Description

The Life Cycle of a Scorpion Activity describes how this invertebrate gives birth to live young.  The mother stores their eggs in their belly from a month to a year.  They give birth to young nymphs who stay on the mothers’ back for approximately 2 weeks until they gain sufficient strength.  Then they go off on their own independent way.

This unique material takes the Child from the verbal story; developing the sensorial (concrete) understanding of the material with the objects, (which are sold separately); to the abstract.  The abstract section incorporates images and labels; helping to expand the Child’s vocabulary.  Colour-coded material, coded according to the Montessori Animal Kingdom.  The scorpions are invertebrates, and coded beige.

Contents of Life Cycle of a Scorpion 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.  Add the 4 labels onto the unlabeled working chart; when ready to move on.
• the Child matches the real image of each life cycle of the scorpions, 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.
• Store all contents in a transparent, A4 plastic envelope.

The definition cards are an aid, for the teacher, to tell the story about the life cycle of a scorpion activity, to very young children.