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PLEASE NOTE!
When delivered, our products are neither cut nor laminated. The accessories, like perspex boxes, file caskets and so on, that are sometimes shown in the catalogue, were only taken to demonstrate a possible use of our items. They are not part of the item itself and not included.
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Recommended Age(s):
6-7 years
Preparing the Material:
All of the cards are meant to be laminated (recommended laminate thickness: 90-125 micron).
The individual cards need to be be cut out.
Sides not to be laminated: templates
Sides or cards to be bound into a booklet: none
Teaching ontent:
The year cycle, names of the months and seasons, festivals and events
Possible Applications:
Group and class work, birthday celebrations, projects about the year and on the topic of time (especially the change from one season to the next)
Before You Begin:
The year cycle is the base for the didactic concept of measuring time, and follows on directly from the topic of the solar system. In the northern hemisphere, the complete cycle is laid out anticlockwise (the Earth circles the Sun anticlockwise).
How to Use:
For the celebration of a birthday, the birthday child can circle the complete cycle holding a globe, once for every year. The teacher, parents or the child can then tell the class about events that happened in each year of his/her life.
Control of Error:
The pieces are colour coded to help the children. They may also take a look at the photo of the complete cycle.
Additional Information:
A birthday can be celebrated with this material in many ways. For example, the birthday child can start by giving one candle per year to a class mate. This child then circles the complete cycle starting at January. When he/she reaches December, the candle can be lit and placed on the sun in the middle of the cycle.
The material can be expanded by adding different information from our, and other, cultures, such as zodiac signs, Celtic astrology, etc.
The Year Chain is a material that can be used effectively with the ‘Year Cycle Floor’. It consists of a chain of pearls, one for every day of the year. Each month is a different colour. The pearls are laid out in a circle, e.g. around the floor cycle (which should fit nicely inside). As with all activities using chains, the units of time can be counted and labelled. The chain comes with arrows, with which events during the year can be marked with either pictures or words. Example of events are festivals of different religions, the beginning of the seasons, the birthdays of the children, etc. (tips from Saskia Haspel)
The 4 cards showing the day/night ratio can be discussed and then placed at the correct points around the completed cycle.
The company Peruci (www.peruci.at) produces a year cycle made of wood. This material combines very well with the cards from my ‘Year Cycle Floor’. |
