Friday Freebie linkup: Australia Resources

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Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at that site by Governor Arthur Phillip.

Australia Country Lapbook created by anonymous, Ami, and Molly Boulter from Homeschool Share

Free Printable Australia Day Learning Packet from Our Worldwide Classroom

This printable overview packet will be used by all of my children in varying ways, they are aged 10, 7 and 3.

Australia Puzzles from Activity Vilage

Try our scramble puzzle of the Australian States and territories, our word search of Australian cities, or enjoy some of our printable puzzles with Australian animals as their theme!

Australia Printables from Activity Village

Use our assorted Australia printables in the classroom or home, for Australia Day or when learning about Australia, or perhaps when you are planning on a visit? We’ve got all sorts here, from clothes for our paper dolls to fun little booklets of Australian slang!

Australia Map Colouring Page from Activity Villige

Here’s an Australia map colouring page – an annotated and illustrated map of Australia for kids to colour in.

Australian Unit Study from Creakside Learning

Animal Finger Puppet Play from Mother Natured

These puppets should predominately be used for unstructured play but they can also be help to encourage discussion on Australian animals, predator-prey relationships and facts about each species.

from Ani’s Design Blog

For the children’s map of Australia, I thought about what I liked when I was 6 years old and what interested me. I really liked leaning about animals so I decided to look up Australian animals and I found that each state had a few animal and plant symbols so that’s what I put into my map, along with other iconic places such as Uluru, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the National Museum in Canberra, the Great Barrier Reef and Mount Ossa in Tasmania.

Here are two versions of my map: one without a border and one with. I wasn’t happy with where I put the Australian flag and I didn’t want to have it on a flagpole, so I decided to make a fun border with the flag.

Australia/Oceania Landmarks from Montessori Print Shop

Australia/Oceania Landmarks (brown borders) – Printable Montessori Geography Materials
Beautiful photographs that show the Landmarks of Australia/Oceania/Australasia.

Includes:
18 pictures with labels
18 pictures without labels
18 labels
3 title cards (Australia, Oceania, Australasia)

Australia – Fun Facts – no color borders from Montessori Print Shop

Australia – Fun Facts – Printable Montessori Geography Materials
Fun facts about Australia that children will enjoy learning.

Includes:
30 fun fact cards for Australia

Australia – Fun Facts from Montessori Print Shop

Australia – Fun Facts (brown borders) – Printable Montessori Geography Materials
Fun facts about Australia that children will enjoy learning.

Includes:
30 fun fact cards for Australia

Montessori-Inspired Continent Activities with Animal Figures – Australia from Living Montessori Now

The activities in this post would fit in with a Montessori Australia continent box. (Note: I made the background of the collage brown because of the brown Australia on the Montessori world map.) These activities could also be used for a study of Australia before (and after) the Little Passports Australia package arrives.

Australia Printables from Preschool Mom

We have some amazing printables to help you take your preschool class Down Under! You’ll find Australian Animal ABC’s, Classroom projects, handwriting pages, coloring sheets, colorful bookmarks, crafts and more. Most noteably our Australian Wordwall Cards take children through 26 different animals they will find new and exciting.

Counting 1 to 10 Book Koalas from The Paper Maid on Teachers Pay Teachers

Counting worksheets 1 to 10 with a koala theme. Also included are tracking and tracing practice.