US Curriculum Alignment

CCSS L.K.5, CCSS RI.K.4, NGSS 1-ESS1-1, NGSS 5-ESS1-1

Printable

Montessori 3 Part Cards – Planets

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Formats
A4, US Letter
Type
3 Part Cards
Montessori three-part cards for the eleven bodies of our solar system — the Sun, the Moon, and the eight planets — each shown as a clean, isolated illustration on a plain white card. Every set includes a picture card, a matching label, and a combined control card in three font styles (Basic Manuscript, American Cursive, Printed Letters), in both A4 and US Letter.
How it's made

Drawn from the
real animal.

The same hand-drawn look across the whole collection — verified against the real species, animal by animal.

“Before an animal becomes part of a printable, it begins with paper, pencil and careful observation.”

Every illustration begins with close observation of the real species. Shape, posture, markings and expression are developed individually, rather than assembled from a standard template.

The result is a softer, more natural image with the small irregularities and visible texture that give hand-drawn work its character.

Questions

Often
asked.

  • Each planet has a picture card, a name label, and a control card showing both; the child names, matches, and self-checks through the Montessori three-period lesson.

  • They follow their real order outward from the Sun — Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune — so children absorb the sequence while learning the names.

  • It lets a child match and read independently, then reassemble the card to check their own work, building the control-of-error habit central to Montessori.

  • Each planet is drawn to emphasize its recognizable colour and features rather than exact relative size, so young children can identify them by appearance first.