There are amazing shared printables this week! Before I go there, let me share with you my FREE European Countries Fact Cards that we used in our European Study Unit and The Study of Northern Europe. Mavi loved these cards, he keeps on reading them and learning about the currency, highest mountain, longest river etc. of 16 European countries. Download your copy now!
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Mavi and I are looking into the different regions of Europe and we started with Northern Europe (of course, that’s our location!). So as not to be overwhelmed, we only focused on 4 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden (my bestfriend currently lives there and has been sending me lots of beautiful photos!).
So to learn about Northern Europe we have the following activities:
Naming of at least 4 Countries
We start off by identifying the countries in the Northern Europe. If you check my previous post, Mavi sorted out the countries in Europe according to regions. So in this study we are focusing on four countries: Denmark (for LEGO), Sweden (for IKEA), United Kingdom and Ireland.
I prepared this country FACT CARDS for Mavi to read. Things that you can learn from this fact cards:
Mapping
I created this Europe Map 3 Part cards. My intention here is for Mavi to easily identify the location of each country without using the puzzle. The file also contains a blank sheet for him to do his own mapping.
Flag and Plotting Important Geographical Sites
For retention, I made Mavi create the flags of Denmark and Ireland using LEGOs. He wanted it this way, rather than painting or drawing them on a cardstock.
I printed this map of Ireland from CIA site and laminated it. The purpose of this activity is to locate the highest mountain of Ireland, the capital city and trace the longest river. We did this with United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden as well. In order to reuse the map again, I laminated it and used dry erase pen to mark the map.
Famous Landmarks
For the landmarks, I printed this coloring sheet from Education.com. Mavi wants to color them but later on decided to create a replica using his LEGO.
This is his interpretation of the Stonehenge and Big Ben tower using LEGOs.
Important Facts About Northern Europe
Expanding our knowledge, we took out some of the fact cards from our Europe in a Nutshell, identify those that belongs to Northern Europe and study them. So here are the things Mavi learned:
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We are revisiting our Europe study, this time I’ve decided to take it by regions. But before we delve into that, we reviewed some of the things we’ve learned in the past years.
European Regions. Here’s a new study for this year, learning Europe through each regions. Here I was showing Mavi the divisions and the boundaries in the map. I bought this map years ago at Montessori Print Shop. So we’re doing a color code here based on our map in Europe in a Nutshell. Blue for northern Europe, red for western Europe, green for eastern Europe and orange for southern Europe.
Flags. The same goes to the flags. To be able to remember the countries easily, we just limit to 3-4 countries per region. You can get these mini-flags from my Flags of Europe printable.
We always worked the pin flags because Mavi enjoys this activity. The pin flags are included in my Flags of Europe file. My pin flags are really old and has been used so many times. I shall make a new set for Xavi when he needs it.
Animals of Europe. Mavi is sometimes confused of the animal list between North America and Europe so we always review this. The fact cards seen here are from my Animals of Europe printable (includes 3-part cards as well).
New activity this year is examining and matching European animals with their covers. This was a hit! My animal figures matches the printable. How cool is that? The animal covers are part of my Europe in a Nutshell and the animal figures are from Schleich.
Here’s a closer look.
Landmarks. Beautiful and historical landmarks in Europe are too many to mention, so in this study we’re only picking a few based on the regions. My aunt who visited us early this year brought me a few Safari Toobs and one of which is the landmark toob that includes the Stonehenge in UK and the Colosseo in Rome. You can get the World Landmarks and Around the World Toob from Amazon and the cards are from Europe Landmarks file.
Now to put into action, Mavi worked sorting maps and flags according to regions using our Europe Puzzle Map. More about it here.
For our past Europe studies and materials, click the links below:
Continent Study: Europe Part I (Kindergarten)
Continent Study: Europe Part II (Kindergarten)
Learning About the European Regions
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Mavi can’t get enough of these facts cards from my Nutshell series! He wants us to play this when in the car, or just by walking home. I would ask him a questions based on the facts and he’s going to tell me the continent or the country it’s connected to. We developed a scheme of giving him 3 clues (mostly letters from the answers) and I am PROBIHIBITED to give the answer. It’s amazing how both Mavi and I enjoyed it. So happy that we found a new way to use these cards!
These cards are from:
<div align="center"><a href="http://christianmontessorinetwork.com/category/learn-and-play" title="Christian Montessori Network"><img src="http://www.christianmontessorinetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/learn-and-play-link-up-150-150.png" alt="Christian Montessori Network" style="border:none;" /></a></div>My son’s favourite continent (according to him!) is finally up in my Sellfy store today! I am so excited and happy to announce that I’ve completed our learning material for Europe which is now cooking in the printer, to be laminated and will be used in a couple of weeks for our Europe study! Mavi just loves my Nutshell series and can’t wait to try it with Vito in the near future!
Here are the learning materials included in the file:
1. Maps. You will see the different countries comprising Europe and the regions. Familiarizing the regions of Europe will help you understand the people, the diversity in culture and practices. And, of course… this will be of great help if you want to travel to Europe!
2. History Timeline Cards. Europe has significant contribution to world history and I included some of the major events that occurred in the ancient times. Some of these pictures are taken during our travels!
3. Fact Cards. 54 cards about Europe! From Count Dracula to Mozart, to the beautiful cities of Rome and ruins of Greece! So many things to learn and explore about this small yet fascinating continent!
4. Animal Skin Patterns. My son loves these cards and I just have to include it! Learn about the animals that lives in Europe and see up-close their unique covers.
5. Red Fox and Snowy Owl Nomenclature Cards. These cards are intended for younger learners. A fun way to learn about a specific animal that thrives in Europe and their different parts.
How exciting! Can’t wait to share a post on how we use these. Thank you and hope you like it!
Other Nutshell series available: (Click on the image for the link)
