Easter 2014
The key to this year will be flexibility and easy planning!
We must learn a lot, have fun and be flexible at the same time. Each week, I
will post what we did (hopefully with pictures) so I can hold myself
accountable. My biggest struggle will be keeping a good time management plan,
and if I do fall behind, don’t give up because I’m not really behind.
We will be going to the library at least two times a month,
going on field trips at least two times a month, learning with Clever Dragons, and doing a
variety of other online and hands-on learning.
I’m anticipating a lot of carschooling so we will plan on
reading the books while traveling, as needed, and doing the hands-on activities
at home. As I said…FLEXIBILITY!!!
Morning Work:
This
will include a notebook with a variety of pages to fill out each day like
calendar, number of the day, and clock. Pages will change throughout the year
as necessary. Also, copywork will be assigned, after Christmas, a couple times a week and put in
this notebook. Just because it’s “morning work” doesn’t mean that it has to be
in the morning. We may do it while we are at another activity or just later in
the day. I need a more fun name for this section.
Bible/Devotions/Character Study:
We will do one reading/activity a day from a devotional or
character study book, and work on a monthly memory verse.
Some of the books we are using:
Gotta
Have God, Ages 2-5, Volumes 1&2
Leading Little Ones to God
Stories for Sunday Telling http://books.google.com/books?id=xGUCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=carolyn+sherwin+bailey&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=DZXyS9fFJI_WM_u94bwM&cd=13#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Boston Collection of Story
Telling http://books.google.com/books?id=6_MWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=boston+collection+of+kindergarten+stories&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=AJLyS__DKpPQM-CUtboM&cd=1#v=twopage&q&f=false
Reading:
We will be testing the waters to learn to read. If he’s
interested, we will proceed. If he’s not, we will do lots of phonics games and
continue working on letters and try again after Christmas.
The resources we are going to try:
Teach Your Child to Read in 100
Easy Lessons
Easy Peasy Homeschool –Start with
Getting Ready 1, Day 172 (www.allinonehomeschool.com)
BOB Books
Literature/Poetry:
We will be reading a lot of anthologies, chapter books,
picture books and poems throughout the day.
We will read a chapter a day out of a chapter book.
We will also memorize one poem a month.
Picture Books will be used to cover topics in other subjects
or fun reading. I will make a list of all the books we read this year.
We will begin oral narration on some selections as the mood
strikes.
The anthologies we will be using:
Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books http://oldfashionededucation.com/.0kindergarten
htm
Stories for Little Children http://books.google.com/books?id=nEEZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=maud+lindsay&lr=&ei=kWfvS_73FYr8NeOn7cYP&cd=13#v=onepage&q=maud%20lindsay&f=false
More Mother Stories
We will use the
following resources for several years:
Selections from Finger Plays for
Nursery and Kindergarten http://books.google.com/books?id=7nMMAAAAYAAJ&dq=Emilie+Poulsson&printsec=frontcover&source=an&hl=en&ei=bh2MS4zoFo21tgfch62xDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAw#v=twopage&q&f=false
Selections from Rhymes for Little
Hands https://archive.org/details/rhymesforlittleh01burn
Selections from The Home Book of
Verse for Young Folks http://books.google.com/books?id=_ZRAAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=twopage&q&f=false
Selections from In the Nursery of
my Book House http://books.google.com/books?id=yYgXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151&dq=carolyn+sherwin+bailey&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=1JLyS7HXC46INJGJ7coM&cd=8#v=onepage&q=carolyn%20sherwin%20bailey&f=false
Selections from Mother Goose or the
Old Nursery Rhymes http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23794/23794-h/23794-h.htm
Selections from The Big Book of
Nursery Rhymes https://archive.org/details/bigbookofnursery00jerr
Selections from Nursery Rhymes https://archive.org/details/nurseryrhymes03broo
Selections from A Book of Nursery
Rhymes https://archive.org/details/bookofnurseryrhy00wels
Selections from Shel Silverstein
books and other books on our shelves
Selections from Poems for the Very Young
Selections from A Child’s Garden of Verses
Math:
Center for the Innovation of
Teaching Mathematics Year 1 http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/primary/default.htm
Lots of
math manipulatives will be accessible for both guided play and free play
Math
with Cuisenaire Rods class at local co-op
Science:
Our focus for the year will be a nature study throughout the
seasons. We will go on nature walks at least weekly and draw pictures or post
things we see in a notebook.
We will also read a portion every day from one of these
books:
Among the Farmyard People http://books.google.com/books?id=C74XAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clara+Dillingham+Pierson&hl=en&ei=RGQbTM2IIoKmNrrqlYwN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=5&ved=0CEEQuwUwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Among the Forest People http://books.google.com/books?id=cS4qAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clara+Dillingham+Pierson&hl=en&ei=RGQbTM2IIoKmNrrqlYwN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQuwUwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Among the Meadow People http://books.google.com/books?id=tSgZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clara+Dillingham+Pierson&hl=en&ei=RGQbTM2IIoKmNrrqlYwN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CC0QuwUwAA#v=twopage&q&f=false
Mother Earth’s Children: the
Frolics of the Fruits and Vegetables https://archive.org/details/motherearthschil00gord
The Insect Folk by Margaret
Warner Morley (38 chap. 8 weeks)
The Burgess Animal Book by
Thomas W. Burgess (40 chap. 8 weeks)
The Burgess Bird Book by
Thomas W. Burgess (45 chap. 9 weeks)
Social Studies/Geography/History/Biography:
We will learn about the various holidays (both big and
small) throughout the year.
We will study Johnny Appleseed since he went through our
area.
We will also explore the world around us and how we fit in
beginning with our family, street, town, state, country, continent, and world.
We will also learn about maps and globes. We will do a variety of activities
for each of these, including making continent boxes, taking some field trips
and making a family tree.
Art/Handwork:
Come Look with Me: World of Play by Gladys Blizzard
Come Look with Me: Animals by Gladys Blizzard
Come Look With
Me: Exploring Landscape Art With Children by
Gladys Blizzard
Work on cutting, drawing, and coloring within lines. Explore some handwork like wordworking,
sculpting clay, sewing, and painting.
Music:
Baby Einstein music videos
Selections from Songs with Music https://archive.org/details/songswithmusic1920wyma
Music class from local co-op
PE:
Play outside, exercise with Mom, walk the treadmill, kids’
exercise game on wii, or other planned indoor activities to get them moving.
Gym class from local co-op
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