Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Rubber Stamps for the Timeline of Life Calendar

I just found a really cool website for rubber stamps, beeswaxrubberstamps.com. So many of the stamps are perfect for the Montessori Second Great Lesson: The Coming of Life. Especially if you are making a Timeline of Life calendar, or a game where your child has to match the pictures to what geologic time period they evolved in!

These stamps are economical because you can buy them unmounted (rubber die only), cling mount (rubber die on cling foam cushion), or wood mount (rubber die on foam cushion on white maple wood).

Here are some of my favorites... and when I place an order it'll be a big one! I will probably wait until I have students in-person again, and we make Timeline of Life calendars (each day of the calendar = 12.5 million years).


Create Your Own Calendar, 8 inch


The Great Inflation



The Precambrian Time
formation of Earth four and a half billion years ago to 543 million years ago



Cambrian Period
543 MYA to 490 MYA

National Park Service article: Cambrian Period



Ordovician Period
490 MYA to 443 MYA

National Park Service article: Ordovician Period



Silurian Period
443 MYA to 417 MYA

National Park Service article: Silurian Period



Devonian Period
417 MYA to 354 MYA

National Park Service article: Devonian Period



Carboniferous Period
354 MYA to 290 MYA

National Park Service article: Mississippian Period & Pennsylvanian Period



Permian Period
290 MYA to 248 MYA

National Park Service article: Permian Period



Triassic Period
248 MYA to 206 MYA

National Park Service article: Triassic Period



Jurassic Period
206 MYA to 144 MYA

National Park Service article: Jurassic Period



Cretaceous Period
144 MYA to 65 MYA

National Park Service article: Cretaceous Period



Paleogene Period
65 MYA to 23 MYA

National Park Service article: Paleogene Period



Neogene Period
23 MYA to 2.6 MYA

National Park Service article: Neogene Period



Quaternary Period
2.6 MYA to present day

National Park Service article: Quaternary Period



One of the most kid-friendly resources for the Geologic Periods is the book set by Doug and Claudia Mann. Recently updated with new editions!

Note: I see that Beeswax Rubber Stamps also makes a lot of stamps that would be useful for Ancient Civilizations as well and even the Story of Money and the Story of Written Language! I wonder if they are Montessorians?


This post contains affiliate links to materials I truly use for homeschooling. Qualifying purchases provide me with revenue. Thank you for your support!

No comments: