Homeschooling Week 1: A and 1

After reading around about homeschooling we decided to follow Crystal's example of selecting a letter a week (okay, it helped that she was using some resources we had selected too...), but we decided to also add a number each week. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday we do a letter, and Tuesday and Thursday we do a number. I also try to work things into our everyday life that correspond...like making apple crisp for A week.

Anyways, I decided to post our schedule here because it was hard for me to find examples of families starting in homeschooling. As a family who was not homeschooled, and frankly have no close friends who homeschool that we could quiz we were searching for preschool examples that would give us some ideas. And yes, that is one of the reasons we are starting early, so we have time to figure this out.

We are just starting out, and are certainly not experts! This seems to be working for us right now, but that is this month....

I have 6 homeschooling boxes, one for each day of the week, and one for everyday, and I have to tell you, that is working out great! Miss Pear does not get to see what is being put into each box, so she thinks that each box is FULL of surprises! Everything except the devotional and Bible are kept in those boxes, along with any needed supplies (so if we are doing a craft, all the supplies are already in there!) So she thinks it is a huge treat, and it keeps mommy organized - that would be a double blessing!

Bible Reading Time:

• Five Minute Devotions for Children: Celebrating God's World As a Family
• A Chapter in Genesis (Except for the once a week or so Miss Pear asks for Jonah...)

Scripture Memory:

• Read Story for A in Teach Them to Your Children: An Alphabet of Biblical Poems, Verses, and Stories
• Memorize Colossians 3:23 "And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men."
  

Read Aloud:

• Winnie the Pooh Treasury (sorry, it appears it is no longer in publication, which is a pity. Paperbackswap.com might have it).
  

Everyday Activities:

• Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers (Using the letter recognition in the back, and we love it)
• Number recognition - a little chart I made up based on Alpha-phonics.
• About 3 Workbook**
  

This Week

Monday:

• Read "My 'A' Book"
• A is for Angel Coloring Page and Tracing Page
  

Tuesday:

• Read Bible Count*
  
• Read "My One Book"
• One Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
  

Wednesday

• Read "My 'A' Book"
• A is for Apple tracing page (alphabuddies tracing page)
  
• Bake Apple Crisp

Thursday

• Read Learning My Numbers*
  
• Read "My One Book"
• One Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
• Craft: Make Fuzzy 1 (draw a 1 on construction paper, glue cotton balls to it, done!)

Friday

• Read "My 'A' Book"
• A is for Astronaut coloring page and tracing sheet
  

Weekend with Daddy: Begin Ice Cream Cone Scoop Craft for Numbers - Cone and #1 scoop


* From Rod and Staff
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