Playdough Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)
Three weeks ago, my Activity of the Week was Montessori-inspired Earth Day Activities. Last week, I continued to focus on the earth with Continent Map Work. Even though the official Earth Day was April 22, that doesn’t mean Earth Day activities should stop. Ideally, of course, Earth Day is every day.
Layers of the Earth Activity
Layers of the Earth (Photo from Jojoebi Designs)
Even if your focus changes a bit, this is a great time of year to continue studying the earth as a follow-up to Earth Day. A great example of a follow-up activity would be the activity shown in the photos. The photos of the playdough earth and layers of the earth are from the Layers of the Earth post by Jojoebi at A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That…
The activity uses the free printable Layers of the Earth cards from Cultivating Dharma. This activity isn’t just for preschoolers and would be great for multi-level learning in a homeschool.
Other Montessori-Inspired Activities for Earth Day Every Day
Since my first Earth Day post was published, here are some new Montessori-inspired posts with activities that are great for celebrating Earth Day every day:
Planet Earth Posts from Leptir
Geography Posts from Mens Sana
All About Mother Earth! from Olives and Pickles
Everyday is Earth Day from To the Lesson!
And don’t miss out on Karen Tyler’s geography album with 177 pages of Montessori geography activities for ages 2½ – early elementary (which you’ll receive if you sign up for my mailing list in the right sidebar).
Earth-Related Activities in the Living Montessori Now Community
Check out the Earth Day and Earth Day Every Day discussion threads in our Living Montessori Now community for earth-related activities of all types.
Does your child have a favorite earth-related activity?
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I love the playdough Earth! You just gave me another new activity that I can do with my child…form planets and other heavenly bodies using her play dough! Thanks Deb! ;D
Thanks for your comment, Mia! I loved finding that activity from Jojoebi! Have fun with your precious daughter! 🙂
following from Blogfrog, on this and your other 2 blogs as well! Have a great week!
Thanks so much, Angela! I hope you have a great week, too! 🙂
I LOVE this idea! My kids are in a science playgroup, where we do a short science activity and then the kids play together. I think we’ll do this as the activity the next time it’s at our house!
Thanks, Maryanne! I think that would be a lot of fun for a group like that! And what an awesome idea to have a science playgroup! 🙂
So many great Earth inspired activities! Stopping in from HHH!
Thanks, Heidi! I’m so glad you stopped by! I hope you found some ideas you can use! 🙂
These look like so much fun – I love how colorful the photos are, too! Thanks for your ministry – we’re always looking for fun things to do. =)
Visiting you from HHH!
Thanks so much, Steph! I love doing online research and loved finding that activity! 🙂
Thanks for the link! My son is studying Earth Science next year and building a Play-doh Earth will be fun. I bookmarked the layer cards as well! Stopping by from HHH!
Jessy
Thanks for your comment, Jessy! It’s great that you’re already planning for next year! Have fun! 🙂
The play-doh Earth is so cool, I really love how it looks. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your comment, Sheri! Have a great rest of the week! 🙂
Hi Deb,
This is one of the best visual activities for when learning about the Earth with our kids. We just made ours today and are very happy with the results 🙂 What do you think ?
http://umamahlearningacademy.blogspot.ca/2012/09/our-earth.html