Description

The Life Cycle of a Centipede Activity goes beyond the standard life cycle offering.  This unique material takes the Child from the verbal story; developing the sensorial (concrete) understanding of the material with the objects (sold separately); to the abstract, with the incorporation of images and labels.  Colour-coded material, coded according to the Montessori Animal Kingdom.  Centipedes are Chilopods part of the predatory Arthropod family and coded yellow.  They are invertebrates, (without a backbone) similar to millipedes, but not the same.

Contents of a Centipede Activity

• 1 x control chart
• 1st working chart called the labelled object working chart.  Use with the objects (objects are sold separately).
• 2nd working chart called the unlabeled working chart, use with the image and labels.
• Replace the objects with the 4 small images.  When ready, add the 4 labels onto the unlabeled working chart.
• The Child matches the real image of each life cycle of the centipede, to the labeled image on the 4 activity cards.
• 1 set of 3-part cards, classifying the nomenclature for the very young child.
• 4 Definition cards with:
  • a control card,
  • a card with an incomplete phrase
  • labels to complete the phrase.
• All contents are stored in a 4 plastic envelope.

Using definition cards, the teacher has a prompt, as s/he tells the story of the Life Cycle of a Centipede Activity to very young children.

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• Insects Matching Activity
• My first book of Insects
• Parts of a Centipede Activity

Further Reading and Resources