October Monthly Plan

*Bible Verse:  John 6:48 "I am the bread of life."    Songs for Saplings 
Bible verse activities from Totally Tots

*Brightly Beaming Resources:  We are using the Preparatory Curriculum for 2-4 year olds for Shrade
I try to blog about what we do for each "weekly" activity.  It takes us about 2 weeks for each theme.

We are still trying to finish up Rain from September, but hope to squeeze these 2 units in.  I know they are a bit out of season, but oh, well.

Butterflies

Sheep

*Brightly Beaming Baby:  Nursery Age starting at 3 months for Jessna (lessons are for up to 1 year).  Each lesson is 2 weeks long and includes literature, poems, nursery rhymes, Bible, speech & vocab, classical music, lullaby, foreign language (I'm going to do some Spanish and sign language), baby game, exercise and baby massage.  I love these lessons because they give me a focus on what I can do to entertain my baby!  It's fun and she loves it.

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

*Sensory Play: (really need to work on this)
-water play
-playdough
-dig in dirt

*Literature Connection:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and puppet from My Oatmeal Kisses
We'll use this paint recipe from Fun on a Dime.

*Daily Music time: Songs from Music Notes and CD's we get at the library




*Art:
You can also see in our "weekly" lessons that we do a letter of the week from No Time for Flashcards.  Right now we are doing the capital letters.

-coloring

-water painting

*Field Trips:
Playdates
MOPS
Zoo- free day
Nursery
Nature Center
Mall playground
Play to Learn
Library Storytime
Pumpkin Patch


*Skills/Chores:
-When asking a question to mommy and daddy, begin with "May I please...?"
-wash hands- doing well
-taking off clothes and put in laundry basket- doing well
-putting clothes on-just started this
-drinking from cup- doing well!
-clean up toys- say "yes, mama" when asked without whining or crying
-throw away garbage/recycling
-clean up messes on the floor 

-put dishes in the sink

-help put dishes away from the dishwasher

-put clothes in the washer
-Help mama with the baby!
-Cooking with mama
-spelling name
-starting potty training (sitting on toilet)
-brushing teeth (we've been working on this for awhile)