How I Build My Unit Studies

I’ve talked about unit studies before. They seem to be gaining more popularity these days. And for good reason.

They are engaging. You can pick topics that your children are interested in. They cover multiple subjects under the umbrella of a topic. For example you can study vikings and cover the subjects of history, geography of Europe, art, folklore, just to name a few. And they are great for families. With a unit study, you can study 1 topic as a family, regardless of age. The older ones can dive deeper than the little ones, but everyone learns something at their level. That means less prepping, planning and teaching for you as a the parent/teacher.

And while there are hundreds of free or low-cost options out there for printed unit studies, I love to build my own. It’s easy, follows my kids’ interests and I can pick some unconventional topics (Cities was a topic we did this year and it was a little different to say the least). But how does that work in real life? What does a unit look like for us?

In this video, I’ll show you how I planned out our unit on Plants and Seeds and what that looked like in practise.