A BIGGER BUNDLE, which includes all LANDMARKS in continents of Asia
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Landmarks Around the World Bundle Pack
World Landmarks and Around the World Montessori 3-part cards
This set of 17 3-part cards is based on 2 Safari toobs World Landmarks and Around the World. Each card has a name and location of the monument/landmark, city, country, continent. This file contains 3-part cards and separately I made 17 control cards, so if you decide to use this material with younger children you could print control cards only without wasting your ink/toner on 3-part cards.When preparing this material, we chose to use traditional Montessori continent colors. Please click on the
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PreK - 2nd
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History of Cars - Timeline and Ordering Activities
Montessori inspired resources for learning about the history and evolution of cars. There are activities designed for kids in preschool, kindergarten and lower elementary. This material focuses on visuals (matching activities), reading practice, introducing the concept of change, ordering activities and integrating fine motor skills in the resources. No definition cards included on this set.WHAT'S INCLUDED?History of Cars Posters (Full Page Size) to be used as banners and displays in classroom
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Growing BUNDLE History Timeline and Ordering Packets
Europe Theme Preschool and PreK Centers
Europe Preschool PackThis set is suitable as a supplement to your Europe theme or unit for preschoolers. It's also great for special ed and second language learners.50% sale for 48 hours onlyPlease download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack and if it is the right difficulty level for your students.***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary and 3 secondary c
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Continents Preschool Packs Bundle
North America Theme Preschool and PreK Centers
North America Preschool PackThis set is suitable as a supplement to your North America theme or unit for preschoolers. It's also great for special ed and second language learners.50% sale for 48 hours onlyPlease download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack and if it is the right difficulty level for your students.***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary a
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Continents Preschool Packs Bundle
Montessori Volcano Bundle or Science Centers
Use these Volcano Printables to create hands-on learning activities for your students. You can use these cards to teach children about the different types of volcanoes that exist in the world. These cards can be used in a Montessori primary classroom!Children can use the 3-part cards to learn vocabulary surrounding different types of volcanoes. You can present the cards included as a vocabulary building/reading work.These cards show both the internal make-up of volcanoes and their external appea
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PreK - K
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Africa Theme Preschool and PreK Centers
Africa Preschool PackThis set is suitable as a supplement to your Africa theme or unit for preschoolers. It's also great for special ed and second language learners.50% sale for 48 hours onlyPlease download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack and if it is the right difficulty level for your students.***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary and 3 secondary c
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Continents Preschool Packs Bundle
Multiculture Traditional Costume Cards
This file contains traditional costumes of 32 countries used in cultural studies. Africa (green border): costumes from 4 countries Asia (yellow border): costumes from 7 countriesAustralia (brown border): costumes from 2 countriesEurope (red border): costumes from 7 countriesNorth America (orange border): costumes from 8 countriesSouth America (pink border): costumes from 4 countriesJUNE 2020Added black white version for each cards for extension and coloring activities
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PreK - 2nd
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Australia and Oceania Theme Preschool and PreK Centers
Australia and Oceania Preschool PackThis set is suitable as a supplement to your Australia and Oceania theme or unit for preschoolers. It's also great for special ed and second language learners.Please download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack and if it is the right difficulty level for your students.***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary and 3 seconda
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Continents Preschool Packs Bundle
Montessori Inspired Landmarks of Australia/Oceania 3 Part Cards and Fact Cards
This learning material features 19 high quality REAL images of known landmarks in Oceani and Australia in 3 part card format. This file is in a .zip form and contains 2 sets of PDF files: (1) Landmarks of Oceania with brown BORDER (2) Landmarks of Oceania without border. Each file includes:- 19 control cards (picture and label)- 19 picture cards- 19 labels- title cards- 19 fact cards⭐THIS FILE IS PART OF A BIGGER BUNDLE, which includes all LANDMARKS in continents of Asia, Africa, North America,
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Landmarks Around the World Bundle Pack
Continents and Oceans Printable Pack Bundle
It can be so difficult to find the perfect continent and ocean printables for the home or classroom! I have been searching for years to find them. Finally I decided it was time to just create them myself. The Montessori-inspired Continents and Oceans Printable Pack Bundle is all that you could ask for and more! Activities and printables not only emphasize each individual continent and ocean, but add a fabulous language component to learning.Continent and Ocean booklets follow the Montessori
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PreK - 2nd
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