Description

South America, a continent of extremes.  Home to both the world’s largest river (the Amazon) and the driest place (the Atacama Desert) in Chile.  Running from the equatorial humidity of the Panama Canal (8th man-made wonder of the world) down to the most desolate of islands, the Falklands.  It encompasses diverse river basins, both the world’s most bio-diverse tropical rain forest (Amazon) and the vast grasslands of the Paraná River basin, (the flooded savanna grasslands in Argentina).  This South America continent folder contains invaluable information to introduce this continent to the 3 to 6 and older children.

Explore the lives of the indigenous peoples of this continent with inspiring stories.  Take a journey through your mind’s eye.  Imagine growing up as a member of the Warao people in the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela, one of the oldest ethnic groups in the world.  They still manufacture their own canoes by choosing a tree of the correct size and shape, harvesting it and hollowing it out with stone tools.  Or exploring the 887 massive moai statues on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, carved from solidified volcanic ash.

Children love to learn about how others live, what they do and eat.  Stories reveal ideas, beliefs and facts about others.  They prompt a thirst in you, to explore and experience for yourself.   The South America Continent, image and fact cards offer a structure for the teacher.  S/he can weave stories behind the images and facts.  These provide a means for children to experience what others experience.  Developing an understanding as to why their friends worship as they do, or follow different traditions to themselves.  Or why they look and sound different to them.  For the first time, the Child encounters diversity with meaning and understanding.  This activity widens our children’s knowledge and awareness of others, allowing them the opportunity to grow their understanding of the world:

Contents: of the South America Continent Cards

40 Image cards stored and displayed in a clear acrylic holder for storage or story-telling.

The image cards, accompanied by fact cards for the teacher, consist of the following, with examples of facts:

• Indigenous peoples (5 cards)

• the Yanomami people, what does the meaning of their name mean?  How do they lead their communities?  Do you think the world would be a better place if all nations followed their leadership role?

• Types of homes (4 cards)

the Embera home, how are they constructed? why do they need to be built in this manner? do you think you would like to live with an open fire pit in your living room?

• Natural wonders (5 cards)

the Huacachina Oasis is translated to mean “weeping woman”, what is the legend of this name?

• Man-made wonders (5 cards)

the Machu Picchu is a stone city, which civilization built it?  how old is it?  how did they cement the stones together? do we know what its original function was?

• Animals (6 cards)

the Amazonian Manatee is also known as a “seacow”, what is its closest living relative? they live in water, but what do they eat?  their teeth have a strange feature, what is it?

• Plants (5 cards)

the Dove Orchid is the national flower of which country on this continent?  why does it have such an unusual name?  the perfume of this flower has an unusual smell, what does it smell like?

• Trees (5 cards)

the Cockspur Coral Tree has another name, what is this name and why did it get that name? what do the flowers look like?  children often play with the seed-like beans that follow the flowers, but did you know that they are toxic?

• Cities (4 cards)

Montevideo is the capital in Uruguay, and is home to many festivals including the Gaucho festival, people dress up like the people who are Gauchos, what do they wear? did you know that this city has the longest sidewalk in the world, how long is it?

The South America Continent Cards bring the continent to life.

Primarily aimed at the 3 to 6 year child.  But suitable for the elementary child as reference with our South America Continent Activity Set.

Children find the attractive images and fact cards, interesting and entertaining.   Each statement presents a new aspect of life to the child, prompting them to want to learn more.

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Further Reading and Resources