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Roll # D 15199 Shama Ahmed Abbasi Assignment Module 8

This document contains: 1) A discussion of two Montessori cultural exercises - naming continents on a jigsaw puzzle map and using puzzle maps of individual continents to teach country names. Both exercises involve a three period lesson to teach names gradually. 2) A request to prepare and send to the tutor a four part nomenclature material for the layers of the earth. 3) Details of how the puzzle map continent exercise is conducted, taking out puzzle pieces of countries and having the child replace them by name in a repetitive three period lesson until all countries are learned.

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Roll # D 15199 Shama Ahmed Abbasi Assignment Module 8

This document contains: 1) A discussion of two Montessori cultural exercises - naming continents on a jigsaw puzzle map and using puzzle maps of individual continents to teach country names. Both exercises involve a three period lesson to teach names gradually. 2) A request to prepare and send to the tutor a four part nomenclature material for the layers of the earth. 3) Details of how the puzzle map continent exercise is conducted, taking out puzzle pieces of countries and having the child replace them by name in a repetitive three period lesson until all countries are learned.

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Roll # D 15199

Shama Ahmed Abbasi

Assignment Module 8

Question 1: Discuss the significance of Montessori cultural exercises.


Presentation: Naming the Continents on the Jigsaw Puzzle Map
Material:
● Jigsaw puzzle map of the hemispheres
Exercise:This exercise helps teach the names of the seven continents (Asia,
Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America and Antarctica) and
the five oceans (Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
Antarctic Ocean). The teacher begins by inviting a child and has him lay out a
mat and shift the continent puzzle map to the mat. She selects and takes out three
continents which are contrasting in color, as well as in shape (also including the
child’s own continent). The Three Period Lesson is given and the exercise
continued on the following days until the child becomes well familiarized with the
name of each continent. When the child has learned the names of the first three
continents, more continents are added and the Three Period Lesson continued,
while simultaneously reviewing previously learned names as well. Once he has
learned the names of all the seven continents, the names of the five oceans are
taught in the same way through the Three Period Lesson.
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Presentation: Puzzle Maps - The Continents


Materials:

● A set of six wooden maps, one for each continent except Antarctica.

● Each continent is divided into puzzle pieces according to the countries.

● The wooden knob is approximately in the position of the capital city of each
country.

● The Puzzle Map of the World


Exercise:This exercise helps children with the visual recognition of the forms of
the political divisions of the continents and helps familiarize with and memorize
the names of the countries. A child is invited by the directress to come work with
her and a mat laid rolled out with their help. He is brought over to the puzzle
maps and told that they will be working with the puzzle map of one of the
continents. The teacher begins with their home continent, for example, Asia,
pointing to it on the world map, and asking the child for this continent’s name.
She shows the child that the Asia on the world map is the Asia that is in large (on
the continent map).
She tells the child that now, on the Asia map, they can see the countries (putting
the world map aside for now). Slowly, by using the knobs, three of the puzzle
pieces (three different countries, not touching, and preferably, not the same
color) are taken out. Each one is placed on the map to the left of the puzzle, as
another three pieces are taken out and replaced in their correct spot by the child.
Similarly, four pieces are replaced correctly and so on. The child is allowed to
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work with the pieces of the country map, three pieces are taken out, for e.g.
China, Bangladesh and Pakistan and their names repeated. The child is then
asked to replace them, using their name, for example, “Please put back China.”
This is repeated until all of the pieces have been put back. The child is then asked
to take out the same three pieces, one by one, and by name, for example, “Please
take out Pakistan.” Once all three are out, the child is asked, “What country
would you like to put back?” (The child should respond with the name of one of
the countries.)
This Three-Period Lesson is repeated for the other countries until the child
knows all of the countries by name. This may take some time. Once the child
knows his home continent, he can choose to work with another continent map.

Question 2: Prepare the following material and send to your tutor along with the
assignment;
Four part nomenclature material for the layers of the earth
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