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