The Continent of Africa

 

We’re learning about the continent of Africa this month!

 

Here we have our materials for the study of Africa displayed on our Geography shelf.

I’m lucky to have a sister who travels a lot and brings back treasures for the classroom!

So many fun things to touch and examine here!  These items are displayed around the classroom.

These smaller items are placed in our Continent Box.

I photographed each object and made a lift-the-flap card to go with each.  With the flap closed, you can read the name of the object and use it as a label.  Lift up the flap and you see the picture, which you can use for picture matching.  I’ve also added some more information under the flap for the advanced readers in the class.  A little map is printed inside with the country of origin highlighted. This takes some time, but makes a wonderful addition to a continent box.

This little girl was so inspired by these materials that she grabbed a piece of paper and made a “shopping list” for her mom!

 

Textiles

African textiles matching cards

 

Animals from Africa {Free Printable Download}

We have some lovely African animal models and we made some 3-part cards to go with them.  All of our free printables are available in the Resource Library.

The Flags of Africa

Here’s a pin map we made of Africa using a laminated map glued onto foam core board.  The flags are printed out and taped to toothpicks.

More About Africa

The cards below can be found at the Montessori Printshop

Landmarks of Africa

Food from Africa

Musical Instruments from Africa

Check out our Africa Pinterest board for more ideas!

 

 

Africa Printables for Preschool

These are some of the printables from our Africa Preschool pack.

Sorting pictures of trees from Africa (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

 

Color sorting animals from Africa (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

 

Africa question game (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

Africa shadow matching cards (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

 

Following oral directions with Africa themed cards (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

 

Meerkat number cards (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

Africa themed size sorting cards (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

 

Africa themed cutting lines (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

Africa themed cutting strips (Source: Africa Preschool Pack)

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