Thanksgiving Traditions: Making a Thankfulness Tree [with free printable thankfulness leaf prompts]

October 31, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

This is the third year now that we have decided to grow a Thankfulness Tree during the month of November, and this year I decided to tweak it a bit. In the past, we’ve had a tree with blank leaves that we could write whatever we wanted on — but after the first few days, […]

Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils

October 17, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

We dove into our new Dinosaur study in September and will be learning everything we can about the Mesozoic Era through mid-January! I will eventually be sharing our entire study on here [of course!], but first I need to finish sharing our botany study. So I’ll just share this fun work the girls and I […]

Kids Night In Box Review & Coupon Code!

October 3, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Our first Kids Night In last month was pretty fun, but this one was AMAZING! The theme of this month’s box was Common Bonds, and it was all about kids from all over the world and what we have in common. It just so happened to be the International Day of Peace when that box […]

Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Activities

October 1, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ll admit it: I have a tiny bit of a pumpkin obsession. Not in a “basic” way (whatever that means…) — I’m actually not a fan of pumpkin spice anything. But when it comes to using them in the classroom, I’m obsessed! Every year I find new ways to use pumpkins to teach, so I […]

Montessori Botany Study: Learning About Leaves

September 26, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

After learning about plants in general, we actually began with a tree study — but since it’s the perfect season to learn about leaves and why they change color, I’ll share that part next! We began by looking at the different parts of a leaf using these 3-part cards. As we usually do with this […]