Teaching Children about the Big Bang

Tate is turning six at the beginning of July, and I can already see him transitioning from the “Absorbent Mind” to the “Reasoning Mind,” as Maria Montessori calls them. He’s asking about how everything in the universe came to be.

It’s time to start talking about the Big Bang! As a Montessori guide, I learned how to tell the First Great Story. I also made these follow-up cards for children to sequence.

I feel comfortable telling the story, but I also wanted to purchase a book to read to Tate, so that he could have something to go back to independently. After scouring Amazon, I decided on this book: Bang! How We Came to Be. I like the story and the illustrations!