(September 28 – October 2, 2009)
Our school week will see the heavier loads on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as those are the days that ds is at Mother’s Day Out so that dd and I have less interruptions. Each activity is designed to take only 10-15 minutes at the most as this is one of the defining characteristics of a Charlotte Mason approach to education.

*Please feel free to leave your comments or questions below. I always love learning from other people!*

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday

Planning Day

• Literature – Free Reading: The Three Little Pigs, by David Wiesner. (Caldecott Winner that starts off with the traditional story. Then, as each little pig gets “huffed and puffed” right off the page of the story, the explore other stories. In the end they return to their own story, with a few new friends, and a different happy ending. Great book for teaching kids that they can change their own “story” in life by having a different perspective.)

School Day

• To Start: Pledge/Calendar/Weather
• Natural History: Record our observations of the Monarch caterpillars we’re rearing.
• Memory Work: “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” Phillipians 4:8 (NLT)
• Copywork: “In unity is strength.”
• Bible: “God to the Rescue” (Moses and Pharoah), The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd-Jones, pgs 84-91.
• History:
  • “The Story of Regulus”, from Fifty Famous Stories Retold.
  • Add this story to the timeline in our Book of Centuries.
• Phonics: Ending consonants sounds, from Brain Quest Grade 1 Workbook, by Lisa Trumbauer, pgs 18-19.
• Literature: “How the Camel Got His Hump” from Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling.
• Math: Skip counting by 5s and 10s, from Brain Quest Grade 1 Workbook, by Lisa Trumbauer, pgs 181-183.
• Literature: “The Fox and the Grapes”, Aesop’s Fables (Milo Winter Edition).(Also found online here.)
• Natural History: Only One Woof, from James Herriott’s Treasure for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales.
• Poetry: “I Put Out the Clock”, Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face, by Jack Prelutsky. (during Tea Time)

Library Day

• Poetry – Free Reading: Please Bury Me in the Library, by J. Patrick Lewis. (Book of poems about language, books, and libraries. Fun way to introduce all sorts of different types of poetry. Very cleverly written and illustrated,too.)

School Day

• To Start: Pledge/Calendar/Weather
• Natural History: Record our observations of the Monarch caterpillars we’re rearing.
• Memory Work: “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”Phillipians 4:8 (NLT)
• World History:
  • “The Romans Come Again”, from Our Island Story
  • Add this story to the timeline in our Book of Centuries.
• Artist Study: Raphael Sanzio: Peruse different paintings and accompanying explorations in Raphael (Art for Children), by Ernest Raboff.
• Math: Practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s using beans or m&ms.
• Nature Study: Owen & Mzee : the language of friendship, by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu.
• Literature: “The Bundle of Sticks”, Aesop’s Fables (Milo Winter Edition).
• Phonics: Using the picture cards in Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success (pgs 28-29), by Wiley Blevins, associate words that end with the same consonants.
• Literature: “The Law of Authority and Obedience”, from Parables from Nature, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
• Poetry: “Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face”, from Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face, by Jack Prelutsky. (during Tea Time)

Field Trips/Nature Study

• Nature Study: Go for a nature walk through our neighborhood. Collect pine cones, acorns, etc…
• Handiwork: Make a pinecone votive.