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Imaginary Island is a hands-on, interdisciplinary curriculum that guides students through the creation of their own island while exploring physical geography, earth science, ecosystems, early human history, anthropology, and much more. Download the Imaginary Island Curriculum Sample for a sneak peek inside! Over the course of  30 fully planned lessons, students move from shaping landforms to designing island flora and fauna, to imagining how humans settle, survive, and thrive! While completing

Turn your homeschool, co-op, or even classroom into a game design studio!This engaging, play-filled curriculum teaches students how games really work by having them study, test, and create tabletop games of their own. Through guided analysis of familiar games — card games, domino variants, classic board games, and student-made prototypes — learners build a deep understanding of mechanics, strategy, fairness, and fun. Using a structured but creative design cycle, students brainstorm mechanics, p

Relax and learn a new skill - drawing Celtic knots! This file includes follow-along instructions to guide you in drawing two basic Celtic knots. Three different blank practice papers are included, along with two sheets of pre-drawn knots for inspiration.

Download, print, and create your very own Montessori Power of 2 Cube Material! It's as simple as 1-2-3 1. Follow the included instructions, printing the pages on white, yellow, and green cardstock as specified. 2. Cut of the external lines, score on the internal lines. 3. Assemble the prisms and you're ready to go! Also included are templates to make a box with traditional "fall down" sides. Checkout http://starlitday.com or follow me on Instagram @_starlitday_ to see how we use these material

40 Task Cards for follow up work after the initial decimal fraction board presentations! ★ 8 task cards representing numerical decimal fractions on the decimal fraction board ★ 8 task cards representing word form decimal fractions on the decimal fraction board ★ 8 task cards reading a decimal fraction board and writing numerically ★ 8 task cards reading a decimal fraction board and writing in word form ★ 8 task cards writing an expanded decimal fraction in standard form ★ 8 task cards writing a

Download, print, and create your very own Montessori Power of 3 Cube Material! It's as simple as 1-2-3: 1. Follow the included instructions, printing the pages on white, yellow, and green cardstock as specified. 2. Score on the internal lines, cut on the external lines. 3. Assemble the prisms and you're ready to go! Checkout http://starlitday.com or follow me on Instagram @_starlitday_ to see how we use these materials!

This product contains 70 Montessori style command cards to be used with golden bead, stamp game, test-tube division, bead frame division, etc. What's included: ★ 20 division cards with a 4-digit dividend, 2-digit divisor (no remainders) ★ 20 division cards with a 4-digit dividend, 3-digit divisor (no remainders) ★ 10 division cards with a 5-digit dividend, 2-digit divisor (no remainders) ★ 10 division cards with a 5-digit dividend, 3-digit divisor (no remainders) ★ 10 division cards with a 5-dig

Create your own bead cabinet! These files are ready to print, cut, score, and to be folded into bead cubes! Print as many as you need. Great for homeschool and distance learning! These bead cubes match the size of cubes made from 6mm beads with wires. If you need a different size, please message me - I can adjust! This file includes printable bead cubes, in Montessori colors, for the cubes 1-10.

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, and 16 sentence strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Sentence strips are American Revolution themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. There are 4 statements sentences, 4 questions, 4 commands, and 4 exclamations. Two activity levels are provided - in Level 1 all sentences include punctuation, providing a hint to the sentence type. Level 2 sentences have punctuati

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, and 16 sentence strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Sentence strips are US Government themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. There are 4 statements sentences, 4 questions, 4 commands, and 4 exclamations. Two activity levels are provided - in Level 1 all sentences include punctuation, providing a hint to the sentence type. Level 2 sentences have punctuation removed re

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, along with 8 sets of subject, appositive, and predicate sentence component strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Explicitly studying different sentence patterns improves students writing, and working within a content area solidifies knowledge. All sentences are US Government themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. Students lay out the header cards, defining subject, app

Create your own bead cabinet! These files are ready to print, cut, score, and to be folded into bead squares! Print as many as you need. Great for homeschool and distance learning! These bead squares match the size of squares made from 6mm beads with wires. If you need a different size, please message me - I can adjust! This file includes printable bead squares, in Montessori colors, for the squares 1-10.

AMI Style Unit Division booklet to be used with the unit division board. The booklet contains a cover page, and 81 inner pages for children to work through all the unit division possibilities.

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, 8 sentence fragment strips, and 8 complete sentence strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Sentences and fragments are American Revolution themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. Students lay out the header cards, defining sentences and fragments, then sort the strips. Students can copy the sorted strips into their journals adding correct punctuation, and converting frag

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, along with 8 sets of subject, appositive, and predicate sentence component strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Explicitly studying different sentence patterns improves students writing, and working within a content area solidifies knowledge. All sentences are American Revolution themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. Students lay out the header cards, defining s

This product contains instructions, headers, definitions, 8 sentence fragment strips, and 8 complete sentence strips aligned with both Montessori and The Writing Revolution. Sentences and fragments are US Government themed providing students opportunity to reinforce content learning in that area. Students lay out the header cards, defining sentences and fragments, then sort the strips. Students can copy the sorted strips into their journals adding correct punctuation, and converting fragments

Click here to view the related blog post.Island Climate Guide: This research guide is intended to be used as part of the Montessori Imaginary Island project. Use this guide to assist in determining the climate of an imaginary island. Detailed instructions guide students through gathering data from similar locations, choosing their own data, and creating climate graphs. Links to external sources provide more information. Contains 1 page of detailed instructions, 1 page of sample data, 2 pages f

Island Research Guide: This research guide is intended to be used as part of the Montessori Imaginary Island project, but can be used for any island research. Use this guide for vertical research of one island. Topics covered include basic geography and topology, global location and influences, geological history, natural resources, wildlife, people, and fundamental needs. The guide can be a jumping off point for a variety of projects - map making, diorama making, posters, essays, and presenta

This file will help your students visualize number relationships and positions on a hundred chart or board. Choose a number and fill in the grid to find the number 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less! Print, (cut if you like), and go!