BIBLE:
*Bible Verses: We use verses from
Songs for Saplings. I love that all the verses are songs. It makes it so easy to remember.
-N verse- "Apart from me you can do
Nothing." John 15:5
-O verse- "I will
Obey your Word." Psalm 119:17
Bible verse activities and printables from
Totally Tots
-Bible verses from Awana
Singing: I am teaching hymns to my kids.
Hymns we learned: This is My Father's World, Count Your Blessings.
Hymn for February: The Solid Rock
Story time: We are going to continue using the
Calvary Curriculum (FREE) and do
Bible crafts as well as read from our Bible story books.
We also do free Bible lessons that we get in the mail from
The Mailbox Club.
LESSONS:
*Milk N' Honey Preschool:
We have started Preschool. See my
Preschool Plans.
So far we have done A, B, C, D and E. See my lessons and blog posts below.
This month we will be doing
Letter F and maybe Letter G. See my
Pinterest boards for ideas. I was spending WAY too much time planning and not enough time teaching, so I've scaled back on what I will be sharing, but we will still do crafts, activities and read books. And I will still share blog posts of what we did. We will concentrate on lowercase letter crafts this year from
No Time for Flashcards. And we will do lots of
Sensory Activities with letters as well.
Preschool Lessons (finished):
All About Reading
This month we started using real curriculum from
All About Learning Press- All About Reading Pre-1 Level for pre-readers. I made a
recent post about the material which I just
reviewed.
I
like using this because I don't have to plan anything and the
activities are intentional, fun and full of great learning! Thumbs up
for All about Learning!
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Brightly Beaming Toddler:
Jessna is now 21 months old.
This curriculum includes 24
lesson plans. There are 2 lessons for each month of your toddler's
life from 13 months to 24 months of age. You can spend approximately
2 weeks on each lesson plan with your toddler. The lessons are geared
to a toddler's development as he/she progresses through the second year
of life. Keep everything fun and only do activities when your toddler
wants to.
Also with Jessna I'm going to try some activities from these websites:
*Pocketful of Posies-
Toddler Time
*Activity Mom-
Learning with your Toddler
*FamilyEducation.com-
Activities for Toddlers
*Sensory Play:
-water play
-playdough
-rice
We will be using a lot of these activities when we learn the letters!
Valentine Activities:
Twice a month we have a preschool playdate craft time with our neighbor. It's been fun to find crafts for these two 4 year olds to do together. I found some cute Valentine activities/crafts/cooking I want to do. I haven't decided completely what I want to do yet. So many fun ideas!! Also, see my
Pinterest board for so many more!
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Daily Music time: Songs from
Music Notes and CD's we get at the library.
*Art:
-watercolor painting
-using paintbrush
-coloring
-crafts
*Field Trips:
Playdates
MOPS
Library story time for Preschool
Mall playground
Nature Center
Play to Learn- free community program
Math:
Hands on activities from
Hands On As We Grow
Writing numbers with Thomas the Train math book
Pretend Play:
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Other Activities
Check out my Pinterest Boards for Preschool Ideas and more!
We are also working through a BIG Preschool Workbook for ages 3-5.
I also ordered a
The Everything Preschool Kit from Time for Tots on Etsy to give us some fun for the afternoon.
*Skills/Chores:
What Shrade is working on: 4 years of age
Chore ideas from
Money Saving Mom
-Responding with "yes, mama"
-brushing teeth
-brush hair
-playing gently with sister
-setting the table
-wipe up spills
-gather laundry- NEW
-sort laundry and put laundry away
-making bed-NEW
-empty dishwasher-NEW
-helping mom cook in the kitchen
-cleaning up room in 15 min-NEW
-empty wastebasket- NEW
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Academic
-cutting
-tracing
-letter sounds
-tracing first name
We will also do some name activities.
Cooking:
We are going to try some non-reader recipes with
Kids Cooking Activities. Hopefully 1-2 a month!
Reading:
I started using
BOB books with printables by a group of 6 blogs. I will also use Hooked On Phonics since I have that curriculum already.
Another great website that I will start using is This Reading Mama. She has a great free
Pre-K Reading program.
I will also use the Preschool and Toddler calendars from
Preschool Express.
Jessna is working on:
Chore ideas from
Money Saving Mom
*first moments of discipline- what to touch, what not to touch
*learning how to sign "more"-done
*learning to sign "all done"-done
*learning to sign "please"-done
*coming when called
*learning how to go down the stairs-done
*drinking from a cup-NEW
*putting toys away-NEW
*taking off clothes and putting in the laundry basket-NEW
Don't forget to catch my Cultivating a Heart for Motherhood book study on Tuesdays and Thursdays this month!
Our next Bible Reading Adventure will be later in the Spring.
