Giving Michael the World

Giving Michael the World

I painted this globe in the Montessori color scheme where each continent is a specific color for him to  recall.    The cards that I am making for each Continent are glued onto the coordinating color so he can match what continent he is learning about.  So for example everything that is about North America is in the Orange color. 

The continent boxes I made sit below the globe on the shelves.  Here are the outsides of the boxes:

In each box there are items that represent something from each continent.  For example North America has the American Flag, cards with animals from all of North America, landmark cards from different places in North America, miniature animals, and maps.

In each box there are items that represent something from each continent.  For example North America has the American Flag, cards with animals from all of North America, landmark cards from different places in North America, miniature animals, and maps.

In the Australia  box we now have an actual postcard that came to Michael from a friend who lives there.

We used the globe to show how far it the postcard traveled in the mail to be deliver to Michael here in North America.   Here is the card:

 
We would like to collect more postcards from all around the world.

My hope is to show Michael the world beyond little Vermont.  There is so much to see and do and experience to have; while we can't jump on a jet and actually go off to other continents, we can hold little bits of places in our hands and minds through objects, maps, and books.