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| IDEAS for a Montessori Cultural Unit |
| THE SPICES ROAD |
| This cultural topic is appropriate for all age groups; it is concrete and tangible to the child, it is meaningful since it has a basis in reality, can create and expand child's interest in the world he lives and the subject of study. The goal is: knowledge and appreciation of nature and its gifts. It can be experienced in the Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, Art areas in any classroom around the world. Ideal for Earth Day, holiday season, Save Our Planet programs. |
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| by Elena Malec |
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| spooning, pouring, grinding, grating, cooking with spices (choices: allspice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon sticks, mustard seeds. |
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| with spices (gingerbread houses, gingerbread man cookies.) Songs,cultural traditions related to spices (ex: name giving in certain cultures: Cinnamon, Ginger, etc) |
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| The spices trade story, cultural background of different spices (country, folklore, usage, cuisines) |
| countries, regions of the world, climates, continents. |
| seeds, seed germination, parts of plants: root (ginger), bark (cinnamon), leaf (bay leaf), flower (saffron), fruit (vanilla), seed(coriander, mustard,cumin, pepper, nutmeg, allspice). Garden projects. |
| smelling jars, memory games. |
| one to one correspondence, association of quantity and symbol, seriation, class inclusion (choice of spices: anise star, cloves, mustard seeeds, nutmeg whole, allspice whole. |
| matching cards, pictures, photographs, drawing, painting. |
| names of spices, vocabulary: flavor, scent, aroma, fragrant,mortar and pestle. |
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| MAGIC PENCIL WEBNOTES |
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| Gernot Katzer's Spice Dictionary |
| History of Spices and Spice Trade |
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