Surprise your child this Christmas with a new Arctic play set. Wooden play sets are one of the best childrens learning toys on the market.
The internet is full of useful information for both parents and teachers and as you use kids learning toys as props your lessons will have more meaning and excitement for your children.
You can begin your lesson with such facts as: The North Pole and the South Pole are also referred to as the Polar Regions. The Arctic is the area around the North Pole.
Although you can walk to the North Pole, you are really just walking on ice. There is no land beneath you, which is unlike the South Pole that has a continent called Antarctica underneath all that ice and snow.
Continue your lesson with this fact: Snow can be very difficult to walk on, because it crushes down when you step on it. Man invented snowshoes, which are very wide shoes that look like tennis rackets. This distributes the weight over a large area, and allows a person to walk easily on top of the snow.
Go to http://www.americazoo.com/kids/arctic.htm and see beautiful pictures of arctic animals and read other interesting facts to use with your Arctic wooden playset.
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