Here we are! Officially homeschooling for Kindergarten...reporting to the state and all that jazz! We are still trucking through our 100 Lessons to Read and our Primer Math-U-See but I've added an official religion curriculum, Art lessons, Kindergarten Brainquest sheets (for fun) and handwriting as well. My son has his own letter and number workbooks we ordered from Catholic Heritage, but is swiping all the mazes from his sister's Brainquest Workbook. :) Most of our social studies and science work will be from the library books of choice. She wants bees and butterflies as we see honeybees after mass in the medians. And he picked insect books and firefighters. So this month that's our subject guide for science/social studies! If it is of interest it is better to capture their little minds' full attention.
We are doing Daily Practice Work as outlined in our CHC planner and I really like adding it to the routine as she can do it on her own while I set up our lessons for the morning and they have a snack. She's doing Days of the Week, Sight Words (ones she's learned in 100 lessons) and her allergy safety booklet at the moment.
We've been attending daily mass as part of our new routine and I think it's a better teaching tool than any other religion curriculum. They are now doing music too so she gets memory work plus music at daily mass. It has been an adjustment trying to figure out how to get chores and workouts into the new schedule, but as long as I'm up early enough it all fits nicely into our day!
Wednesdays we have a day off/catch up day and Friday is "Fun Day" where we do only core work and some games, baking, and outdoor activities/songs and tea parties (as desired). I'm going to school on Saturdays that my hubby works so that I can keep the routine in place as much as possible. If we do more than needed we can take a Friday for just fun stuff and games some weeks.
Daddy is teaching her Drawing Lesson once a week and we do miscellaneous arts/crafts for Religion and throughout as time allows. She's always drawing at her coloring table we have set up for her so I consider that part of her ongoing Art for Kindergarten too!
Here's a little overview of our first week...
Supplies
To Do Jars
Feast of the Assumption Liturgical setup
First Day of School Blessing by Daddy
Working on math problems
G is for GRILL :)
Preschool math is much cooler than regular math...
Teacher and student...we love homeschooling!
I hope your back-to-school is as blessed as ours!
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