Description

The Life Cycle of an Ant Activity takes the Child through 4 different stages.  Ants go through a complete metamorphosis change in body form.  The growth period from egg to adult can take from several weeks to months.

This activity 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.  Montessori Animal Kingdom classifies all animals for the zoology curriculum.  The colour coding for the insect classification is yellow, which is reflected on our life cycle working sheets.

Contents of the Life Cycle of an Ant Activity:

• 1 set of 3-part cards, classifying the nomenclature for the very young child.
• 1 Control chart.
• the labeled object working chart, for the objects
• unlabeled working chart, for the image and labels.
• the Child matches the real image of each stage of the ant’s life, to the labeled image on the 4 activity cards.
• 4 Definition cards with:
  • a control card,
  • a card with an incomplete phrase, for the Child to complete.
• a plastic A4 envelope stores all the contents.

The teacher can also use the definition cards, as an aid to tell the story of the ant’s life cycle to very young children.

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