Every week brings something new for my kinder-man, Jr. At the beginning of the year I wasn't quite sure about his readiness for kindergarten so I decided to do an integrated year between the Confessions of a Homeschooler K4 curriculum and a K5 curriculum using other books compiled together to cover all subjects. So now we're in the last few weeks of the first half of the year; and this is kind-of what a week looks like.
Monday through Thursday we follow the COAH K4. Every morning we start with prayer for the day, Pledge of Allegiance, Calendar review putting up the day of the week card, singing the days of the week song by Greg and Steve We All Live Together Vol. 4, Review Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow cards, a weather graph and card.
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| Days of the Week cards I made with my Circut |
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| A simple calendar I found at Target ($1) added velcro to the cards and calendar so the the boys can add the date every day. |
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| Weather cards and chart from COAH that I laminated |
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| Today chart from COAH where to boys can learn about past, present and future-a very important concept for kinders. |
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| Another weather cart visual we use to understand weather and what type of clothing we wear as well as the activities we do during the season. |
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| A Christmas countdown that my mother-in-law gave me. Each day the boys move the little mouse over and we talk about Jesus' birthday. |
Then we move into Jr.'s core K4 studies with COAH (which I highly encourage because it really helps set a strong foundation for early education) followed by workbooks and other teaching materials.
- Monday: K4 Handwriting, Sight Words practice was and the, Missing Number activity, practicing Word Family Ladders: ank, KUMON Cutting (found my books at Barnes and Noble), and Reading 10 Scoops Level 1 (compiled together it usually takes about 90-110 minutes including a snack break).
- Non-K5 curriculum materials for Monday include a lesson in the 100 Easy Lessons Book (20-25 mins), Memory Verse Practice from the Awana's book (20-30mins), Christmas Tree art activity from 50 Art Activities for Your Kindergarten Classroom by Scholastic (around 10mins), KUMON Math Skills practice (20mins, 5 pages, addition and missing numbers), LEAP PAD fun, Quest K workbook Sorting Practice.
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| Laminated for reuse |
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| Each vowel is red for easier recognition |
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| word family ank (some silly) |
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| we practice all sight words learned this year |
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| Kumon cutting practive |
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| Missing Numbers |
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| Simple buy but well worth it |
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| Tissue Paper Craft |
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| In this case, matching and sorting |
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| Covers many subjects. We use this 3-4 times/week |
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| Handwriting practice, well sorta |
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| Daily Reading-we actually read 10 Scoops this week |
- Tuesday: Starts out the same as Monday with group time. The K4 curriculum for Tuesday included Letter Hunt J, sight words practice, Domino Math, Vowel Blend worksheet, Movement with music "The Wheels Go Round n Round" by Songs and Games for the Road Fisher-Price Little People, Reading and Science-measuring your body using stuff around the house.
- K5 Curriculum included Kumon #'s practice, Science Inquiry, Awana memory verse, and 15min earned on my iphone playing an education game called Kindergarten TEACH ME.
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| Read the story and child circles the Jj's |
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| A simple domino pack from 00 to 66 |
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| I like this exercise because its random math practice so Jr. really has to focus on the numbers also he can use the dots to assist him. |
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| During the activity I also witnessed an "Ah Ha! moment when he realized different numbers in different combinations still equal the same number. |
