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The Mega Bundle includes 16 engaging family unit studies, released in May 2026. Within each of the 16 themes, you’ll explore four fascinating subtopics, ranging from commensalism to codes and tonic immobility to T-rex. Each curiosity-driven unit is full of dynamic hands-on activities, language arts, science experiments, creative writing prompts, art projects, and critical thinking discussion questions to get you talking, connecting, and learning as a family. Build models of crystal systems, explore the life of a star, and create a parachute laboratory as you make memories and build knowledge as a family.
Total thematic units: 16 engaging, four-week long unit studies
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 44 pages per unit
Program Length: 2 years of fully planned lessons broken in 16 units
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, Earth science, life science, social studies, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
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The Collection One Bundle includes 8 engaging units, initially released in April 2025. Within each of the 8 themes, you’ll explore four fascinating subtopics, ranging from atoms to anemometers and proboscises to plateaus. Each curiosity-driven unit is full of dynamic hands-on activities, language arts, science experiments, creative writing prompts, art projects, and critical thinking discussion questions to get you talking, connecting, and learning as a family. Build constellation models, explore Mesopotamian culture, and role-play tonic immobility as you make lifelong memories as a family.
Total thematic units: 8 engaging, four-week long unit studies
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 44 pages per unit
Program Length: 32 weeks of fully planned lessons broken in 8 units
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, Earth science, life science, social studies, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts.
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Animal Adaptations, Classic Tales, Dinosaurs, Geography, Landforms, Solar System, States of Matter, and Weather.
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The Collection 2 Bundle includes 8 engaging family unit studies, released in May 2026. Within each of the 8 themes, you’ll explore four fascinating subtopics, ranging from gliders to gargoyles and telegrams to troglobites. Each curiosity-driven unit is full of dynamic hands-on activities, language arts, science experiments, creative writing prompts, art projects, and critical thinking discussion questions to get you talking, connecting, and learning as a family. Build models of bridges, run a Pony Express relay, and grow stalactites as you make memories and build knowledge as a family.
Total thematic units: 8 engaging, four-week long unit studies
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 44 pages per unit
Program Length: 32 weeks of fully planned lessons broken in 8 units
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, Earth science, life science, social studies, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Airborne, Animal Relationships, Art of Building, Communication & Codes, Plant Problem Solvers, Rocks & Minerals, Toys & Movement, and Underground Worlds.
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Step into the incredible world of animals across time. From theropods to camouflage, migration, mutualism, and more, this fascinating collection explores how animals survive, adapt, and interact in an ever-changing world. Through vocabulary-rich discussions, hands-on learning, and unforgettable investigations, your family will build deep knowledge while uncovering the incredible connections woven throughout life on Earth. From fossils to friendships, discover the hidden stories of the animal kingdom.
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 132 pages (44 pages per unit)
Program Length: 12 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Life science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Animal Adaptations, Animal Relationships, & Dinosaurs.
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Explore the worlds below, above, and beyond us in this awe-inspiring collection. From underground tunnels and towering skies to planets and stars, this trio invites families to investigate places we can’t easily visit but can explore through rich conversations and hands-on learning. Big science concepts become approachable, memorable, and engaging across every unit. Children will connect Earth science, physics, astronomy, and life science in ways that spark lasting curiosity and wonder.
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 132 pages (44 pages per unit)
Program Length: 12 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, life science, Earth & space science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Underground Worlds, Airborne, and Solar System.
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Pack your curiosity and explore the world from every angle! This dynamic collection brings together geography, landforms, and architecture to help families better understand the planet we call home. From archipelagos and earthquakes to blueprints and bridges, your family will travel the globe through hands-on learning, rich conversations, and unforgettable discoveries that connect people, places, and the world around us. This unique collection of social studies, Earth science, and engineering will forever change how your children see the world.
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 132 pages (44 pages per unit)
Program Length: 12 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, Earth science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Art of Building, Geography, and Landforms.
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Explore the power of human ingenuity through this dynamic collection. From soaring flight and towering skyscrapers to secret codes and signal flags, this trio invites families to investigate the creativity, engineering, and communication breakthroughs that shaped our world. Through hands-on learning, rich discussion, and unforgettable exploration, children will build meaningful connections across science, history, technology, and design. Discover the ideas that changed the world as a family.
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 132 pages (44 pages per unit)
Program Length: 12 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, life science, social studies, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: Airborne, Art of Building, and Communication & Codes.
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Are you raising a budding scientist? Take a hands-on, exploration approach to complex science concepts, from reading a barometer to understanding surface tension and learning Newton’s laws of motion. This 3-unit bundle, which includes States of Matter, Toys & Movement, and Weather, takes your family on a journey through physical and Earth sciences, while cross-cutting with poetry, art, and applied mathematics and engineering. These are not run-of-the-mill science units!
Pages (each unit lesson plans): 44
Program Length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, Earth science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Learn more about each unit: States of Matter, Toys & Movement, and Weather.
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Let’s look to the skies for more than just airplanes. Airborne is a thrilling way for your family to explore the forces of flight through aircraft, animals, and plants. Through a mix of physics and life sciences, your family will investigate the diverse ways to use the air, from powered flight to gliding animals to maple seed helicopters, using demonstrations, exploration, and hands-on activities. This unit is so much more than a traditional unit on flight as your family learns more about how objects and organisms move through the air. Explore inferences, rich vocabulary, poetry, fine arts, and more. You’ll never look to the sky in the same way again!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 22 high-quality pages
Program Length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 20 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, life science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Toys & Movement and States of Matter.
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Let’s learn how animals survive and thrive around the world! Explore the animal kingdom through the lens of animal adaptations, learning the differences between physical and behavioral adaptations as well as the role an animal’s habitat plays in each. This inquiry-based unit examines such concepts as camouflage, dormancy, tonic immobility, estivation, and migration. Through investigations, demonstrations, and hands-on learning, this unique approach to studying animals is truly special. Your trips to the zoo will never be the same!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 17 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 8 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 114 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Life science, language arts, & fine arts
Developmental domains: Gross motor, fine motor, & sensory
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Animal Relationships and Dinosaurs.
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Come explore the world of animal friendships, frenemies, allies, and enemies! Unique partnerships, supportive relationships, and toxic pairings exist across species in the animal kingdom. The pistol shrimp placing an antenna onto a goby fish for safety. Tarantulas inviting darted humming frogs into their burrows as egg body guards. It’s all part of the symbiotic relationships among animals. Through hands-on activities, art projects, language arts games, and gross motor investigations, you’ll explore mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. This unique approach to the animal kingdom is truly special. You’ll never look at animals together the same way again!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 19 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 11 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 40 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Life science, physical science, applied mathematics, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Animal Adaptations and Dinosaurs.
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$14.95
Let’s investigate architecture around the world! In this engineering and social studies-focused unit, you will examine how structures are designed and built. Through hands-on challenges, investigations, and demonstrations, your family will explore famous landmarks while learning about the engineering solutions that help structures stay strong. From arches and blueprints to truss bridges and towering skyscrapers, this unit explores both the beauty and the construction of buildings. Gargoyles, stained glass, cantilevers, and columns will change the way you look at the world around you, forever.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 29 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 12 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 83 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, social science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts.
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Geography and Classic Tales.
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$14.95
Let’s travel the world through stories! This enchanting unit broadens your family’s exposure to literature through fairy tales, fables, legends, and myths – but it goes far beyond being just a language arts study. As you explore literary devices and techniques, like onomatopoeia and anthropomorphism, you’ll also engage in scientific thinking and develop math and engineering skills through engaging hands-on activities. You’ll travel around the globe and into the past by reading, analyzing, and investigating famous tales from different time periods and diverse regions. The way your family thinks about books will never be the same!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 17 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 17 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 17 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Social studies, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Art of Building and Geography.
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$14.95
Let’s dig in to all the ways humans communicate, from cave paintings and cuneiform to telegrams and telephones! In this fascinating history and social sciences unit, you’ll take a journey through time following the progression of communication over thousands of years. Curious how hieroglyphics developed into the Latin alphabet? Interested in ciphers and codes? Activities, science experiments, art projects, and critical thinking conversations lead your family through a fascinating investigation of human communication. From carrier pigeons to maritime flags to the Pony Express, this unit is full of memory-making moments as a family.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 14 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 18 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 22 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Social science, physical science, geography, history, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Dinosaurs and Art of Building.
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$14.95
Journey through time to the Mesozoic Era where you will encounter theropods, sauropods, and ornithischians galore! This fascinating unit broadens general knowledge of dinosaurs while going deeper into carnivores and herbivores, the role of paleontologists, and the discovery of fossils. Through hands-on activities exploring root words, prefixes, timelines, and animal anatomy, your family will investigate dinosaur existence, extinction, and the evidence they left behind. Both dinosaur experts and novices alike will be captivated by this in-depth study of these magnificent prehistoric reptiles.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 21 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 8 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 40 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Life science, applied mathematics, history, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Rocks & Minerals and Landforms.
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$14.95
It’s time for a trip around the globe! This fascinating social studies-based unit invites your family to broaden your understanding of Earth and expand your view of the world around you. You’ll begin with an engaging, hands-on overview of maps and coordinates before zooming in on each continent with a dedicated lesson. Art projects, science experiments, engaging read alouds, and language arts games weave together seamlessly to create rich learning. Create lifelong memories as you experience cultural traditions across the globe!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 31 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 18 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 46 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Social studies, Earth science, language arts, & fine art
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Art of Building and Landforms.
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$14.95
Let’s learn the “why” behind our planet’s incredible natural terrain! This investigative unit explores Earth science processes through hands-on experiments, language arts activities, critical thinking conversations, and geography work. Discover how landforms are created, examine various types of landforms, from rift valleys to isthmuses and archipelagos, and explore the difference between quick changes and slow changes to the Earth. Through inquiry-based investigations and demonstrations, this unit will expand Earth sciences vocabulary and knowledge of the physical world. You’ll never look out the window the same way again!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 13 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 12 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 48 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Earth science, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Rocks & Minerals and Underground Worlds.
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$14.95
Discover the secret life of plants! From creative adaptations to powerful defenses, this unit reveals how plants tackle challenges and flourish in diverse environments around the world. Using the fascinating lens of plants as nature’s problem solvers, this investigative unit explores how plants create energy, reproduce, and protect themselves…all while rooted in place. Explore how plants fight back against ‘predators,’ eavesdrop on each other, and can use combustion to protect their species. From seed dispersal to self-defense, this is not your average botany study.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 21 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 9 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 67 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Life science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Weather and Animal Adaptations.
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Let’s take an in-depth look at the objects literally holding our world together: rocks and minerals! This dynamic unit provides a foundation in geology and explores the crucial role rocks and minerals play in everyday life. You’ll use hands-on activities, language arts, science experiments, and art to examine the properties and formation of rocks and minerals, then take an in-depth look at the rock cycle to discover how rocks are continuously created, changed, and reused. Whether you’re a dedicated rockhound or new to this fascinating subject, you will be blown away by the wonder and science of geology.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 23 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 15 vetted links to enhance learning
Full color images to enhance learning: 30 curated images
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Earth science, applied mathematics, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Underground Worlds and Landforms.
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$14.95
An out-of-this-world adventure! Explore planets, the Sun and Moon, stars, space rocks, and beyond—while weaving in math, poetry, and rich multimedia resources that help kids truly grasp the wonders of space. This awe-inspiring unit is driven by curiosity, with hands-on learning guiding the way to a conceptual understanding of basic astronomy.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 33 high-quality pages
Program Length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 21 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Earth & space science, applied mathematics, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Airborne and Toys & Movement.
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Science is just the beginning of this dynamic unit! In this hands-on learning journey, you’ll explore molecules and states of matter while also diving into cinquain poetry, vivid vocabulary, and watercolor art. You’ll make oobleck and discuss its mind-bending properties, investigate how many changes of matter occur as you make a pancake breakfast, and blow bubbles to create oxygen-powered art. States of Matter is science, language skills, observation, and fine arts- all woven together in one creative, curiosity-driven adventure.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 16 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 6 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Toys & Movement and Weather.
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What can we learn from playground swings, building blocks, and pull-back cars? Physics! This fascinating unit rooted in science invites your family to explore complex physics concepts, such as force, friction, motion, and gravity, using everyday toys. Through kid-friendly, toy-centered demonstrations and experiments, you’ll investigate how and why objects move through the world, including Newton’s laws of motion, the role of friction in sports, and pendulum painting. A trip to the park will never be the same again!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 8 high-quality pages
Program length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 11 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Physical science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore States of Matter and Animal Relationships.
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$14.95
Uncover the unseen! This learning adventure explores the hidden worlds beneath our feet—from roots and rocks to caves, critters, and the resources we rely on every day. Investigate fossorial animals deep in their burrows, examine Earth’s layers, and discover how caves form, all while weaving in art projects, rich language arts skills, and social studies activities. This unit digs deep into vocabulary-rich knowledge, driven by curiosity, and hands-on learning.
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 23 high-quality pages
Program Length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 11 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Earth science, life science, social sciences, history, applied mathematics, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Rocks & Minerals and Landforms.
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$14.95
Let’s look beyond “What’s it like outside today?” and use weather as a tool to investigate the wonder of Earth’s atmosphere. In this dynamic unit rich with experiments and hands-on exploration, you’ll broaden your general understanding of weather and explore weather instruments, forecasts, clouds, and the water cycle. Blending a wide range of cross-subject activities, you’ll also write limerick poetry, explore root words, create similes, and investigate cause and effect, all while studying the role of meteorologists, the six elements of weather, and cloud formations. Checking the weather has never been this dynamic!
Pages (unit lesson plans): 44
Printables: 13 high-quality pages
Program Length: 4 Weeks of fully planned lessons
Multimedia links: 10 vetted links to enhance learning
Recommended Ages: 6 to 12 Years Old
Subjects: Earth science, applied mathematics, engineering and applied science, language arts, & fine arts
Authored by Susie Allison, M. Ed. & Erica Spear, BA, BS
Love this unit? Explore Plant Problem Solvers and Airborne.
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