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Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan Summer II

Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan Summer II

Update: I bumped Australia to September, took a week completely off in July and made more space for summer themed studies in August! If it is a strikethrough item listed, it is getting bumped as well. This summer has been so fun already! I honestly 

Trout Mini Unit Study

Trout Mini Unit Study

This was another fun unit study that we did as a part of our larger summer unit study this summer. Most of our shelf work was from Green Urban Creative’s Summer Collection. We got to go on a day trip to a Trout Hatchery to 

Strawberry Mini Unit

Strawberry Mini Unit

We did a Strawberry Mini Unit as a part of our Summer Unit this year. It was so cute and fun! We had hoped to pick strawberries but I didn’t realize this is more ideal for May in our area. We missed that this year 

Bird Unit 2022

Bird Unit 2022

This unit grew into a month long unit… part of this is because I planned one last year that we didn’t fully get into and part of this is it was just so fun! We did a lot this unit and genuinely loved birding, nature 

Raising a Montessori Baby

Raising a Montessori Baby

We just welcomed our third Montessori baby into our home. In fact, he is one week old as of yesterday! I decided a post about how to raise a Monti baby was long overdue. Plus I am over here trying to organize my chaos so 

2022/2023 Academic Outline

2022/2023 Academic Outline

I can’t believe it is already time for our final year of 3-6 with Little Miss! PLUS my Tot is going to be moving into the 3-6 Classroom this year. *Sigh* Time truly flies. It has been such a blessing to be apart of my 

2021-2022 Year in Review

2021-2022 Year in Review

We are wrapping up our school year at the end of April this year… kind of crazy but at this point we have already done 183 school days so we have had PLENTY of opportunity to get in all we need to in our second 

Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan Summer I

Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan Summer I

If you can’t tell… I am loving the six weeks detailed lesson plan approach! I do my yearly outline and track progress in my digital portfolio/tracker BUT this truly has been a game changer. I am almost a year in to doing this approach and 

Valentine Mini!

Valentine Mini!

Initially I had planned to do a few little Valentine themed works but I found so many cute ideas that we had a full blown mini unit on our hands! We have had fun this week. We had Valentine themed works for math, writing, sewing, 

Dental Unit

Dental Unit

This is a part of our My Body Unit series that we are doing throughout the rest of this year and maybe into next year. I am going to sprinkle it in and just follow the child. Since this month is National Children’s Dental Health