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Beyond Sex Ed is a comprehensive, inclusive curriculum for middle and high school students. It meets the requirements of the California Healthy Youth Act. It is sex positive, body positive, and non-judgmental. Language is not heteronormative or cisnormative. Topics include: Gender and sexuality Gender identitySexual orientationThe importance of validating one's pronouns and nameStanding up to bigotryPuberty What changes to expectEveryone develops in their own timeMenstrual productsMasturbation
Over 100 pages of animals, reading passages, graphic organizers, coloring pages, and extended resources. Learn Read about real creatures that are just as unique, as wondrous, as awe-inspiring as fantasy. Every animal featured has something that makes it rare and special. Build reading comprehension The reading passages on each animal start out short, with main points in bold, and color coded. As the book progresses, reading passages become less structured, requiring the reader to do more to
Book Report Templates contains: Story Paper - Area for a large image and an accompanying caption or story Fiction Book Report - with optional second page for older learners and those wanting to be challenged Nonfiction Book Report - with optional second page with specific open-ended questions Biography - with optional timeline* of the subject's life Timeline can be used as a stand alone template or as part of other learning projects as well. Every template contains an instructional page with s
Assignments and Letter to Families OnlyThese files are included in the Beyond Sex Ed bundle. They are listed here for convenience for educators and homeschool families who purchased a print book of my curriculum. They are NOT meant to be used alone without either the print book or digital download of Beyond Sex Ed. File Includes: Note to Educators - pdf - 1 pageAssignments - pdf 18 pages - These are the assignments that appear in the Student Pages and the print book. Questions are mostly short a
Homeschool Record Keeping Included templates: Attendance - fillable and signable Report Card - fillable and signable Record Keeping by Week - fillable All 3 templates come with explanations and suggestions for use. The Record Keeping by Week includes a written sample. The templates are undated so they can be used for any school year. You can print the templates and fill by hand or save and fill digitally. The Report Card form is best if you want to keep one page per subject, whether you want to
This file contains a description of the unique life cycle of the Immortal Jellyfish, images and labels of each stage to be cut out, and a diagram of the life cycle to paste them into. There are two versions, easy and hard, which are not labeled as such, but are clearly indicated by different borders. There is also an answer key, with its own border. This can be done as a stand-alone activity, as part of a larger unit on life cycles, or accompany my book “Not Mythical Animals” which is coming s
PDF file contains: Bridges Lesson Plan Photography gallery of bridgesMultiple methods of building bridges with household items and craft supplies2 page work sample with images and open ended questionsInstructions on how to make your own lesson plans with hands-on projects and free or inexpensive resources that will build foundational skills and engage children in their learning
Documentary Templates Short Form - This documentary template is best for learners roughly 2nd to 4th grade, and older learners who are reluctant writers. On the first page, they are asked to give the title and topic of the documentary and a list of things they found interesting. On the second page, they get to fill out a rubric grading the documentary on several qualities such as narration. Finally, they get to draw or upload a picture of their favorite part of the documentary. Long Form - This
Fine Motor Development 6 pagesPrintable PDFExplains how fine motor skills develop and gives suggestions of many activities to build both pre-writing and writing skillsPenmanship Pages 9 pages Printable PDFPre-made penmanship pages with original or public domain text samples in varying lengths and font sizes Editable Penmanship Template 2 pagesEditable and printable DOCX so you can make your own pages quickly and easily, based on what your child is interested in writing
Table of Contents only - for planning purposes Want a quick and easy, all-in-one sex ed curriculum? Use the left column. Everything you need is included in the Beyond Sex Ed main file. Want to extend learning, meet the needs of a variety of learning styles, or fill a semester or school year? Use some or all of the options in the right column. Want to challenge learners, dive deep on selected topics, or tie sex ed in to other subjects such as writing or social justice? Use the references and li
References and Links ONLY This is for people who want a better idea of what information is contained in my sex ed curriculum or for people who bought a bound book and would like a digital copy of the links used. Files Include: References - pdf - 6 pages Textual References - full, complete bibliography in MLA style of all sources usedImage References - every image is labeled, in order of appearance, as self-created, public domain without attribution required, or public domain with appropriate at
Instructions, an example, and a clean template to help learners organize their thoughts and put together an essay with minimal planning effort. 4 page fillable pdf can be used with free Adobe Acrobat account This file has a full color background Other backgrounds available
Instructions, an example, and a clean template to help learners organize their thoughts and put together an essay with minimal planning effort. 4 page fillable pdf can be used with free Adobe Acrobat account This file has a full color background Other backgrounds available
Instructions, an example, and a clean template to help learners organize their thoughts and put together an essay with minimal planning effort. 4 page fillable pdf can be used with free Adobe Acrobat account This file has a full color background Other backgrounds available
Instructions, an example, and a clean template to help learners organize their thoughts and put together an essay with minimal planning effort. 4 page fillable pdf can be used with free Adobe Acrobat account This file has a full color background Other backgrounds available
Instructions, an example, and a clean template to help learners organize their thoughts and put together an essay with minimal planning effort. 4 page fillable pdf can be used with free Adobe Acrobat account This file has a white background for easy printing Other backgrounds available
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Preschool Teacher/Director,
Children's Book Author/Illustrator,
College Lecturer,
Parenting Workshop Instructor,
Teacher Workshop Instructor,
Early Intervention Services, and
Homeschooler
Teaching style
Play Based,
Project Based,
Child Selected,
Eclectic,
Developmentally Appropriate, and
Inclusive
My own education history
BS Psychology and Child Development
from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
MA in Education with an Emphasis in Child Development
from UC Santa Barbara
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Homeschooler since 2016
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