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You are here: Home / Activities / Geography / Learning About Asia: Middle East

Learning About Asia: Middle East

March 23, 2014 By Seemi

Continuing on with our study of Asia…

Preschool Montessori Activities for Learning About the Middle East

 

 

Displaying Items for an Asia Unit with a Middle East Focus

Our display took on more of a Middle Eastern theme

Display for Middle East Unit

I found these treasures on one of my trips to Qatar.  The last frame has different colored sand from the deserts of Arabia.

Objects from the Middle East for a Mystery Bag or Continent Box

A few items to add to our mystery bag.  There’s a glass mosque, a coin purse, and a “miswak“.  A miswak is a special twig used as a toothbrush.

Folding a Guthra or Kufiyeh

Folding a ghutra (also called a keffiyeh).  This is part of the headdress worn by men in many parts of the Middle East.  The red and white patterned ghutra is most typical of Saudi Arabia.  I photographed it next to the 10 Number Rod so you can see just how big it is.  That’s a lot of folding!

Matching Cards Arab Faces

Matching cards of Saudi faces  (Here’s a good song to go with this: I Have a Face with Two Eyes (Li Wajhon) Track 15)  [Source: Google images]

Matching Cards Fish From the Red Sea

Matching cards of fish from the Red Sea 

Counting Palm Trees at the Oasis for Middle East and Desert Unit

Counting palm trees at the oasis

Count Your Way Through the Arab World Arabic Number Matching Cards

Learning Arabic numerals

Parts of a Camel for Middle East and Desert Unit

Parts of a camel

[Source: I made these almost 15 years ago and I’m afraid I no longer have a master for it.  I’ll try to remake them and post here when I get a chance]

Gluin Work with Camel and Palm Tree for Middle East and Desert Unit

Pinpunching and gluing (glue some sand as the back drop)

Geometric Solids in the Middle East

Geometric solids matching to hand drawn pictures from the Middle East.

[Source: yes, I drew these a long long time ago. When I get a chance I will redo them with photographs and share them with you]

Rectangular prism: box with Saudi emblem

Sphere: Prayer beads

Cone: Minaret

Cube: Ka’aba

Cylinder: a Coke can!

Middle East Music Playlist for Children

Some Arabic songs to enjoy during your study of the Middle East

1,2,3 Hayya Bina Learn numbers and the names of many Arab countries with this song (Track 7)

Ahlan  Learn an Arab greeting and some common Arab names and countries (Track 6)

I Have a Face with Two Eyes (Li Wajhon) Learn the names for parts of the face and body (Track 15)

Tabla Makes You Dance Instrumental belly dance music (great for a variety of movement games)

More About Asia

Learning About Asia: Introduction

Learning About Asia: South Asia

Learning About Japan

 


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