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Simple African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity {Free Printables} – Montessori Monday

June 5, 2017 By Deb Chitwood 2 Comments

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If you’re looking for activities for an Africa continent box, you can easily put together a cut-and-paste activity using free cutting strips and a printable map of Africa. Miniature animal figures can be added for interest. I have links here to the resources you’ll need for a simple African animal and continent map cut-and-paste activity.

Simple African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity

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Free Printables for African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity

Free Zoo Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

  • Free Zoo Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Free Satellite Map of Africa from Wikimedia Commons
  • Free Political Map of Africa from Mapswire

Preparing a Simple African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity

African Animal Cutting Strips and Map Tray

African Animal Cutting Strips and Map Tray

Materials Used:

  • Multicraft Tray
  • Small Box or Container for Animals Cut Out from Cutting Strips
  • Zoo Animal Cutting Strips
  • Fiskar Scissors (or another high-quality children’s scissors)
  • Free Satellite Map of Africa from Wikimedia Commons and/or Free Political Map of Africa from Mapswire
  • Safari Ltd. Wild TOOB
  • Glue Stick (or another type of glue)

African Animal and Continent Map Cut-and-Paste Activity

Cutting the African Animal Strips

Cutting the African Animal Strips

Your child or students can cut out the animals the same day they glue them on the map, or they can save them in the cutting container for another day. My 3½-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, wanted to cut and paste hers on the same day.

Completed African Animal Cut Outs and Animals on Satellite Map of Africa

Completed African Animal Cut Outs and Animals on Satellite Map of Africa

After cutting the strips apart, Zoey chose one animal of each kind for the cut-and-paste activity. Then we talked about camels living in the desert and gorillas living in the forests of central Africa. Zoey glued the camels and gorillas in their places first. Then she glued the other animals wherever she wished on the satellite map of Africa. Last, she placed each Safari Ltd. African animal on the matching picture.

She enjoyed the activity and was proud of her work!

African Animal Cutting Strips on Political Map of Africa

African Animal Cutting Strips on Political Map of Africa

An older child can focus more on the political map locations. The credits page of the cutting strips tells the country in Africa where each photo was taken. Older children could use the political map to glue each animal on the correct country. They could cut the photos out more closely to the animal if preferred.

I love that this simple activity focuses on both geography and important fine-motor skills. It’s perfect for an Africa unit or a zoo animal unit for more than one level.

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Even before using cutting strips, I recommend using an easier object to cut, such as strings of beads. You’ll find lots of tips and ideas for teaching scissor skills in my post on developing scissor cutting skills with Montessori-inspired activities.

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You’ll find ideas for home and classroom setups in my post on Montessori-inspired paper cutting activities.

All Our Free Themed Cutting Strips

I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order. Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!

Free Alligator Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Black Family Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Brain Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Calming Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Eat-a-Rainbow Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Endangered Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Fruit and Vegetable Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Gingerbread Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Globe and Map Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Golf Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Gratitude Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Honeybee Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Inuit Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Kids Cleaning Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Kindness Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Ladybug Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Lamb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Magnet Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Moon Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Multicultural Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Nest Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Nocturnal Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Noisy Insect Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Ocean Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Winter Sports Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Oviparous Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Owl Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Palace and Castle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Cutting Strips)
FREE Paleontology Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Panda Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Peace Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Penguin Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Rabbit Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Raccoon Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Recycling Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Resilience Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Rocks and Minerals Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Seashell Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Seasons Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Seasons of an Apple Tree Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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Free Snail Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Snake Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Snowperson Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Snowy Day Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Solar System Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Spiderweb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Spring Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE St. Patrick's Day Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Summer Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Summer Sports Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Turtle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Animal Valentine Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Volcano Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Weather Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Weird Insect Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Winter Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Woodland Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Zoo Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

You can see all our free cutting strips with the latest at the top here.

I hope your child (or students) enjoys using the cutting strips. 🙂

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  1. Yuliya says

    June 6, 2017 at 3:33 am

    Oh, I love this so much! What fantastic activities!!

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  2. Rebekah Gienapp says

    June 11, 2017 at 6:56 am

    Another great way to use my Toob Animals! Thanks for sharing on Crafty Moms Share.

    Reply

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