Montessori believed the best way to teach these concepts was to use the real things with a model or photographs to look as real as possible. This series is unique in that the illustrations are actual beautiful, full color photographs of the real object. Each simplified set includes photograph cards, labels and control cards. Over 150 cards are included in this series including: Parts of a River, Parts of a Mountain, Parts of a Glacier and Parts of a Volcano. The following terms are included in the glacier set: glacier, mouth, cirque, crevasse, moraine, tongue, erratic and serac. The following terms are included in the river set: river, cataract, confluence, source, bed, bank, channel, course, mouth, tributary and rapids. The following terms are included in the volcano set: volcano, cone, crater, magma basin, pumice, volcanic ash, eruption, conduit or vent, secondary conduit and secondary cone. The following terms are included in the mountain set: peak, summit, slope, face, base, crest, pass, block mountain, volcanic mountain and a fold mountain. This material is printed on quality cardstock, ready for you to trim and laminate.

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