ANIMALS: LIFE SCIENCES, ZOOLOGY

Below is a sample of what you will find in The Joyful Child. However, the Michael Olaf catalogues contain 160 pages of text and products so we highly recommend that you order your own paper copy and curl up with it in a peaceful moment instead of spending more time on the computer! To order your copy of The Joyful child see: www.michaelolaf.net/ordering.html

Return to: www.michaelolaf.com/1CWhome.html  (CHILD OF THE WORLD products, 3- 12+)
To see the Montessori philosophy and practice page of "Age 3-6+ Plants and Animals" go to: www.michaelolaf.net/1CW36animals.html

(At left, a child in Taiwan matching shells to shell cards)

SHELL COLLECTION & MATCHING PICTURES
The 21 shells in this collection, some common and some rare, were selected to be used in later animal classification. They come from all over the world in an amazing variety of shapes and textures.

The work or "cosmic task" of the mollusk is to remove the poisonous substance, calcium carbonate, from the seas and use it in the construction of its home—a gift to the mollusk and to the world. As each beautiful shell is built the purity of the ocean is maintained. Older children love to hear this story. We try very hard to purchase shells from people who have used them as a necessary food source. The shell cards were drawn to match these particular shells, one each of 21 pictures, 4" x 5.5," cardstock. The Michael Olaf 2-part wooden tray exactly fits the shells and shell cards. Shell Matching Order two sets of the shell collection to make a shell matching exercise for the classroom, using only a few of the pairs at once.

DP325 Shell Collection, Set/21  $20.00
DP34 Shell Cards, Set/21  $5.00
DP33 Shells/Cards Set  $24.00

FOSSIL PAIRS
Age 3-6 is a very sensorial age. It is not the time that we teach about the history of earth, or the evolution of plants and animals, but it is the time when we provide beautiful fossil specimens for the child to handle, to experience the beauty, texture, and color.

The set contains five pairs of fossils. In the process of matching and comparing them the child learns much about each kind. Because fossils are not consistently available, we will select the best at the time you order. They are chosen from trilobite, ammonite, petrified wood, coral, fern, and gastropod. Information on the fossils, and the correct pronunciation, is included. Ten pieces, five pairs of fossils.

DP104 Fossils, Set/10  $22.00

BIOLOGY CURRICULUM FOR 3-6
BINOCULARS
LAYERED METAMORPHOSIS PUZZLES
SMALL ANIMAL MODELS
STETHOSCOPE
ANIMAL SOUNDTRACK GAME

And books appropriate for this age and subject