Although there are many wondrous ways to classify leaves - according to shape, edges, arrangement, etc. - the simplest is by the relationship of length to width.
Use this printable to encourage your children to measure, divide, judge, evaluate and classify different kinds of leaves.
This is an excellent extension for the Montessori leaf cabinet.
Learn about the shapes of leaves! Ideal for categorising and classifying plants at a later stage, these cards can even be used as a simple colour-matching activity for young children (preparing their subconscious for Biology later).
Our categories are based on Big Picture Science and Priscilla Spear’s work on plant classification.
Montessori Sorting Cards are a special type of vocabulary-building picture card. With cards that have pictures of differently shaped leaves, these sorting cards also include category labels.
The cards themselves can be used as conversation starters, themed decorations or as a sorting exercise. They develop organisational facilities, pre-reading skills and curiosity about the world at large. With instructions included, our ready-to-print leaf shape cards can be utilised for a wide age range. They’re easy to set up and engaging.
This resource includes cards for:
elliptic leaves
oblong leaves
ovate leaves
obovate leaves
linear leaves
Learning about deserts? Why not explore some fascinating desert plants!
These 3-part picture cards include images, controls, labels and text cards as well as a control booklet of desert plants. Detailed instructions for assembly and use are provided in the resource.
The following plants are included:
Welwitschia
date palm
Patagonian fire bush
queen of the night
prickly pear
burro-weed
kangaroo paw
hairy spinifex
saltwort
saxaul
Learning about deserts? Why not explore some fascinating desert animals!
These 3-part picture cards include images, controls, labels and text cards as well as a control booklet of desert animals. Detailed instructions for assembly and use are provided in the resource.
The following animals are included:
addax antelop
bat-eared fox
Andean flamingo
red kangaroo
dingo
coyote
Gobi jerboa
golden eagle
wandering albatross
arctic woolly bear caterpillar
This 3-part card resource includes six common ways diseases and infections are transmitted. The text cards, which make the product accessible for older children, include ways to protect yourself and others.
The combination of pictures, labels and text cards helps children recognise words, build vocabulary and develop incidental reading skills.
All art work is original by the author.
Montessori 3-Part Cards usually consist of three pieces:
a control with the picture and its name
a picture without the name
a label without the picture
Our cards feature the parts of a leaf and come with an extra text card for readers and a control booklet so the work is self-correcting and independent! With the optional cursive label (D’Nealian font), you can choose to include it or just use the print version.
3-Part Cards are used to explore a variety of topics that are otherwise inaccessible in a normal classroom or home, bridging space and time. They can be matched, used as a kind of flashcard in a 3-Period Lesson, adapted for memory games and serve as reading practice.
When you have the real objects available, the leaf part 3-Part Cards are perfect to start or continue the path to abstraction. Using them for learning develops order, reading and visual discrimination. They build vocabulary and help with classification and categorisation.
These cards include pictures, labels and text for the following items:
leaf
apex
base
margin
midrib
blade
petiole
veins
The instructions are included and give you at least three different ways to use the printable cards so that your children can learn about parts of a leaf!
Studying the environment engages children's attention, sparking their interest and developing their personality.
These high-quality, digital 3-part cards cover the external body parts of a bird and include a booklet with interesting facts about each one.
The images are all original artwork by the author themselves.
The preview is a printable page of four line-drawn bird bodies with writing lines underneath so the children can make their own booklets.
Use this amazing resource to jump into discovering other birds or the internal parts of a bird.
Studying the environment engages a child's attention and sparks their interests, developing their personality through spontaneous activity.
These high-quality, hand-drawn 3-part cards depict ten body parts of a cat. They include informative text cards as well as a control booklet, allowing the child to learn independently.
They can be used at various levels, according to the child's own skill set.
For example, they serve as a vocabulary extension and indirect preparation for reading for young children while older children can practice their reading. They aid classification and rational thinking, visual accuracy and discrimination, develop one-to-one recognition and even encourage writing, as the child can make their own booklet!
These 3-Part Nomenclature Cards consist of 10 pictures, labels and text cards as well as one control booklet clearly showing the external parts of a lotus plant:
lotus, flower, petioles, carpels, stem, eye, crown, rhizome, stamen, leaves
Print on cardstock, cut on black lines, fold on grey ones and laminate. If you want to include the cursive label (D'Nealian), just fold in the middle so it's back to back.
These cards can be used as flashcards or matching cards for more individually paced learning. For younger children, print two sets of the pictures and leave the labels attached on one - the children can then use those as control cards to match the loose labels. For early readers, match labels to pictures and use control booklet to check and discuss work. For older children, match labels and text to pictures.
Use the blackline master printable to make own booklets.
These Nomenclature Cards of the Parts of a Frog sport hand-drawn images. Each part is coloured in on the otherwise blank frog, putting it into perspective within the whole.
A text card provides brief information on each part.
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These 3-Part Nomenclature Cards consist of 10 pictures, labels and text cards as well as one control booklet clearly showing the external parts of an Arabian camel:
camel, head, neck, eye, hump, legs, nostril, mane, tail, hooves
Print on cardstock, cut on black lines, fold on grey ones and laminate. If you want to include the cursive label (D'Nealian), just fold in the middle so it's back to back.
These cards can be used as flashcards or matching cards for more individually paced learning. For younger children, print two sets of the pictures and leave the labels attached on one - the children can then use those as control cards to match the loose labels. For early readers, match labels to pictures and use control booklet to check and discuss work. For older children, match labels and text to pictures.
Use the blackline master printable to make own booklets.
Our cards feature the parts of a flower in original illustrations.
Montessori 3-Part Cards usually consist of three pieces:
a control with the picture and its name
a picture without the name
a label without the picture
These come with an extra text card for readers and a control booklet so the work is self-correcting and independent! With the optional cursive label (D’Nealian font), you can choose to include it or just use the print version.
3-Part Cards are used to explore a variety of topics that are otherwise inaccessible in a normal classroom or home, bridging space and time. They can be matched, used as a kind of flashcard in a 3-Period Lesson, adapted for memory games and serve as reading practice.
When you have the real objects available, the flower part 3-Part Cards are perfect to start or continue the path to abstraction. Using them for learning develops order, reading and visual discrimination. They build vocabulary and help with classification and categorisation.
These cards include pictures, labels and text for the following items:
flower
calyx
corolla
petal
pistil
stamens
sepal
stem
The instructions are included and give you at least three different ways to use the printable cards so that your children can learn about the parts of a flower!
This digital download features the parts of a hand. Ideal for studying the human body in elementary or word-hungry toddlers!
Content
Control cards, pictures, labels and text for:
hand
palm
each of the five fingers
wrist
nail
knuckle
Also includes a control booklet and blank cards. With detailed assembly instructions (it’s easy - print, cut, done!).
How To Use
Basic instructions are included. Check out our blogs for more.
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Montessori 3-Part Cards usually consist of three pieces:
a control with the picture and its name
a picture without the name
a label without the picture
Ours come with an extra text card for readers and a control booklet so the work is self-correcting and independent! You can choose to include the optional cursive label (D’Nealian font) or just use the print version.
3-Part Cards are used to explore a variety of topics that are otherwise inaccessible in a normal classroom or home, bridging space and time. They can be matched to real objects or each other, used as a kind of flashcard in a 3-Period Lesson, adapted for memory games and serve as reading practice.
Explore the parts of a hand with clear pictures and simple text.
Our cards develop order, reading and visual discrimination. They build vocabulary and help with classification and categorisation. Not only that, they make learning fun and easy!
Maria Montessori saw the ability to categorise and classify information as the cornerstone of intelligence.
This high-quality resource allows children to independently, or through a discussion, classify mammals into herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and insectivores. The control booklet provides extra information on each concept and reinforces it through carefully selected text accompanying each classified thing.
Maria Montessori saw the ability to categorise and classify information as the cornerstone of intelligence.
This high-quality resource allows children to independently, or through a discussion, classify things into living and non-living. The control booklet provides extra information on each concept and reinforces it through carefully selected text accompanying each classified thing.
Maria Montessori saw the ability to categorise and classify information as the cornerstone of intelligence.
This high-quality resource allows children to independently, or through a discussion, classify living organisms into animals and plants. The control booklet provides extra information on each concept and reinforces it through carefully selected text accompanying each classified thing.
Maria Montessori saw the ability to categorise and classify information as the cornerstone of intelligence.
This high-quality resource allows children to independently, or through a discussion, classify vertebrates organisms into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. The control booklet provides extra information on each concept and reinforces it through carefully selected text accompanying each classified thing.
Maria Montessori saw the ability to categorise and classify information as the cornerstone of intelligence.
This high-quality resource allows children to independently, or through a discussion, classify animals organisms into vertebrates and invertebrates. The control booklet provides extra information on each concept and reinforces it through carefully selected text accompanying each classified thing.