Culture and Traditions of People Around the World

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Welcome to another year and another series of the 12 Months of Montessori. For this month, my friends and I are going to showcases Montessori Cultural activities.  If you are a reader of my blog, you know so well that we travel a lot, thus Mavi has grown into a lover of geography and enjoys learning about different places and different culture.  Also, we’ve been doing a number of continent studies for years. You can check these out  here.

To start with, I have been collecting Playmobil playsets and figures, they’re one of the best toys my kids have and greatest investment for me so far as we get to use them in our homeschool as well. We use these figures to represent a certain country in each continent, to have a better idea of the traditions and practices of the people.   

The Figures

This has been a long time dream of mine, to have a collection of dolls that represent countries in the world.  Those kinds of dolls are hard to find though and more expensive.  Then I discovered Playmobil and realized that they produce historal figures and playsets with important icons like Samurai, Mongols, Vikings, Princess, Flamenco dancers etc!  So I started collecting them!  See the Amazon affiliate at the end of the post for some links.

So each of these figures signifies the tradition, culture and the people of a certain country.

The Cards

I love the figures that I wanted to have cards that will go along with them, so I made these traditional clothing cards to match my Playmobils.  Here’s what I came up with!

South America and North America

Here are the “models”!  Brazil – Carnaval dancer, Argentina – Gaucho, USA – Native American, Canada – Mounty

Asia and Australia

China – Mongol/Chinese warrior,  Japan – Samurai, Saudi Arabia – Genie magician, Australia – Aboriginal

Europe

United Kingdom – Victorian lady,  Italy – Gladiator, Norway – Viking lord, Germany – Bavarian lady

Africa

South Africa – South African lady,  Kenya – Maasai tribe leader, Egypt – Ancient Egyptian

The People of the World

Mavi placing the Playmobil characters on the map !  I’m using the Montessori Continent Puzzle Map, from Tower High Learning (UK).  If you are in the US, you can get yours from Leader Joy USA.

Since I can’t get enough of my my little people, here are some close-up shots of my figures. They are adorable!

                        

                       

                      

Now to learn more about each of the figures and the countries they represent, I created picture booklets for Egypt, Japan and United Kingdom (these are the ones I made as of the moment). Mavi loves our booklets, he enjoys reading / coloring them, learning about each country and working on his own DIY booklets!  Now I just have to stop here, and talk about these booklets soon!

We used our fact cards of course, for the details of our figures.

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This post is part of the 12 Months of Montessori Learning which is hosted by Natural Beach Living and The Natural Homeschool.

Visit my friends’ post as well, they have the most amazing ideas too!

Easy Ways to Teach Montessori Culture (Free Printables) | Natural Beach Living

Montessori Culture: Holidays & Observances during the Calendar Year {Free Printables} | The Natural Homeschool

Montessori Cultural Areas and Activities for Multi-Level Learning | Living Montessori Now

Exploring North America with my Preschooler | Planting Peas

DIY Montessori Flag Pin Map | The Kavanaugh Report

Children of the World Activities | Mama’s Happy Hive

Montessori Culture 3-6 Checklist | Study at Home Mama

Cultural Landmarks around the World (Free Printables)   | Christian Montessori Network

Culture & Traditions of People Around the World | The Pinay Homeschooler

Culture Studies: Finding Topics | Grace and Green Pastures