What Belongs In The Boxes Of Montessori Continents?

Continent boxes are a popular Montessori educational tool that allows families to personalize and make them relevant to their children’s learning. These boxes are a great way to organize geography materials and make studying each continent fun and easy. To create these boxes, you need a printed map of the continent and flags for each continent that have been taped to pins or toothpicks.

Some ideas for putting items in the boxes include pictures of animals, maps, flags from specific countries, and pictures of food items. Other options include postcards, small figurines/landmarks, postage stamps, model animals, currency notes/coins, and more.

Continent boxes can be filled with books, a printable map, a bulletin board map and name cutout, safari token pieces, and reusable craft pieces. They can also contain items and pictures from each of the seven continents on Earth, such as cultural objects, animal and landmark figures, and cards depicting daily life, homes, clothing, crafts, musical instruments, and landmarks.

Additional objects to represent the continent can include plastic animals and plants, real money and stamps, souvenirs, and miniature dolls. Overall, Continent boxes are a great way to bond and create fun lessons with children while incorporating cultural and educational elements into their learning experiences.