Homeschooling dad
I’m Micah. I teach Naomi, Isaac and Ruth at our kitchen table in Dayton, and I sell the unit studies and year planners we use, made for children of different ages to learn together.
A whole school year of unit studies, for every age at one table
One school year, unit by unit
August to June on one line: the units we run each term, the slow stretches between them and the weeks we rest.
- A unit study
- A break or a slow stretch
- A pack to buy
Science
$10Buy
- Foam and fizzWeeks 4 to 7, September
- Water, ice and steamWeeks 22 to 25, January
- Light and shadowWeeks 35 to 38, April and May
History
$14Buy
- Ancient EgyptWeeks 9 to 14, October and November
- Flight and the Wright brothersWeeks 26 to 32, February and March
Nature study
$12Buy
- Creek and pondWeeks 3 to 7, September
- Planting bulbs$8Weeks 8 and 9, October
- Bulbs under the leavesWeeks 10 to 33, winter
- Bulbs come upWeeks 34 to 38, April and May
Maths
$9Buy
- Number factsWeeks 2 to 14, autumn
- Fractions in the kitchenWeeks 16 to 18, December
- Measuring and moneyWeeks 21 to 32, winter and spring
- Shapes and anglesWeeks 34 to 43, spring
Reading aloud
$8Buy
- A novel for the autumnWeeks 2 to 14, autumn
- Poems for winterWeeks 16 to 18, December
- A second novelWeeks 21 to 32, winter and spring
- Short stories for springWeeks 34 to 43, spring
Breaks
- Thanksgiving weekWeek 15, late November
- Winter breakWeeks 19 and 20, late December
- Spring breakWeek 33, early April
Our year
- 1
The year strips go upWeek 1, August
Read the post - 2
The bulbs go inWeek 8, October
Read the post - 3
The clay pyramidWeek 11, November
Read the post - 4
Paper circles for fractionsWeek 17, December
Read the post
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Merch
My designs, printed to order and shipped by Printful.
Latest posts
A new post every Sunday from our kitchen table, a creek and a prairie path: the units we run through the school year and how three ages share them.
What we do in a rest week
No unit, no planner and no timetable: the long walks, the library trip and the one thing I still ask the children to do.
Reading aloud on the window seat
Why we read after lunch whatever the weather, and how Naomi now reads a chapter to Ruth while I wash up.
Fractions with paper circles
Cutting circles into halves, quarters and eighths so the youngest can see what the oldest is adding.
Hello, I’m Micah
We began at the kitchen table in 2021, when Naomi was six and Isaac was three. Now Naomi is eleven, Isaac is eight and Ruth is five, and they still sit at the same long table. I could not run three separate lessons, so I learned to run one topic that all three can join, each at their own level.
That is a unit study. We pick one subject for a few weeks, ancient Egypt or a creek or a bowl of fizzing lemon, and read about it, make something and write something. I lay the whole school year out in coloured strips before it starts, so I can see where the long units, the daily maths and the rest weeks fall.
What I sell are the packs and planners we use ourselves, and two video courses on teaching mixed ages. I am not a teacher by training and I do not tell you what your children must learn. I show what works at our table, and you change it to fit yours.
Unit Notes
A short letter every Sunday from the kitchen table: the unit we are on, what worked and one thing to try with your own children.