Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:30am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.
Monday:
- Mommy’s book club
- Errand, cleaning day
Tuesday:
- Pledge
Weather: Record temperature, outside conditions
Calendar: Write out weekly schedule - Phonics: Easy Reader – Oliver Pig and the Best Fort Ever by Jean Van Leeuwen
- Composer Study: Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”
- Artist Study: Matisse: The King of Color by Laurence Anholt (see my review of this book here)
- Literature: Old Mother West Wind “Jimmy Skunk Looks for Beetles” by Thornton Burgess
- Poetry: “The Farmer and the Queen” by Shel Silverstein
- Lunch (1hr)
- Literature: Kate’s choice
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Wednesday:
- Story time at the Library (10:30 am)
- Turn in old and check out new books (11:00 am)
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (1hr)
- Literature: Library Books
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Thursday:
- Pledge
Weather: Record temperature, outside conditions
Calendar: Write out weekend schedule - Artist Study:
- More Than Meets the Eye: Seeing Art With All Five Senses by Bob Raczka
- One Starry Night, by Melody Keyes on Kindersite.org
- Literature:
- The Sleepy Cadillac by Thacher Hurd
- The Buffalo Storm by Katherine Applegate
- Handicraft:
- Look through Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff by Hearther Smith with Joe Rhatigan to choose a few crafts for Earth Day coming up.
- Create Thank You cards to friends who came to her birthday party
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (1hr)
- Sign Language: Practice Time 123 DVD from Signing Time
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Friday:
- Nature Walk
