Description

This product; the Timeline of the Seasons – Southern Hemisphere; is an essential activity for every Montessori pre-school curriculum, introducing the concept of time.  Seasons divide the year, and are marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight every month.  As with any traditional Montessori material, the Child gains knowledge of more than just one subject.  This activity indirectly provides the building blocks for mathematics, language, geography, time and culture.

The Features of the Timeline of the Seasons – Southern Hemisphere:

• the direct objective, for the Child is;
  • to name each season and each month of the year, in sequential order
• indirectly, the Child will;
  • learn to categorize the year by various events
  • develop sequencing and matching skills
  • be introduced to time
• provides curriculum support material for the traditional Montessori early learner
• use this product in conjunction with the Birthday Circle to help the Child understand the passing of time

The Contents of the Timeline of the Seasons – Southern Hemisphere:

• 12 images to sequence each month of the year
• a long mat with 12 divisions, 4 colour-coded groups of 3 divisions each
• each image represents the season that the month falls in.
• an ideal activity for the 3 to 6 class.

The following colours represent the seasons of the Southern Hemisphere:

• Summer – Yellow
• Autumn – Red
• Winter – Blue
• Spring – Green

The classroom should have access to both the timelines of the seasons for the northern, and southern hemisphere.  Using this resource; together with the phases of the moon; they will begin to grasp the differences between the 2 hemispheres.

Sizes:

• a washable mat – 160cm x 17cm / (63″ x 6¾”)
• 12 x cards – 10.5cm x 10.5cm / (4″ x 4″)
• stored in an A6 plastic envelope – 18cm x 13cm x 2cm / (7″ x 5″ x ¾”)

Language Options:

• Also available in German, Italian, Spanish & French