The earth is a sphere, as Columbus found out. Now your child can easily find individual continents and travel the earth with eyes and hands.

Application, advantages, areas of application for this Montessori material:

• • Recognize the earth as a sphere

• • Introduction and use of geographic terms

• • Gaining an understanding of the size of continents, seas and countries

• • Finding continents, countries, etc.

• • Assigning animals, and people to regions of the world

• • Develop a feeling for the distance between countries and continents

• • Recognize the ratio of water to land mass

Scope of the geographic Montessori material:
globe with wooden base, total approx. 22 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm, globe diameter: approx. 16.5 cm

Instructions for the Montessori globe

The adult puts the globe on the table. He touches a continent and names it (This is Europe). Now he turns the ball a little further and touches all continents one after the other, always naming them correctly.
After that, it is handed over to the child.

With the help of a flashlight, you can show the development of day and night by rotating the globe.