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Home » Montessori » Curriculum » Geography » Teach Your Kids Geography a Land Air Water Activity

Teach Your Kids Geography a Land Air Water Activity

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Preschoolers are ripe for learning about the earth. The Montessori Land Air Water lesson is a lot of fun for kids. They love the concept and there are loads of variations for parents and teachers to get creative!

land air water

“We live on the earth. It is made up of three things: land, water, and air.”

LAND AIR WATER

Land Air Water Geography Activity

This lesson is a great introductory one for preschoolers. I used these “props” to begin the lesson:

Globe


Cross-Section Earth Model

Book 2


Earth: The Blue Planet (Our Solar System)

Book


Air Is All Around You (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

Land Air Water Geography Lesson

  • Three containers
  • Water
  • Blue Liquid Water Color (to color the water)
  • Dirt
  • A piece of brown, blue and white construction paper
  • Cork or another kind of board to create your strips of water, land and air
  • Concrete objects to place in each area
  • A small basket for the small objects (most of our objects were from Safari Toobs)
objectsbasketlandairwater

Land Air Water Approach

  • I prepared the Land, Air, Water diagram ahead of time by gluing strips of blue, brown and white construction paper on a piece of cork board. I used Mod Podge to seal the paper and make it look a little shinier. Once that dried, I prepared the basket of objects and placed them next to the diagram and three jars that I filled with water (and a little blue liquid watercolor), land (dirt from our yard) and air.
  • Carry the tray to the child (or children).
  • Describe what is on the tray as they are: “This jar has dirt in it. This jar has water in it. This jar has air in it, we just cannot see it. This board has three areas: this blue area is water, this brown area is the land and this white are is the air.”
  • The first presentation I began placing the objects on the appropriate strip and named each object as I placed it down : “Airplane. Tractor. Duck.” The next times the work is used by your child, allow him the opportunity to name and/or place the objects.
land air water lesson

If you enjoyed this post, check out this Introductory Preschool Activity on Land Forms.

I hope that we inspired you today! Please leave a comment, I love hearing from you!

Marnie

Tagged With: Kindergarten

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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