Rooted in Learning: October Curriculum

🍂 Monthly Themes

• Week 1: Sunflowers – Discover the life cycle of a sunflower, count petals with fine motor petal plucking, and create watercolor sunflower art.

• Week 2: Pumpkins – Explore the parts of a pumpkin, try a pumpkin investigation, count seeds, and roast up delicious treats.

• Week 3: Spiders – Learn all about spiders, practice number recognition with clip cards, and weave your own nature-inspired spider web craft.

• Week 4: Bats – Dive into the world of bats with three-part Montessori cards, story retelling puppet pieces, and playful math games.

🌱 What’s Inside

• Engaging weekly read alouds
• Life cycle studies
• Interactive Nature Math activities: tens frames, measuring, dice games, clip cards, addition/subtraction play
• Story retelling puppets for interactive reading
• Parts of fall plants and creatures activities

• Nature crafts & fine motor invitations to play

• 200+ Pages of interactive activities, detailed lesson plans, and teaching tips from a certified teacher and homeschool mama.

🔤 Complete Beginning Phonics Program Included

Your October curriculum also includes our Rooted in Learning Beginning Phonics Program—a gentle, child-led approach to early reading:

• Reading Road Map to guide you and your child on their individualized reading journey at their own pace
• Beginning letter sound introduction and learning 
• Letter sound games and activities 
• CVC word building cards and moveable alphabet pieces
• Blending and segmenting practice
• Hands-on, nature-themed learning for every sound

• Alphabet letter sheets (trace, build, find)

✨ Why Families Love It

Rooted in Learning brings simplicity, beauty, and connection into your homeschool rhythm. Each activity is designed by a certified teacher and homeschool mama, making it easy for you to guide your child’s learning while honoring curiosity, creativity, and seasonal wonder.

Bring the magic of October into your home with this nature-inspired curriculum bundle.