Five in a Row: Squirrel Nutkins
How have I not heard about FIAR? We're on our fourth child and this is the first I've come across a Five in a Row curriculum. Now, you can purchase the plan or...you can create your own. So we are starting with Beatrix Potters Squirrel Nutkin, timely for the season and for the level of mischief being made by our recipient of the first FIAR units! Basically, you take a picture book (or novel, depending on your child). Read the picture book each day, for five in a row and then have activities to co-ordinate. We managed to work in some art (squirrel drawings with Art Hub), sensory play (animals trapped in ice!), sports (bowling with nature objects), STEM (raft-building with popsicle sticks) and math (counting and matching Old Browns gifts from the squirrels).
