For more details on some of the themed packs you can also check some of the posts below:
- Insect Theme Toob Printable Learning Materials
- Farm Theme Toob Printable Learning Materials
- Ocean Theme Toob Printable Learning Materials
My son had been playing with his insect toys lately and since it’s summer, I decided that it was time for an insect study. Honestly, I am terrified of insects... so it took me awhile to do something like this... because the sight of them give me the creeps.
Anyway, first on the list is the study of Ladybird. Yeah, that’s what we call them here instead of “ladybugs”. I told my son that they’re just the same... and I made him use the word “ladybird “ for convenience.
Here’s some of the books I borrowed from the library that is ladybird-related.
Then I also borrowed a “bug” book and it has a few pages discussing the ladybird and it’s life cycle. I love that it shows the detailed growth of the said bug in real pictures.
After I presented it to my boy, I printed out the Ladybug Life Cycle from Montessori Print Shop and have him color it.
I love his choice of colors! They’re all bright and vivid.
Oh and he wrote the labels. I made him trace my handwriting though.
Then after that, we did some crafts for the life cycle just like what we did with the Frog. I realized that I only took a few photos because I was busy directing and helping him out.
And here’s the end product. Lovely isn’t it?
Vito is 32 months old.
The appearance of the honey bees in our front and backyard has led us to look into the lives of these beautiful creatures who are the main source of honey. Vito is terrified of them but not Mavi. We were out the other day catching a few of them, observing how they produce the buzzing sound and freed them up again.
If you are in the UK or Ireland, you must have heard of Steve Backshall and his animal shows like the Deadly 60. Mavi is obsessed with Steve, due to his witty and pleasant hosting of the show. You can learn about it here. Now, going back, he’s been featuring reptiles lately, mostly how dinosaurs evolved into crocodiles, birds, snakes etc.
What are Reptiles? We learned from our previous study of the Vertebrate animals that REPTILES have a covering of bony plates or scales. They vary in sizes and shapes and include forms like snakes, alligators, crocodiles, turtles and lizards. Reptiles make their homes in great variety of places .
In this post, I will be focusing on snakes, as Mavi and I had a brief discussion about them a few days ago. This is the book we’ve got of Steve Backshall and we used it as a reference. We had a few snake figures from Safari Ltd Reptiles TOOB .
Books. These are the books of Steve Backshall we borrowed from the library. Youcan check them out here:Steve Backshall's Deadly 60
Characteristics of Snakes (things we learned):
Life Cycle of a Snake
This life cycle material is for FREE and you can download it from my SCIENCE PRINTABLE PAGE.
So we looked into the process of how snakes give birth. We also learned that NOT ALL SNAKES GIVE BIRTH BY PRODUCING EGGS. ANACONDAs give birth to their young!
Snakes Around the World
So I gathered a list of snakes and we looked at them over the internet. I didn’t produce any printable file as the images are all copyrighted. But I provided the link below on where you can find them, and see how they look like or learn about their habitats.
You might also be interested in these amazing Snake Units:
Vito is 28 months old.
Vito is currently in his sensitive years and I am taking advantage of this period as he’s really into ALL our activities, positioning himself in his table asking for something to “play”. So this week, we started with letter R. Why letter R and not A? Well, I decided to follow the RAMFBITG method of introducing letter sounds to Vito. To know why, read about it here.