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I am so excited to announce that my Imaginary Island Curriculum is finally ready! What is Imaginary Island?Imaginary Island is a project taught in some Montessori Upper Elementary programs. It is a beautiful culmination of the Montessori Cosmic Curriculum, weaving together components from the Geography Albums, Biology Albums, and HistoryContinue Reading

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A curriculum purchase is an important decision, but how do you know if a product style will work for your family, co-op, or classroom? I’m going to dive into some samples from my Imaginary Island Student Text so that you can see what’s inside… You can download the Imaginary IslandContinue Reading

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A curriculum purchase is an important decision, but how do you know if a product style will work for your family, co-op, or classroom? I’m going to dive into some samples from my Imaginary Island Instructor’s Guide so that you can see what’s inside… You can download the Imaginary IslandContinue Reading

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It’s been a long time since I’ve managed a blog post. If you were around about three years ago, you’ll know that I only get halfway through posting our journey with Imaginary Island – in fact the last post was a wrap up of some of our notebooking pages. OurContinue Reading

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In addition to the Imaginary Island work we’re doing with our friends, my kids have been doing some notebooking. They’ve asked to work on their islands a few times during the weeks, or talked more about what we’ve been learning. It’s been nice to spend some time together sitting around,Continue Reading

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We are now in our second semester of Imaginary Island work – and it’s time to put some life on the islands! First we reviewed our work so far, remembering how our islands formed, the factors that cause the climate of our islands, and all the way up to biomes.Continue Reading

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Another note here to mention that both my kids have been doing biome work since they were in Kindergarten. The background knowledge they’ve gained through Montessori lessons and work allowed us to cover the mapping portion of this major subject in just one day. Today the kids got a briefContinue Reading

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This week the kids determined the climates of their islands! They started out by typing their island’s longitude and latitude into Google Maps. They zoomed out and chose a couple of locations that should have similar weather, based on latitude and topography. For example, everyone chose coastal locations because aContinue Reading

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Today we finished reviewing ocean currents, one of the elements that determines the climate of a location. They colored the ocean currents sheet from The Modern Montessori Guide (all part of her Imaginary Island curriculum). The kids then had two blank world maps. Looking back at their painted islands and theContinue Reading

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I think it’s important to step in here and note that the majority of kids in my Imaginary Island group have a lot of prior preparation going into this year long project. They have heard the Montessori Five Great Lessons multiple times, and done deep dives into functional geography experiments,Continue Reading