PRESCHOOL
(up to 1 hour daily)
Number and
literacy activities – daily, 20 to 30 minutes total
Religion –
daily, up to 10 minutes
Story time –
daily, up to 20 minutes
In addition
to this more structured time, aim to include nature study and art and craft
activities each week.
**Preschool (3-5 years old) foundations.
**Preschool (3-5 years old) foundations.
RELIGION
Bible
stories**
The Mass
Book for Children
Who Am I?
Workbook A
STORY TIME & POETRY**
Let There Be
Llamas!
God’s Wisdom
for Little Boys
Poems &
Prayers for the Very Young
Brambly
Hedge Collection
Raggedy Andy
Stories
The Real
Mother Goose
The Year at Maple Hill Farm
Eric Carle’s Animals Animals
[our old
books, including]:
The
Children’s Book of Virtues (Bennet)
The 20th
Century Children’s Book Treasury
Harper
Collin’s Picture Book Classics
Catholic
Children's Treasury Box Vol. 1-10
Childcraft
Stories & Fables
Childcraft
Poems & Rhymes
HABITS**
Top 3 habits to work on: obedience, attentiveness, truthfulness
OUTDOOR PLAY**
Freeplay & exploration outside
MUSIC
Making Music Praying Twice
PE
Swimming lessons
Top 3 habits to work on: obedience, attentiveness, truthfulness
OUTDOOR PLAY**
Freeplay & exploration outside
MUSIC
Making Music Praying Twice
PE
Swimming lessons
MATHEMATICS
Number & Logic Games for Preschoolers
Kumon Numbers 1-30
READING & WRITING
I Can Find Letter Sounds
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KINDERGARTEN
(1 to 1.5
hours daily)
Religion –
four times weekly, for 10 to 15 minutes
History and
geography – twice weekly, for 10 to 15 minutes
Music
appreciation and picture study – weekly, for around 10 minutes
Poetry –
twice weekly, for 5 to 10 minutes
Story time –
daily, for 10 to 15 minutes
Monday -
Bible, Reading, Painting, Break, Number, Handwork, Geography, Writing
Tuesday –
Tales, Number, Handwork, Break, Reading, Singing Games, Writing, Nature Study
Wednesday –
Poetry, Reading, Nature Study, Break, Number, Handwork, History, Writing
Thursday –
Bible, Number, Handwork, Break, Reading, Singing Games, Writing, Tales
Friday –
Tales, Reading, Picture Study, Break, Number, Handwork, Nature Study, Writing
*A break for
free play must be included as shown above.
Other
afternoon activities:
· physical exercise,
· outdoor nature observation,
· gardening,
· outdoor geography
· more listening to stories.
* The
arrangement of these must depend largely on weather and climate. Children
should be allowed to help in the house and in the care of animals.
Sample Schedule
Monday to Thursday
Session 1 (45 mins):
Religion (10
mins)
Reading (10
mins)
Picture
study, Music Appreciation or Poetry (10 mins)
History or
Geography (10 mins)
Handwriting
(5 mins)
Session 2 (25 mins):
Maths (10
mins)
Story time
(15 mins)
Friday
Session 1 (45 minutes):
Reading (10
mins)
Art or craft
activity (30 mins)
Handwriting
(5 mins)
Session 2 (25 mins):
Maths (10
mins)
Story time
(15 mins)
RELIGION
Who Am I? K
Workbook (CHC)
God’s Love
Story (CHC)
Bible
stories
[Advent]
- The Clown of God (Tomie dePaola)
- The Christmas Story (Little Golden
Book)
[Easter] The
Easter Story (St. Joseph Picture Books)
MATHEMATICS
Little
Folk’s Number Practice
Math-U-See
Primer
Activities
· Counting songs
· Number games (dominoes, number lotto)
· Board games with dice
· Make and copy sequences and patterns
· Time (clock with movable hands)
· Measuring (ruler, weight scale)
· Cooking (measurement)
· Money (learn different coins, count
pennies)
More math
activities:
http://allinonehomeschool.com/individual-courses-of-study/math/
http://allinonehomeschool.com/individual-courses-of-study/math/
READING & WRITING
Little
Folk’s Letter Practice
Little
Stories for Little Folks Phonics Program
Catholic
Heritage Handwriting K
*Math(s), reading and writing – daily, for 10
minutes each (less for handwriting)
STORY TIME
Term 1: The
Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (Beatrix Potter)
Term 2:
Charlotte’s Web (E.B.White)
Term 3:
Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A.Milne)
POETRY
Poems and
Prayers for the Very Young
A Child's
Garden of Verses
Childcraft
Poems and Rhymes
When We Were Very Young (A.A. Milne)
Now We are Six (A.A. Milne)
When We Were Very Young (A.A. Milne)
Now We are Six (A.A. Milne)
FILIPINO
Folk songs
National
anthem
Ay, Naku!
(Tahanan Books)
Araw sa
Palengke (Adarna House)
Dalawang
Bayani ng Bansa (Adarna House)
NATURE STUDY
The Year at
Maple Hill Farm (Alice and Martin Provensen)
One Small
Square series: Backyard, Seashore, Pond, Night Sky
PICTURE STUDY
Art
Masterpieces: A Liturgical Collection
(CHC)
ARTS, CRAFTS, HANDWORK
Childcraft Make and Do
Gardening – Onions in My Boots (CHC)
Cooking
Finger, & watercolor painting
Help with household chores
ARTS, CRAFTS, HANDWORK
Childcraft Make and Do
Gardening – Onions in My Boots (CHC)
Cooking
Finger, & watercolor painting
Help with household chores
MUSIC
Making Music
Praying Twice
Classical
music – Classical Kids
PE
Swimming lessons
Swimming lessons
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*Based on Mater Amabilis' Prep Level Curriculum,
with contents amended to fit our family's needs.
Wow! Great planned out school year. Sometimes I wish I could plan out things like that, but my life is just too un predictable for all of that.
ReplyDeleteIn our Kindergarten year we are going to be using what we used for Pre-school.
English & Math-
http://www.time4learning.com & Pintable's
History-
Story of the World & weekly co-op
Science-
http://www.science4us.com/ & Weekly co-op
Art-
Weekly Co-op
As you can tell we are BIG on Computer Curriculums, but when you travel like we do, it helps to be able to keep everything you need inside your laptop ;)
~> Great Blog! O' and I love Education.com too! Great Printables :)
I just need a plan to hold on to. The previous year involved a lot of planning, hoarding of materials and resources, and definitely lots of revisions. The result was, our homeschool year didn't look like how I pictured them to be. But we were just taking it easy. Every step was part of the learning process. With the plan above, I'm more convicted with how we're going to run the year. So, hopefully, with lots of prayer, this coming school year will be a success, and whether how much we stuck with our planned curricula, my boys will learn whatever they have to in terms of academic, and more importantly values & character formation.
DeleteThank you, Keri for your comment, and I'll definitely take a look at your resources.
Gosh, I can't be this organized haha! I'll try to follow this Jade. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat's the PLAN. Haha! Let's see if I can stick to this. This school year was a little disorganized ;) I kinda envy you. Looks like your handling yours well. :) And I love your unit studies in Filipino.
ReplyDeleteWonderful plans, Jade! Like Mariel, I'm in awe at how organized you are! :) We've been "winging it" pretty much since the start! I think I need to be more organized for Grade 1 though! Haha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tina! My footnote says the curricula is just an amended form of Mater Amabilis, not really my idea. =) It does look very organized, but when we followed the schedule (gave it a test run), it does not feel so OC. It's quite flexible, easy to follow & modify. Very simple. The crafts part is a little challenging for me as I'm not a very artistic, crafts-y mom. Reading them books is my comfort zone, which luckily, the boys loved to be read to. I plan the day a night before, most often just minutes before, I just look at what subjects should we have for the day. The plan also helps a lot in that it always reminds me to just stick to the materials I decided on.
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