![]() Whose Tracks Are These? Book with Woodland Animal Track Stones and Animal 3-Part Cards If you don’t have room for all the activities you’d like to do, simply rotate them. ![]() If you’re a homeschooler, just choose the activities that work for your child’s interests and ability levels. Many of the activities can be adapted for a variety of levels. My shelves at the beginning of our unit have a mixture of skill levels mainly from preschooler through early elementary. Or you could have a special woodland animal themed area something like the one pictured. You could mix your woodland animal themed activities among your shelves according to curriculum area. On the right side of the shelf ( book on a wooden cookbook holder), I have DK Smithsonian Picturepedia (beautiful photos and a fabulous reference book I use for many, many units! ). I have many more woodland animal books in book baskets. On the top shelf, Whose Tracks Are These? A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals for some animal track inspiration and Animals in the Forest (Where Animals Live) for basic information about forest animals. I always have related books available throughout a unit. You’ll find Montessori-inspired woodland animal numbers, letters, and and more (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber) Montessori Shelves with Woodland Animal Themed Activities Sign up for the Living Montessori Now Newsletter & Get Monthly Subscriber Freebies!.More Than Ten Years’ Worth of Free Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities.Montessori Homeschool Classroom and Materials.Put most of them on the bark that match, but put a few on the bark that don’t match, so that they are easy for your students to find. Put a glue dot on the back of each moth and place it on a tree or stump - hide all nine moths. You are going to hide paper moths for your students to find, and then your students will hide moths for you to find. Arrange the pieces on your wall to make trees and stumps, using glue dots or push pins to hold the paper in place.Then cut out the moths, following the instructions on the "Moths for Teachers" printouts. Cut out the pieces of each tree and stump by cutting on the dashed lines of the printouts.To make your trees and/or stumps, follow these steps: The activity works best if you have three different bark patterns, but if you don’t have enough space (or time) to make three trees, you can make one tree and two stumps. You can build your trees on an empty wall, a bulletin board, or on a door. Prepare Your Classroom Forest Before ClassĮach tree takes a wall space measuring about 32" wide by 55" tall (about the size of a door). You may want to organize or separate supplies for easier classroom distribution. For the other half of the cups, fill each about one-third full with dried beans “rocks.”Īt the start of the activity, each student needs a worksheet, “pointy beak,” “duck beak,” and “stomach cup.” Each group also needs a cup of “bird food.”Įach group will need a cup of “rocks” later in the activity.For half of the cups, fill each about one-third full with dried macaroni “bird food.”.One filled with model “bird food” and the other filled with model “rocks.” If you have hard floors, spread out a bath towel and tape down the corners.įor each group, you’ll need to prepare two cups.If you have a low-pile carpet, mark a 3’ x 3’ square with masking tape.Mark off a test area for each group of four students. Squeeze the sides together to make a beak.Make a matching cut on the other side of the cup.For half the Dixie cups, use scissors to make a cut from the lip to the base of the cup.You will use half of your Dixie cups to make “duck beaks.” Leave the other half of your Dixie cups whole as they will serve as “stomach cups” for students.Store your “beaks” in a cup so they stay folded.(If they aren’t, trim them with scissors.) ![]()
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