Tag: Montessori Homeschool

Year in Review 2024/2025 School Year

Year in Review 2024/2025 School Year

That year went by FAST. AND… it has been a minute (or a couple of years!) since I have blogged here. I am not sure what my long term plan is here… last year I relied heavily on Instagram for our homeschool portfolio. I think 

Australia/Oceania Unit

Australia/Oceania Unit

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 

Yearly Planning for 3-6 & 6-9

Yearly Planning for 3-6 & 6-9

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 

Prepping for Montessori Reading at Home 6-9

Prepping for Montessori Reading at Home 6-9

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 

Year in Review 2022-2023

Year in Review 2022-2023

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 

Spring Recap

Spring Recap

It’s still spring but we are officially wrapping up our school year. I am not 100% sure when we will begin our Summer I term BUT I am VERY excited. I think we will take 2-3 weeks and then maybe start back the first or 

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 

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