Our family's homeschool Montessori journey through life
Never planned to homeschool, now wouldn't trade it for the world
Homeschooling toddlers and younger kids can be fun and creative
This past week’s tot-school… …was rather enjoyable. I’ll admit it, I was looking forward to the letter R appearing, rockets and robots and rainbows are all such beautiful and bold things to work with. I must have mentally checked off 20 odd activities to do and yet when I came to plan I reined in […]
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn't sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here
Spring has finally arrived for good here in Wisconsin. We are enjoying every minute of the fresh spring air, and this week's theme combined bugs, plants, frogs, ducks, chicks, and all things spring. Here were our plans for Spring week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite books this
It is finally starting to feel like fall here in Wisconsin which means lots of fun traditions like apple picking, hay rides, and pumpkin patches. This was the perfect week to do fall themed tot school activities and talk about the changing weather. Here were our plans for Fall Week: And here are the details
This week we focused on community helpers in Tot School. We could literally do this theme for a month because there are so many different jobs and places that we could use for inspiration. But this was our first time really talking about the community and jobs, so I kept our learning to a
We are gearing up for summer this week with our ocean theme. Just 2 more full weeks of Tot School then we will be switching things up for summer, and we are so ready for some fun in the sun! Here were our plans for Ocean week: And here are the details
Well Halloween has come and gone and I can't believe it is already November 1st! That means in less than a month my big girl turns 3! As she continues to grow and learn, I am going to be trying to find new skills for her to practice in Tot School while continuing to
Are you ready for our last new tot school theme for the year? We are loving our spring themes so I added this frog theme to our calendar this year. Check out this week full of all kinds of frog themed learning and fun! And here are the details of each activity: Here are the
Tot School - Ff is for Firemen and Frogs Owen and Eli: 38 months old FROGS We spent a lot of time this week reading books about how tadpoles...
When planning out our Tot School calendar I have to tell you that I was not really as excited for some themes as others... I mean pumpkins, apples and Valentines, YES! Bring it on! But space, cars and dinosaurs aren't exactly my jam. I'm a girl mom to 2 little pink tutu wearing cutie pies.
After Christmas passes and I finally get the tree and decorations put away, I immediately look forward to decking my house out in all things pink and glittery. Any excuse to be super girly is totally my JAM. Being a girl mom also means that I can go all out with pink and sparkly fun
Isn't it funny how little ones are just curious about everything and totally don't have that grossed out reaction that we have as adults? I have to admit bugs creep me out, so I was totally not excited for this week's theme. I tried my best to contain my feelings about insects so Madelynn could
We watched Happy Feet over the weekend so naturally Madelynn is a bit in love with penguins lately which made it the perfect time for our penguin tot school theme. We did a few of the same penguin activities that we tried last year, but tried lots of new ones too! Here were our
We are SO excited to be back in our daily tot school routine. Now I use that term loosely because our routine is a bit on the fly since adding little miss Aubrey to the mix in April. Instead of having a set time for tot school, we jump right into our fun activities anytime
A dinosaur theme is a sure fire way to capture little one's interest and curiosity. Just talking about dinosaurs with toddlers is so much fun! Our week was filled with names to learn, questions to answer and hands on activities to try. Here were our plans for Dinosaur Week: And here are the details of
Are you doing a tot school transportation theme? We finally finished up our transportation themed activities this week and had a lot of fun with all the different modes of transportation we explored. Here were our plans for Transportation Week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite transportation books for the week
Tot School Printables is a free program for toddlers, introducing early learning concepts in a fun and simple way.
