Our next topic was Geography. For this topic I had to prepare lots of materials, so today I wanted to share the details about one of them: felt continent map. The wonderful idea for this map came from montessorimakers group in Yahoo – thanks to Lisa and Sarah for an inspiration!!!Materials that I used: Hard felt in different colors Blue marker Map file: there are plenty on the web, but I used this one – Large World Map.

Winter time is great: skying, snow days, holidays – all of that is fun. On the other hand – the amount of times we’ve all been sick this wither wasn’t fun at all! Luckily, unlike me, the kids get over their infections very quickly and I am the only one dragging behind from one cold to another… So, while I am still working on other articles, I couldn’t resist sharing this wonderful resource that we found: little videos that help kids understand the rock cycle, types of rocks and how it all comes together.

After we finished Botany, we jumped right into the Zoology. I was surprised by how much we managed to cover, diving as deep as the vertebrates/invertebrates! However, we’ll cover them in more detail in the next unit. We are still using the same PPT presentation about all the things we’ve learned: Introduction to Biology, Botany and Zoology. Vertebrates/invertebrates deserve a separate presentation but in the meantime, let’s get going with the first social mingling in zoology.

What kids doesn’t like experiments? Chemistry was an instant hit in our house.Other Categories and how we use these materials.Categories – Materials and ToDo lists (MS document) Materials Useful for learning Chemisrty Unit 1 – Introduction to Chemisrty – States of the Matter, Elements Unit 2 – LiquidsMaterials Useful for Learning ChemistryBooks: (we are great fans of some series that will follow.