As part our cultural curriculum, we have been studying the continents of the worlds. This month, we visited the continent of Asia.
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia puzzle map](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-puzzle-map.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia puzzle map - coming togehter](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-puzzle-map-coming-togehter.jpg)
We identified all 49 countries on the puzzle map, and we made books of the flags of Asia!
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia flags](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-flags.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia making flags](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-making-flags.jpg)
We had a lot of fun learning about the animals that live in Asia, such as the giant panda, red panda, camel, tiger, and elephant.
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia identifying animals](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-identifying-animals.jpg)
In our Practical Life room, our younger friends were practicing fine motor skills by opening and closing beautiful boxes, purses, and pouches, pouring tea, and looking for the animals of the Chinese zodiac hidden in red lentils.
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia crafts](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-crafts.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia tea](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-tea.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia making rice 4](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-making-rice-4.jpg)
We tried tracing Chinese characters on a wet board with a bamboo brush, and made three-dimensional art by tracing Chinese characters with glue and sprinkling them with rice.
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia tracing characters](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-tracing-characters.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia creating characters](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-creating-characters.jpg)
We learned about the Japanese wood block painter, Hokusai, and experimented with a printing technique inspired by his art.
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia block painting Hokusai](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-block-painting-Hokusai.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia block painting Hokusai 2](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-block-painting-Hokusai-2.jpg)
But the most exciting experience of all was learning about different countries and cultures of Asia from our own M.O.M. families! Thank you for sharing your heritage with the M.O.M. community!
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia learning about Korea](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-learning-about-Korea.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia learning about Japan](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-learning-about-Japan.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia learning about China](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-learning-about-China.jpg)
![montessori preschool oakland ca asia learning about China 2](https://myownmontessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/montessori-preschool-oakland-ca-asia-learning-about-China-2.jpg)
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