This past summer my husband and daughter took a trip to the "Crown of the Continent." For the trip I put together some preschool worksheets that work great with any outdoor adventure. With this FREE printable you can do activities for map skills, senses, weather, and sequence. The best part is that I sized the sheets to fit in a small, 5x8 journal. They are ready to print, cut, and paste into a brand new outdoor journal - just for your kiddo!

Recently my family took a road trip through Western North Dakota. Since I was working on a cross curriculum planning aid, I decided to put it to work and make my own cross curriculum lessons that contain 2 art projects and math and reading worksheets. All together the lessons cover science, math, reading, history, and art.

So here it is: cross curriculum — often called a thematic unit. If you’re not a teacher, don’t be scared. It’s a simple concept for organizing lessons and finding inspiration. Just take your theme and relate each of your activities/lessons back to it.

Whether we are teachers or parents or both, we all want to find that breakthrough — the one that sticks with the kids. The best way to do that is to get the kids excited.