Our Earth

For the month of April we are studying "Our Earth." For the first two weeks we learned about where the continents are on the map. We discussed the differences between countries and states, continents, and oceans. The students worked each day on completing their own preschool map with all the continents. I'm amazed at how well they know them already! They have already perfected the continent and ocean song and we sing it everyday. 

For the remainder of the month we are focusing on one continent during lesson time. For this focus we are using the continent boxes I put together (thank you for the idea pinterest!). We are having so much fun with these boxes! Students get to take turns coming up and picking something out of the box. Then they have to tell the class how they think that object relates to the continent we are learning about for the day. During art we are working on continent-coordinating projects like this shredded construction paper flag. I thought this was such a great idea to refine their fine motors skills but it took FOREVER to tear all of that paper!