Favourite Books about the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Monday, January 15, 2018
Arctic Diorama
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Polar Activities for Preschoolers
Sunday, January 7, 2018
FREE Polar Region Animals Coloring Pages
Friday, January 15, 2016

Mavi is into coloring these days and I would like to share the coloring pages (with trace and draw) that I made for him so you too can enjoy it!
The Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic Unit) for Gradeschoolers
Saturday, January 9, 2016

January is usually the best time to have winter themed activities or do either Antarctica or Arctic activities. It is the time when kids can envision these frozen part of the planet due to the cold/extreme weather. To start with, I've setup an invitation to play tray in our shelf and displayed books to go along with it. These can be accessed by the boys whenever they want to and they are not age specific, big boys and little brothers can share and play with the tray!
Our Polar Expedition
Monday, January 13, 2014
For this month's themed activity, we'll be having the polar regions. We've done a couple of these before, but my son wanted to revisit it as they are talking about penguins in school and he has been asking me about the North Pole for some time now.
For our past activities, please visit any of the links below.
Aside from the existing materials that we have, I added a few for this year:
Map of Antarctica and the Arctic. By showing Mavi the difference between the two he will have a better understanding of these places. At least now, he'll know where the North Pole is located (and where Santa lives!).
Reindeer(Caribou) Nomenclature Card. We worked on penguins before, so I decided to do something different this year. You can get the nomenclature cards and booklet of the Reindeer here. The file also comes with a definition booklet.
For the miniature,we used the Caribou (Reindeer) in the Arctic Safari Toob.
I love that mini figure is very detailed. Here's Mavi identifying the tail!
Animals of the Arctic and Antarctica. My animal collections all comes from Safari Toob(Arctic, Penguins and North America).
For Antarctica, talked about the 6 species of penguins that live there (not all species can be seen in Antarctica). I made some cards and fact cards for each penguin. We differentiated one from the other according to their physical appearance and sizes.
For the Arctic, we also identified the different animals that lives in that region and I made some fact cards to learn more about them.
My Arctic and Antarctic Printable Pack also comes with fact cards for the Arctic and Antarctic animals. To know more about please read my post about it here.
For letter sounds and spelling, we worked on these printables (all in my file).
Here, Mavi is identifying the beginning sounds of the animals using transparent counters.
For the language lessons, we used these reading cards.
We used both the moveable alphabet and mini white board for spelling and writing practice.
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Teach Beside Me
Preschool Corner
Teaching Mama
I Can Teach My Child
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The Arctic and Antarctic Printable Pack
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
This month, my son and I will be doing a Polar Region theme. And because of adrenalin rush and with much inspiration, I was able to create these printable for us to use. My son loves it and I am so happy and proud of how it turned out! And yes, it is suited for preschoolers as well. When I created this, I made sure that the little brother can also use this in the future :)
So what's included in the file?
First, there are activities and printables for the the six penguins of Antarctica. Activities include:
- Beginning sounds
- Matching cards
- Reading and Spelling cards
Second, the activities for the animals of the Arctic Region. Activities include:
- Beginning sounds
- Matching cards
- Match the silhouettes
- Reading and Spelling cards
I also pre pared Math activities to go along with the Polar Regions theme. Expect:
- Counting cards
- Matching numbers with objects
- Patterning (templates and picture chips)
And lastly, there's the fact cards that most of us parents love!
So in case you'll be doing some Antarctica Unit for geography or doing an Arctic theme... you know where to look! The file is 30 about 30 pages with more than 10 activities for the price of 2.50USD. How cool is that?
Just click any of the pictures for the file's link.
Thank you!
Study of the Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic Unit)
Monday, October 8, 2012
- Polar Lands
- Polar Lands (100 Things You Should Know About...)
- The Polar Region's Most Amazing Animals