Free Age 1 Homeschool Curriculum for November | Play-Based Activities

Welcome to Month 3 of The Home Play Curriculum!
This month is all about family, gratitude, and the simple joys of daily life. Through farm-inspired sensory play, pretend play, and music, your toddler will explore textures, coordination, and language — all while connecting with you through meaningful routines.

New here? This month’s plan is one piece of our homeschool preschool curriculum guide, which shows how each month’s themes fit into a full year of learning at home.

📥 Download the November Curriculum

Make play easy this season! Get your free guide with 10 simple activities, a weekly rhythm, and clickable links to all the videos.

Use it on your phone, tablet, or computer to access all the linked activities — or print it as a planning guide to organize your week.


🌾 What’s Inside This Month

  • 10 play-based activities that build fine-motor and language skills
  • A 3-day weekly routine to make play simple and predictable
  • A parent masterclass on sensory textures
  • A circle time video for songs and movement

🎓 Parent Masterclass: Teaching Through Textures

Discover how different textures impact your child’s brain, body, and language development — and why simple, hands-on play is more powerful than you think.

💡 This short parent video helps you understand the “why” behind sensory play so you can confidently guide your child through it each week.


🎵 Circle Time With Alexa

Sing, move, and play along as we explore gratitude, family, and fall fun through rhythm and repetition.

✋ 10 Easy Activities to Explore This Month

These activities were designed to support your toddler’s growth in a simple, seasonal way. No pressure to do them all — pick the ones that bring the most joy to your week. And if you ever wonder whether this simple play “counts” as learning — it does. ZERO TO THREE describes this kind of hands-on play as exactly how one-year-olds build language, coordination, and thinking skills.

✨ Our Simple Play Weekly Flow

A gentle rhythm that helps you make the most of the 10 monthly activities — no strict schedule, just a simple guide to keep play easy and consistent.

➡️ Monday: Sensory Play + Outdoor Walk
➡️ Wednesday: Art or Science Exploration + Storytime
➡️ Friday: Repeat a favorite or try a bonus activity

💡 Use this rhythm to bring calm, connection, and creativity into your week — not pressure. Repeating activities is encouraged! Toddlers learn best that way.


📅 November Weekly Activity Schedule

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Bonus/Anytime


🧠 New to this curriculum?

Each month gives you sensory activities, a parent masterclass, a circle-time video, and a gentle weekly rhythm — jump in anywhere.

If you’d like a quick orientation first, I made a 10-minute foundation guide on how kids learn and what to expect developmentally. 👉 Watch the foundation guide →

Ready for the whole year, planned for you?

If you love having a plan, My First School is our complete play-based curriculum — every month mapped out, low-prep, and built around how little ones actually learn. Four levels, from age 1 through pre-K, so you start exactly where your child is.

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One activity is great. A whole plan is easier.

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