Just to review, I have 5 preschool students, including my son Super (who turned 5 last September). I have 1 three year old, 3 four year olds, and 1 five year old. I teach preschool Monday through Friday from 9 am until noon. We read and write/draw in journals, have a morning snack, have cicle time, work time, and then eat lunch. On MWF, all five students are here, and on T/Th, there are four students.
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Color of the Month: White
Number of the Month: 5
Shape of the Month: Pentagon
Letter of the Week: Jj
Theme of the Week: Snowflakes
Sensory Table
* Nature Box with evergreen boughs and rocks
* Pouring between two pitchers with ice
Playdoh Table
* White playdoh
Easel
* Watercolor paint
Practical Life Shelf
* Spooning with silver pom poms
* Open/Closing
* Folding
* Tonging with plastic snowballs
* Small clothespins on the top of a glass
* Snowman lacing
* Dressing Vests
* Feather Duster
* Hand Vacuum
Art Shelf
* Free Art Supplies (crayon rocks, crayon twistables, colored pencils, markers, scissors, glue sticks, clear tape, stapler, paper punch)
* Paper (white copy paper, white cardstock, blue construction paper)
* Foam snowflakes
* Snowflake coloring sheet
* Paper prepared to make snowflakes
Sensorial Shelf
* Knobbed Cylinders
* Brown Stair
* Natural Tower
* Color Tablets 1 and 2 and 3
* Sound Cylinders
Geography Shelf
* Insets
* Shape Puzzles
* Shape Game
* Stereognostic Bag with shapes
* Geometric Solids
* Constructive Triangles 1-3
Language Shelf 1
* Sandpaper Letters
* Yellow Language Materials from My Montessori Journey
Language Shelf 2
* Bob Books
* Pattern Matching
* Classified Cards
* Farm with labels
Writing Shelf
* Letter J coloring sheet from Kids Soup
* Letter J tracing set from Kids Soup
* Magnadoodle
* Moveable Alphabet
* Pink Language Cards
Science and Culture
* Flower Puzzle and 3 part cards for flower
* Bird Puzzle and 3 part cards for bird
* Continent Puzzle
* Continent Globe and Sand and Water Globe
Math
* Number Rods
* Spindles
* Snowflake numbers and counters
* Number Cards
* Sandpaper numbers
Stories
The Little Snowflake
Millions of Snowflakes
Ice Is Nice
Snowflakes in Photographs
Snowflake Bentley
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Showing posts with label lesson plans. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Homeschool Lesson Plans: Week of January 11, 2010
Just to refresh your memory, my sister and I are homeschooling four children - my two girls and her two boys. There is Jelly Bean (mine), age 8 and in 2nd grade, Helper (hers), age 8 and in 3rd grade, Flower (mine), age 10 and in 4th grade, and Scooter (hers), age 10 and in 5th grade.
My sister teaches the homeschoolers in the morning (and watches the toddlers) while I teach preschool (and watch a newborn) , and then I teach the homeschoolers in the afternoon (and watch a newborn, while my sister watches preschool-age daycare kids and the toddlers.
Monday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 15 of Story of the World I - Dying eggs and dying noodles
Spelling: Olders - Master Skills Series Spelling Grade 6 , Youngers - Jelly Bean 2 pages in Spell and Write Grade 3 and Helper 2 pages in Spell and Write Grade 4.
Grammar: Lesson from Grammar Manual on Articles - Definite and Indefinite
Writing: Flying Horse (a short paragraph on an a pre-selected topic for the week (selected by the local paper. This week's topic was about Best Foods.) Winners are selected and printed in the local paper.)
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Science: Astronomy - Introduction to Venus in Apologia Astronomy
Geography: Olders - Books about Asia (borrowed from the library), Youngers - Books about Illinois (borrowed from the library)
Art: M is for Masterpiece - Frida Kahlo
Music: Story of the Orchestra - Tchaikovsky
Math: One Lesson/Unit
Tuesday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - The Return of Assyria reading
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages
Writing: Finish Flying Horse and put in mail
Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension - Amazing Animals
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Science: Botany - Angiosperms in Apologia Botany
Geography: Olders - Study about Asia in Atlas, Youngers - Study about Illinois in Atlas
Art: Picture Study - M is for Monster in Museum ABC
Music: Swan Lake CD (borrowed from the library)
Math: One lesson/unit
Wednesday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - Write a book for the Assyrian Library
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages.
Grammar: MOE Grammar Sentence cards for Article and Noun
Writing: Writing Bubble for History topics
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Science: Astronomy - Make Lava from Apologia Astronomy
Geography: Olders - Plant and Animal cards from MOE Asia Continent Kit, Youngers - Illinois Quarter from H.I.P Lesson Plans
Art: Frida Kahlo books (this one, this one, this one, and this one)
Music: Sleeping Beauty cassette (borrowed from the library)
Poetry: R is for Rhyme - Limerick
Math: One lesson/unit
Thursday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - Make Assyrian siege tower
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages
Writing: Copywork or handwriting practice
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Science: Botany - Flower Dissection from Apologia Botany
Geography: Olders - Map and Flag cards from MOE Asia Continent Kit, Youngers - Illinois map and flag
Art: Frido Kahlo art project from Great Artists
Music: Tchaikovsky books (this one, this one, this one, and this one) borrowed from the library
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet from Tales From Shakespeare
Math: One lesson/unit
Friday
Spelling: Spelling tests
Literature: Literature Pockets
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Math: Math tests (Scooter is in Saxon 65, Flower is in Saxon 54, Helper is in Math U See Beta, and Jelly Bean is in Math U See Beta)
Music: H is for Harmony from M is for Melody
My sister teaches the homeschoolers in the morning (and watches the toddlers) while I teach preschool (and watch a newborn) , and then I teach the homeschoolers in the afternoon (and watch a newborn, while my sister watches preschool-age daycare kids and the toddlers.
Monday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 15 of Story of the World I - Dying eggs and dying noodles
Spelling: Olders - Master Skills Series Spelling Grade 6 , Youngers - Jelly Bean 2 pages in Spell and Write Grade 3 and Helper 2 pages in Spell and Write Grade 4.
Grammar: Lesson from Grammar Manual on Articles - Definite and Indefinite
Writing: Flying Horse (a short paragraph on an a pre-selected topic for the week (selected by the local paper. This week's topic was about Best Foods.) Winners are selected and printed in the local paper.)
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Science: Astronomy - Introduction to Venus in Apologia Astronomy
Geography: Olders - Books about Asia (borrowed from the library), Youngers - Books about Illinois (borrowed from the library)
Art: M is for Masterpiece - Frida Kahlo
Music: Story of the Orchestra - Tchaikovsky
Math: One Lesson/Unit
Tuesday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - The Return of Assyria reading
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages
Writing: Finish Flying Horse and put in mail
Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension - Amazing Animals
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Science: Botany - Angiosperms in Apologia Botany
Geography: Olders - Study about Asia in Atlas, Youngers - Study about Illinois in Atlas
Art: Picture Study - M is for Monster in Museum ABC
Music: Swan Lake CD (borrowed from the library)
Math: One lesson/unit
Wednesday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - Write a book for the Assyrian Library
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages.
Grammar: MOE Grammar Sentence cards for Article and Noun
Writing: Writing Bubble for History topics
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Science: Astronomy - Make Lava from Apologia Astronomy
Geography: Olders - Plant and Animal cards from MOE Asia Continent Kit, Youngers - Illinois Quarter from H.I.P Lesson Plans
Art: Frida Kahlo books (this one, this one, this one, and this one)
Music: Sleeping Beauty cassette (borrowed from the library)
Poetry: R is for Rhyme - Limerick
Math: One lesson/unit
Thursday
Reading: Individual selections
History: Ch. 16 of Story of the World I - Make Assyrian siege tower
Spelling: Olders 1 page, Youngers 2 pages
Writing: Copywork or handwriting practice
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Science: Botany - Flower Dissection from Apologia Botany
Geography: Olders - Map and Flag cards from MOE Asia Continent Kit, Youngers - Illinois map and flag
Art: Frido Kahlo art project from Great Artists
Music: Tchaikovsky books (this one, this one, this one, and this one) borrowed from the library
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet from Tales From Shakespeare
Math: One lesson/unit
Friday
Spelling: Spelling tests
Literature: Literature Pockets
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Math: Math tests (Scooter is in Saxon 65, Flower is in Saxon 54, Helper is in Math U See Beta, and Jelly Bean is in Math U See Beta)
Music: H is for Harmony from M is for Melody
Friday, May 1, 2009
Curriculum?
I still don't have my camera, so I thought I'd answer a reader's question today instead. One of my readers commented
"Hi, I just came across your blog and I have really enjoyed it. I love that you have put in your schedule for some days and weeks. Do you follow a certain curriculum? I am having a hard time with planning out my year. I would love any tips or information you could give me!"
Well, the answer is yes and no.
I don't use a boxed curriculum. I don't use any manuals for Flower's (my 9 year old 3 grader)curriculum. I refer to several Montessori books/manuals/websites for the preschool, however, I follow my own schedule and I also include some non-Montessori preschool items.
For Flower, I started planning her school year last June. I wrote out the subjects that I wanted her to study, and then I did a bunch of research in different methods, looked at book lists, etc. and then purchased her materials from a variety of places. Most of the living books that we use are checked out from the library. We do have some Literature books in our own library. I purchased Math-U-See for our math curriculum, but we will not be using it again next year. I purchased her recorder and her recorder book, a cooking book, a woodworking book, Handbook for Nature Study, a botany book, her Alphabet books, and a few Poetry for Young People books. For science, geography, and history, I had a schedule of what I wanted to study during the year and when we would be studying it. If you look at my post earlier this week about how homeschooling went this year, you will see that I changed what we did in several areas at mid year. At this time, I purchased some workbooks from our local teacher supply store. I think that it is important when you are homeschooling to evaluate and if there is enough reason to change what you are doing, to be able to modify the curriculum for the child.
For Preschool, I have a list of monthly and weekly themes that I have created (Check in the new documents section for a copy of these themes as well as a general schedule of when I put out Montessori materials.) These themes dictate some of the type of activities that are on the shelves, especially the non-Montessori items or the types of Practical Life materials that I have out. Almost all of the books that I read are from my own collection, but I do occassionally check out books from the library. For the Montessori materials, I generally start the school year with very few items on the shelves. Then using the list of periods listed in David Gettman's Basic Montessori, I begin putting items out and present lessons to the entire group. As the year progresses, I put more and more materials out and give lessons only to the students that need the next level of that type of material. (See the documents section for this schedule, although the document appears as if I present it to all of that age group. This is a very general schedule and I follow the children's lead more than this list.) When I present lessons, I use information from the Practical Life Manual that I have from Montessori R & D, and from the manuals I have from the on-line Montessori Training course that I am taking.
For both the preschool and homeschool, I refer to books on other educational methods (Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Classical, Reggio Emilia) that I have in my library and incorporate some of those ideas into our curriculum. I also check other blogs for inspiration. It never ceases to amaze me how creative other people are!
I try and do my planning for the month on the Wednesday night before the beginning of the next Month. And I try to do my planning and printing for the week on the Wednesday before. Things run much better when I do this.
"Hi, I just came across your blog and I have really enjoyed it. I love that you have put in your schedule for some days and weeks. Do you follow a certain curriculum? I am having a hard time with planning out my year. I would love any tips or information you could give me!"
Well, the answer is yes and no.
I don't use a boxed curriculum. I don't use any manuals for Flower's (my 9 year old 3 grader)curriculum. I refer to several Montessori books/manuals/websites for the preschool, however, I follow my own schedule and I also include some non-Montessori preschool items.
For Flower, I started planning her school year last June. I wrote out the subjects that I wanted her to study, and then I did a bunch of research in different methods, looked at book lists, etc. and then purchased her materials from a variety of places. Most of the living books that we use are checked out from the library. We do have some Literature books in our own library. I purchased Math-U-See for our math curriculum, but we will not be using it again next year. I purchased her recorder and her recorder book, a cooking book, a woodworking book, Handbook for Nature Study, a botany book, her Alphabet books, and a few Poetry for Young People books. For science, geography, and history, I had a schedule of what I wanted to study during the year and when we would be studying it. If you look at my post earlier this week about how homeschooling went this year, you will see that I changed what we did in several areas at mid year. At this time, I purchased some workbooks from our local teacher supply store. I think that it is important when you are homeschooling to evaluate and if there is enough reason to change what you are doing, to be able to modify the curriculum for the child.
For Preschool, I have a list of monthly and weekly themes that I have created (Check in the new documents section for a copy of these themes as well as a general schedule of when I put out Montessori materials.) These themes dictate some of the type of activities that are on the shelves, especially the non-Montessori items or the types of Practical Life materials that I have out. Almost all of the books that I read are from my own collection, but I do occassionally check out books from the library. For the Montessori materials, I generally start the school year with very few items on the shelves. Then using the list of periods listed in David Gettman's Basic Montessori, I begin putting items out and present lessons to the entire group. As the year progresses, I put more and more materials out and give lessons only to the students that need the next level of that type of material. (See the documents section for this schedule, although the document appears as if I present it to all of that age group. This is a very general schedule and I follow the children's lead more than this list.) When I present lessons, I use information from the Practical Life Manual that I have from Montessori R & D, and from the manuals I have from the on-line Montessori Training course that I am taking.
For both the preschool and homeschool, I refer to books on other educational methods (Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Classical, Reggio Emilia) that I have in my library and incorporate some of those ideas into our curriculum. I also check other blogs for inspiration. It never ceases to amaze me how creative other people are!
I try and do my planning for the month on the Wednesday night before the beginning of the next Month. And I try to do my planning and printing for the week on the Wednesday before. Things run much better when I do this.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Plans for September 15th, 2008
Preschool:
Practical Life
Sponge Squeezing
Sensorial
Brown Stair
Sandpaper Shapes - Circle
Language
Sequence Cards
Along the Alphabet Path “M”
Nursery Rhyme - An Apple A Day
Sandpaper Letters & Red Series - M Lesson (4s)
Writing
Writing Letters in Sand
Metal Insets (4s)
Literature
Where the Wild Things Are
If You Take a Mouse To School
Good Night Moon
Botany
Trees – Tree Puzzle & 3 part cards
Zoology
Bird - Bird Puzzle & 3 part cards
Geography
Land, Water, Air Lesson
Math
Number 0
Sandpaper Numerals (4s)
Music
Listen to Stephen Foster
Listen to Mallow Fairy song
Art
Museum ABC - M is for Monster
Create a self-portrait similar to Mona Lisa
Character Development
Being a Good Friend – Friendship Quilt
Seasonal Topic
Apples
3rd Grade:
Religion/Copywork (daily)
Old Testament from Penny Gardner’s reading list
Literature (daily)
Little House on the Prairie
Language (daily)
Imitation in Writing – Work on Princess Stories book
1- Read story 2-Pick out unfamiliar words and look up in dictionary 3-Write similar but original fairy tale (3 days a week)
P is for Poetry – Letter M (one day a week)
Flower Fairies - Write a different poem for the Mallow Fairy & draw a different picture (one day a week)
History (three times a week)
Read DK: Ancient Egypt
Do a project from Make History: Ancient Egypt
Read the Zekmet the Stone Carver
Geography (twice a week)
Study about Alaska – State Quarter website
Make Landform stencils
Math (daily)
Begin work with Math-U-See
Geometry (twice a week)
Read Story of Geography
Botany (three times a week)
Work on Plant Kingdom Charts
Do botanical information for Flower Fairy "M"
Identify types of leaves and flowers from last week’s nature walk
Zoology (two times a week)
Work on Six Kingdom Charts
Do zoological information for bird
Take pictures of birds
Main Lesson (three days a week)
Learn how to use dehydrator and dry fruits and vegetables
Practical Life (three days a week)
Cook for Letter M activity – Mozzerella Bread and Hot Chocolate with Marshmellows (one day a week)
Buy a tool (one day a week)
Do mending (one day a week)
Handwork (two days a week)
Do second lesson of knitting
Music (4-5 days a week)
Go to Homeschool Choir (one day a week)
Practice Recorder (two days a week)
Read about Stephen Foster (one day a week)
Art (4-5 days a week)
Study Michelangelo (one day a week)
Recreate one of his paintings or sculptures (one day a week)
Watercolor painting (one day a week)
Free Art (one day a week)
Practical Life
Sponge Squeezing
Sensorial
Brown Stair
Sandpaper Shapes - Circle
Language
Sequence Cards
Along the Alphabet Path “M”
Nursery Rhyme - An Apple A Day
Sandpaper Letters & Red Series - M Lesson (4s)
Writing
Writing Letters in Sand
Metal Insets (4s)
Literature
Where the Wild Things Are
If You Take a Mouse To School
Good Night Moon
Botany
Trees – Tree Puzzle & 3 part cards
Zoology
Bird - Bird Puzzle & 3 part cards
Geography
Land, Water, Air Lesson
Math
Number 0
Sandpaper Numerals (4s)
Music
Listen to Stephen Foster
Listen to Mallow Fairy song
Art
Museum ABC - M is for Monster
Create a self-portrait similar to Mona Lisa
Character Development
Being a Good Friend – Friendship Quilt
Seasonal Topic
Apples
3rd Grade:
Religion/Copywork (daily)
Old Testament from Penny Gardner’s reading list
Literature (daily)
Little House on the Prairie
Language (daily)
Imitation in Writing – Work on Princess Stories book
1- Read story 2-Pick out unfamiliar words and look up in dictionary 3-Write similar but original fairy tale (3 days a week)
P is for Poetry – Letter M (one day a week)
Flower Fairies - Write a different poem for the Mallow Fairy & draw a different picture (one day a week)
History (three times a week)
Read DK: Ancient Egypt
Do a project from Make History: Ancient Egypt
Read the Zekmet the Stone Carver
Geography (twice a week)
Study about Alaska – State Quarter website
Make Landform stencils
Math (daily)
Begin work with Math-U-See
Geometry (twice a week)
Read Story of Geography
Botany (three times a week)
Work on Plant Kingdom Charts
Do botanical information for Flower Fairy "M"
Identify types of leaves and flowers from last week’s nature walk
Zoology (two times a week)
Work on Six Kingdom Charts
Do zoological information for bird
Take pictures of birds
Main Lesson (three days a week)
Learn how to use dehydrator and dry fruits and vegetables
Practical Life (three days a week)
Cook for Letter M activity – Mozzerella Bread and Hot Chocolate with Marshmellows (one day a week)
Buy a tool (one day a week)
Do mending (one day a week)
Handwork (two days a week)
Do second lesson of knitting
Music (4-5 days a week)
Go to Homeschool Choir (one day a week)
Practice Recorder (two days a week)
Read about Stephen Foster (one day a week)
Art (4-5 days a week)
Study Michelangelo (one day a week)
Recreate one of his paintings or sculptures (one day a week)
Watercolor painting (one day a week)
Free Art (one day a week)
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