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Home » Montessori » Curriculum » Geography » Montessori Geography Continent Map Activity

Montessori Geography Continent Map Activity

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I’ve written about working with and introducing a Montessori World Map recently. This post introduces two extensions to preschool geography activities to learn the continents. We use the Montessori World Map to 1) Create our Own Map by Tracing & 2) Create our Own Map by Pin Poking.

learning continents

Preschool Geography Activities to Learn the Continents

Materials Needed for the Preschool Geography Activity:

  1. Control World Map
  2. Circle for World Map
  3. Large Tracing Pad
  4. Colored Pencils
  5. Push pins (Optional)

montessori continents tracing

Approach to the Geography Extension:

  1. My 3.5 year old selected the colored pencils to match the continent colors (orange=North America, pink=South America, brown=Australia, red=Europe, yellow=Asia, green=Africa, white=Antarctica).
  2. We placed the tracing paper over Montessori Outlet’s World Control Map
  3. Then we colored in the outlines of the continents.

continent map

The result was beautiful.

Continent Map Variations:

  1. Use Montessori Outlet’s large plastic circle that match the hemispheres on the World Map. Have your child trace both sides of the hemisphere, then using the inserts trace around each continent.
  2. Do the same as the above variation but don’t use colored pencils to trace the continents. Instead, use pushpins to trace around each continent using the appropriate matching continent color construction paper. The child pin pokes to trace around the continents. Then the child can place each continent he has created with his pushpins and construction paper onto the World Map he traced in the first step. Use glue to place the continents.

For more, click through to these Montessori Geography posts. Otherwise, check out the below list:

  • Teaching Geography to Preschoolers {Land Forms}
  • Teaching Geography to Preschoolers {An Introduction}
  • Preschool Geography {Clouds}
  • Preschool Geography {Air}
  • Preschool Geography {Land, Air, Water}

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Marnie

Tagged With: Kindergarten, Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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