If you are a forest-schooler or a family that spends most of their time in nature, you may be looking for the perfect nature-schooling curriculum. What even is nature-schooling curriculum? Should we just sink our feet into the Earth and let it speak to us? Why bother with curriculum at all?
I often joke that I write curriculum of unschoolers. This is an oxymoron, because unschoolers do not use curriculum. I could retort back, do unschoolers read books? Most do. While developing my curriculum, I try to create something that the child is naturally pulled to. You will not find a check list of tasks, a schedule, flash cards, or worksheets. You will find that your child is learning organically, without the need of constant reinforcment, reward charts, or power-struggles. Acorn to Oak’s curriculum is completely child-led.
What is Alphabet Forest?
Alphabet Forest is Acorn to Oak’s early learning program. Your child will learn to read organically through The Rhythmic Reading Method. In Alphabet Forest, the child discovers the living alphabet. Letters are introduced through stories, poetry, morning baskets, letter drawings, characters, nature walks, nature crafts, nature walks and recipes. Letter sounds are reinforced and mastered while engaging in these activities.
The core curriculum includes the following for every letter of the alphabet:
– A Book List
– Songs
– Morning Baskets
– Poetry
– Waldorf Inspired Letter Drawings
– Animal and Plant Studies
– Guided Nature Walks and Nature Journal Prompts
– Finger Plays
– Nature Crafts
– Yoga
– Prompted Drawings
– Phonics Lesson
– Letter Building Exercise
In the Complete Collection, you will also have access to the following for every letter:
– A Recipe
– A Short Story and Reading Comprehension Lesson
– Handwriting Sheets
– Practice Reading Sentences
What is Kinder Forest?
Kinder Forest is the next step beyond Alphabet Forest. In Kinder Forest, each lesson is a nature study. Every subject is then integrated into the study of nature.
Each nature study guides you through:
– A Book List
– Poetry
– Animal and Plant Studies
– Gross Motor Games
– Fine Motor Activities
– Finger Plays
– Nature Crafts
– Art Lessons
– Recipes
– Prompted Drawings
– Phonics Lessons
– Rhythmic Reading Lessons
– Writing Prompts
– Mindfulness Practices
– Social Studies
– Science
– Math
– Reading Lessons
Some examples of the lessons are:
– Bugs
– Seeds
– Birds
– Worms
– Ponds
– Rainbows
And many more! The lessons can be taught entirely outside, and are seasonal. Follow the studies at your own pace, and complete them in any order that you like. Don’t let the curriculum define your household, you decide how the curriculum can support and enrich your child’s natural curiousity.
Want to learn more? Try the free samples!
Alphabet Forest free sample.
Kinder Forest free sample.
