I LOVE visiting the zoo in May. When I had a Montessori preschool, we took a field trip to our local zoo each May before the end of the school year. But I love zoo visits at any time of the year. My family has had a great time visiting zoos during every season. My…
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A bird unit study can be a great zoology unit for schools and homeschools at any time of the year. Of course, I especially think of studying birds in the spring and before Easter, a natural time to study eggs. But whenever you choose to study birds, there are lots of amazing Montessori-inspired bird resources…
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It’s Montessori Monday and time for one of the early science activities in Montessori education – living and non-living! After learning about living and non-living, preschoolers study plants and animals and the classifications of plants and animals. There are many helpful resources online to introduce your preschooler or class to the concepts of living and…
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Summer is a great time to visit the zoo – and a great time for a Montessori-inspired zoo animal unit. Just follow your child’s interests in choosing the activities. You can have a systematic study of animals starting with living/non-living; then plant/animal; animals and their groups; vertebrate/invertebrate; types of vertebrate/types of invertebrate, etc. Or you…
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