I'm not a curriculum author, but I did create lesson plans and monthly plans while I was a high school teacher. I also read through a full Montessori curriculum from HERE. It is $120 for the full 3-6 years curriculum. It's fantastic!! If you can afford that, and you plan to homeschool your kiddos the Montessori way, I would go for it. I paid an extra $50 to have it printed at this site.
Anyway I am using what I've learned to create a curriculum (rather, "curriculum") for my two kiddos for the next several months. I'm saying Fall (September through December or January), but I really don't know how long it will take me to get through these objectives. I may not hit all of them, but I figured it was a good starting place. I hope to learn a lot over the next few months so that the next time I create something like this, it's a bit more specific and focused.
I shared this on my Snapchat account, and I wanted to type it up so people can access it easier. I have Alexander's objectives first followed by Annabelle's.
ALEXANDER
PATTERNS & SEQUENCES
- recognize number patterns (such as 1 3 5 7 or 2 4 6 8 or 3 6 9 12)
- recognize other number patterns (such as 1 3 2 4 3 5 or 1 4 9 16 or 1 1 2 3 5)
- color + shape patterns (such as red triangle, blue circle, blue triangle, red circle)
- patterns dealing with orientation (such as up arrow, left arrow, down arrow, right arrow)
- verbal patterns (same as the ones above but spoken instead of written)
- sound patterns (clapping, stomping, using a drum)
COUNTING / + / - / $
- count by 10s to 100
- count by 100s to 1000
- count by evens/odds to 20/21
- count by 5s to 50
- "what comes next?" up to 1000
- "what comes before?" up to 1000
- count by grouping objects (if there are 20 beads, grab two at a time and count by 2s)
- count coins that are grouped (four quarters, for example)
- add single digit numbers consistently
- add two digit numbers consistently
- add basic 3 and 4 digit numbers on paper (no carrying)
- subtract one and two digit numbers with a positive result
SHAPES
- identify these shapes: circle, square, triangle (right angle, isosceles, equilateral), oval, rectangle, diamond, parallelogram, trapezoid, star*, heart, pentagon, hexagon, octagon*, quatrefoil, pentafoil*, hexafoil*, semicircle, quartercircle*, crescent
- draw most of those shapes (not necessarily the ones with the *)
- identify these polyhedrons: sphere, cube, pyramid, cylinder, cone
- shape constructions with straight and curved pieces
LENGTH & SIZE DISCRIMINATION
- correctly use the terms longest, shortest, longer, shorter, and so on
- properly use a kitchen scale to compare sizes
- put red rods in order from smallest to largest (or largest to smallest)
- extension for red rods: make a spiral
- extension for red rods: find where a missing piece goes
WRITING NUMBERS
- write numbers 1-100
- write 4 digit numbers by ear (or copy from number tablets)
FRACTIONS
- practice putting fraction pieces into a full circle (like 6 wedges that are each 1/6)
NUMBER SENSE (understanding that 1000 is much larger than 10, for example)
- put 100 beads in a jar
- put 10 jars together to make 1000
ANNABELLE
PATTERNS & SEQUENCES
- shape/picture patterns like circle or square
- color patterns (such as red, blue, red, blue)
- verbal patterns (such as 1 2 1 2 1 2)
- sound patterns (clapping, stomping)
COUNTING
- count to 5
- count to 10
- identify 1-10 on paper
- identify 1-10 on fingers
- count objects up to 10
SHAPES
- match basic shapes (circle to circle)
- use finger to trace shape outlines (may be too advanced)
LENGTH & SIZE DISCRIMINATION
- identify which circle is bigger between two circles
- complete all knobbed cylinder blocks
- complete larger cylinder blocks
That's all I've got for now! I'm not sure how it will all come together. There are a few things they're both already able to do, but I want to practice them and expand on them. I don't yet have actual activities, but some of them are pretty obvious. As I come up with new ideas, I'll share them here on the blog or add new objectives to this blog post.
Thanks for reading!
Bethany
