“Let us give the children a vision of the universe.” Maria Montessori in To Educate the Human Potential. Cosmic nesting dolls available from Where Am I? Trillium readers can use code grateful01 at checkout to save 10% “Cosmic Education is intended to help each of us search for our cosmic task as a species […]
Astronomy
The Solar System
Today’s guest post is by Disha Patel of Lotus Montessori Extensions. She has some fun pictures of the variety of ways in which they explore planets in her class. Click the images below to see some of the activities we do here at Trillium when learning about Space in the following posts: by Disha Patel […]
Space Vocabulary: Free Printable
Teaching space vocabulary to your preschoolers? The “I Have, Who Has” game is a great way to make learning new words fun and interactive. This popular classroom game can be easily adapted to teach a variety of vocabulary, including space terms. Our free printable cards feature large photos and easy-to-read words, making it perfect for […]
Learning About Space 2
Here’s our unit studies shelf with many of the Astronomy materials described in our first Learning About Space post. The Universe nesting boxes My school is in the town of Cary, which is in the State of North Carolina, which is in the country of the United States, which is on the continent of North […]
Learning About Space
Here’s our unit studies shelf with many of our Astronomy materials. This is our Solar System basket. I paper mache’d the foam planets from a kit in order to make them more durable. The booklet has a great song entitled “The Family of the Sun”. I used a product called sculptamold on this styrofoam […]