Archive for October, 2008
Posted on October 30, 2008 - by
Year 0: Week 8
Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:15am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.
Monday:
- Errand, cleaning day
- Mommy’s book club
Tuesday:
- Pledge
Weather
Calendar: Write out schedule & reading goals - Handwriting: Lower case letters p-t on Aquadoodle
- Phonics:Ending Consonant Sounds – Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 81-85)
Song of the Month: Autumn Leaves are A-Falling
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind?- Math: Telling Time Learning Puzzle – learning 5 minute increments
- Composer Study: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #1
- History: Kids Pick the President on Nickelodeon
- Literature: Ox-Cart Man, by Donald Hall.
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (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
Calendar: Months of the Year - Phonics: Starfall: Short Vowels Matching Game, Control-AR words
Song of the Week: I’m a Nut
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind?- Math: KidsNumbers.com
- Sign Language: Feelings – Afraid, Angry, Excited, Happy, Hurt, Sad, Tired and Spider
- Artist Study: Sandro Botticelli - Calumny of Apelles c. 1494-5
- Literature: The Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle.
- Handicraft/Handwriting: Fall Poem and illustration
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (1hr)
- Literature: Kate’s choice
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Friday:
- Nature Walk
Posted on October 27, 2008 - by
Jonathan Haidt on Moral Values
My husband and I have been watching more and more of these TED talks lately and I’ve found another couple that I wanted to share with you. This TED talk is related to moral values and how we are essentially born with a certain set of values. While I don’t necessarily agree with everything that Mr. Haidt concludes, I do love the validation he gives to the thought that all kids are born with a set of ideas. They are NOT born a blank slate. Of course, this reminded me of the basic tenets of Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy, which is why I am sharing this with you.
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
Posted on October 20, 2008 - by
Year 0: Week 7
Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:15am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.
Monday:
- Errand, cleaning day
- Mommy’s book club
Tuesday:
- Pledge
Weather
Calendar: Write out schedule & reading goals, Months of the year
GAME DAY!!
- Composer Study: Johann Sebastian Bach (Playing in background for Game Day)
- Phonics: Short Vowel Sounds Game- Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 153, 156-160)
- Science: Experiments with water
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:
- Literature:
- The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
- Phonics: Ending Consonants- Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 81-85)
- Outdoors: Collect different leaves for handicraft
- Handicraft: Leaf rubbings
- Lunch (1hr)
- Nature Walk
Friday:
Posted on October 13, 2008 - by
Year 0: Week 6
Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:15am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.
Monday:
- Errand, cleaning day
- Mommy’s book club
Tuesday:
- Pledge
Weather
Calendar: Write out schedule & reading goals, Months of the year - Handwriting: Dry Erase Board – lower case letters a-j
- Phonics: Short Vowel Sounds - Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 146-150), Barbie Phonics (pg 7-8)
- Song of the Week: O Lady Moon
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind? - Math: Fill in the missing number
- Outdoors: Find the moon
Natural History: Talk about moon phases- Sign Language: Review colors
- Composer Study: Johann Sebastian Bach: God Alone Should Have My Heart
- History: Bach on timeline and read chapter about Bach from Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys
- Literature: Piglet Meets a Heffalump – The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
- Science: Observing the Moon
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (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
Calendar: Months of the Year - Handwriting: Lower case placemat k-o
- Phonics: Starfall: Alphabet Movie, Y Can be a Vowel
- Song of the Week: Autumn Leaves are A-Falling
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind? - Math: Sequencing - Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 201-205)
- Outdoors: Use Daddy’s compass outside – which direction does the sun rise/set
- Geography: Look at map of our street with compass directions
- Sign Language: Review colors and all other words
- Artist Study: Sandro Botticelli - A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts c. 1484
- Handicraft: Fall Centerpiece
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (1hr)
- Literature: Kate’s choice
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Friday:
- Nature Walk
Posted on October 7, 2008 - by
Year 0: Week 5
Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:15am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.
Monday:
- Errand, cleaning day
- Mommy’s book club
Tuesday:
Pledge
Weather
Calendar: Write out schedule & reading goals, Months of the year- Handwriting: Lower case letters placemat
- Phonics: Short Uu Vowel Sounds – Everything for Early Learning Grade K (pgs 139-145), Barbie Phonics (pg 6)
- Song of the Week: Autumn Leaves are A-Falling
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind? - Math: Barnyard Count-up – Get Ready for Kindergarten
- Outdoors: Look for insects/caterpillars
- Natural History: Identify insects found
- Sign Language: Learn colors
Composer Study: Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- History: How presidential elections work
- Literature:
- The Ugly Duckling, by Lorinda Bryan Cauley.
- The Tale of Three Trees, by Angela Elwell Hunt
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (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
Calendar: Months of the Year - Handwriting: Lower case f-j
- Phonics: Starfall: Gus the Duck
- Song of the Week: Autumn Leaves are A-Falling
Verse of the Month: John 1:12
Rhyme/Poem: Who has Seen the Wind? - Math: KidsNumbers.com - Addition Foundations
- Outdoors: Collect fall leaves, etc for centerpiece
- Sign Language: Review colors and all other words
Artist Study: Sandro Botticelli – The Birth of Venus c. 1485- Literature:
- Runaway Rabbit, by Margaret Wise Brown.
- A Blessing from Above, by Patti Henderson.
- Handicraft: Fall Centerpiece
- Lunch (1hr)
- Outdoor Play (1hr)
- Literature: Kate’s choice
- Independent Reading/Rest Time
Friday:
- Nature Walk
