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, …
Tag: Montessori 3-6
Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan February/March 2020
Update: I felt I was slowing down the math sequence a bit. I reached out to the creator of my main album for 6-12 (overlaps with 3-6), Pilar Brewley and have added sessions (one time that you sit and do work with the child – …
What to DIY, Skip, and Buy for Montessori Homeschooling (Primary Edition)
I have had a few people ask how I have chosen what to skip, DIY, or buy for Montessori Homeschooling. I stepped back and gave it some thought. For our home we have a budget we need to stay in, most things we need we …
Six Weeks Detailed Lesson Plan for the New Year January 2022
Update: I shifted quite a bit so I updated this post on the 21st of January. My last six weeks detailed lesson plan was for September and part of October. I did a little look ahead at what was coming for November & December and …
What did we do all day: Homeschool, work cycles, and a look at what we actually did today
I have talked about our rhythm a bit in a few posts but I have not done a post about what we actually do all day. Each day is a little different but our rhythm is the same. We hold space for the morning work …
Metal Insets + Extensions
I presented the metal insets just after the sandpaper letters to Little Miss. She was VERY ready to take the next step in learning to write. Prior to this, there is no formal training on writing. In Montessori we begin by preparing the hand to …
Mini Turkey Unit
We are knee deep in our North America Unit over here. It turned out to be longer than I originally planned. There are way too many fun things to do. We ended up adding a mini unit to study turkeys as a part of it …
Sandpaper Letters + Games
You guys. We are fully immersed in the sandpaper letters over here and I am SO glad we waited until further into the sound games progression before introducing them. Little Miss is fully ready whereas if we had just mastered the initial sound in a …
Pumpkin Fun + Phonological Awareness
We have had such a fun fall season. The month of October we did quite a bit with our pumpkin theme. We actually started it the same day we did pumpkins at Forest School so that was a fun coincidence. At home we did a …
The Beauty of Year Round Homeschooling + Montessori
One of my favorite things about homeschooling year round is the flexibility to “do school” (if you will) when it makes sense for our family. One of my absolute favorite things about using the Montessori Method for our homeschool is that the prepared environment does …