Loving & leading
We did this unit at the end of summer and it spilled into fall a bit. Both the girls really loved it. We do a lot of unit studies (both planned and unplanned!) in our home and follow the Montessori Scope and Sequence for both …
There is a beautiful approach in Montessori referred to as the spiraling curriculum. A spiral curriculum starts with major themes and moves through the progression cyclically coming back to different blocks during a 3 year cycle. It starts with the very concrete exploration of our …
You guys. This year I promised myself I would take a longer break after the end of our school year and while I did that… I didn’t get everything prepped ahead of time like I wanted. I am back to schooling and prepping. Still planning …
For our Year in Review this year, I am taking a slightly different approach. I have done a seasonal recap throughout the year of the Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring in our homeschool. Instead of rehashing all of that here again, I am going to …
Another summer has come and gone and we have soaked in every minute over here. We homeschool year round and take off throughout the year as needed. This past year we took off part of April and all of May. May 30th was our first …
I am so excited about my latest project- a Montessori Continent Box Exchange! My hope is to connect Montessorians from around the world share different cultures in a tangible way. Short of traveling to each area, this is the best way to experience the culture …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …