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The Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute

Daniel Jutras Ph.D. Master Teacher

CULTURAL SUBJECTS MONTESSORI ALBUM


The Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute

CULTURAL SUBJECTS
2006-2007

Table of contents Pages


INTRODUCTION

A. HISTORY

1.Timeline of a day in the life of a child

2.Measuring the time

- clock
- sundial
- sand
- water

3. Passage of the time

- events chart: present and past


- calendars
- child's birthday walk
- timeline of a day in the life of a child

4. Length of the time with golden beads

5. Different timelines

- week
- month
- season

6. Prehistoric time line (objects / pictures) Story of the Universe

7. Fossils

B. GEOGRAPHY

1. Pictures of families and children from different continents

2. Children of the world and their national costumes

3. National traditions, greetings and songs...

4. Different cultural baskets (objects/pictures)

- food - shelters - tools - cultural objects - music tapes


5. "Celebration of life"

6. The different globes

- sandpaper - coloured

7. The passage from the sphere to the hemispheres

8. Puzzle maps

- world - continent - country - animals

9. Atlas

10. Folders of pictures for each continent

11. Flags

12. National anthems

13. The three elements (objects/pictures)


-gas - water - land

14. Landforms (objects/pictures)

- island and lake - peninsula and gulf


- cape and bay - isthmus and straight
- archipelago and chain of lakes

15. Weather and clouds

- recording

16. Mineral kingdom

- sedimentary rocks - igneous rocks - metamorphic rocks

17. Solar system

18. Astronomy/constellations of stars

C. BOTANY

1. The nature table

2. Living, once living and non-living

3. The three puzzles


- tree - leaf - flower

4. Nomenclature cards
- simple - classified (parts of...)

5. Growing plants
6. Collecting leaves

7. Botany cabinet / cards

8. Pressing flowers

9. Experiments to show the importance


- of the sun - of the air - of the water

10. Paper making

11. Life cycle and development


- of a seed - a fruit

12. Stories about plants

13. Exploring the vegetal kingdom

D. ZOOLOGY

1. Pictures of animals with a backbone

2. The animal kingdom

-fish - bird - reptile - amphibian - mammal

3. Insects

4. Life cycle and development

-of a bird - a frog - a butterfly

5. Different songs of birds

6. The human body


- bones - organs

E. ART AND CRAFTS

1. Music
- instruments
- percussions
- winds
- strings
- life and work of famous musicians
- timeline of music through the ages

2.Painting

- tools
- progressive painting ability program
- work and life of famous painters and sculptors
- timeline of painting and sculpture through the ages
- visit to a museum

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