Author: Lisa Good

Fall Is Here!

Fall Is Here!

During the season of fall, the classroom is filled with activities involving pumpkins, deciduous leaves, acorns, harvest time, and even squirrels!  The Northern Hemisphere is beginning in the season of fall while the southern hemisphere begins the season of spring. As you discuss the season of fall be sure to use a globe and highlight this point with the children. Continue reading “Fall Is Here!”

Apple Tasting and Art Mediums

Apple Tasting and Art Mediums

In Week 5 Day 2 of my Cultural Curriculum we talked about another one of the five senses, taste. We then did some apple tasting, talked about the different kinds of Apples. On my Botany 5 lap card I help you to know what to say, like, “Today we are going to talk about apples. There are so many different kinds of apples. During the season of Fall many people go apple picking. It is the time of the year for the apples to be harvested. Let’s look at the parts of an apple. As we look at our cards we will also take this real apple and try to find the parts on it. I wonder how many seeds we will find?”

We then tried three different kinds of apples and learned about our taste buds. Mmmm…

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Nature Baskets

Nature Baskets

Maria Montessori said, “Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when its raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.” Children are naturally drawn to things in nature, from the smallest insect to the largest tree, all of their senses are involved in discovering the great outdoors.

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Cotton Plant in Week 20 Day 3

Cotton Plant in Week 20 Day 3

In parts of the southern states it is time to harvest the fields of cotton. If you are going to be talking about harvest time, including the cotton plant can be fun. I often include this plant when we discuss ‘things we get from plants’ at a later time during the school year, but be sure to include it sometime during the year if you can. Children are amazed when they learn that some of their clothes are made from the cotton plant! Continue reading “Cotton Plant in Week 20 Day 3”

Apples

Apples

The month of September it is a good time to talk about apples. The next few weeks are one of the best times to go apple picking in most of the United States and Canada. I include lessons on the Five Senses during this month and like to tie in an apple tasting day when we talk about the sense of taste. Continue reading “Apples”

Added FREE Language PDF for All 40 Weeks PDF Curriculum Customers

Added FREE Language PDF for All 40 Weeks PDF Curriculum Customers

While it is not part of the Cultural Curriculum, many of you who purchased All 40 Weeks were asking for Language, Math, Sensorial, Practical Life to be available as well. So, I have added, at no additional charge, the Language Area PDF to you accounts for now.

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Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

Sometimes a child finds something special and wants to share it with their friends in the classroom.  I find this happens if the item they want to share is alive. Perhaps it is a frog they discovered that morning and are excited about it.  They bring it to school and you have a spontaneous lesson on frogs! How wonderful! The children gather and share what they know about the frog. You gather some books and read about frogs. Younger children can draw a picture of the frog as they observe it, and older child may decide to write a story about the frog that visited that day. Continue reading “Praying Mantis”

Can I use your curriculum to teach online?

Can I use your curriculum to teach online?

Yes, some children are now virtually taught due to Covid-19, and will possibly continue. A teacher can use My Cultural Curriculum, but the teacher has to be organized and put a little extra time into some creative preparation before the day’s lesson. Here’s how it would work… Continue reading “Can I use your curriculum to teach online?”