| We started our preschool today. The “Before Five in a Row” (BFIAR) curriculum that I ordered has not arrived yet but we did start our schooling shedule.
For our daily activity we played with play-dough and looked at our viewmaster reels of jungle, rainforest and ocean animals. We read aloud from “The Children’s Book of Virtues” as well as a new Thomas the Train book of verses and rhymes. We also played with our pegboards, got out the story reader and listened to “Noah’s Ark” and built some towers with blocks. Mary completed a six piece puzzle on her own this afternoon without any help or direction from me. Later, just for fun, we made rice krispy treats. 
I started carpet training them today. A few weeks ago I purchased two carpet squares at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Each child sits on their carpet and plays with whatever toys are provided for them. They are to play quietly and are not allowed up from the carpet square until I tell them they are all done. Mary got the concept right away, Nathan needed a little… ahhh, *help* to remember. I think it is good for them to learn to sit quietly and entertain themselves. Eventually, I’d like to move towards having them stay in church with us instead of attending Sunday School and this is the first step in that direction. While they were on the carpet squares today, I did our read-alouds from the Children’s Book of Virtues and the Thomas the Train book of verses and rhymes. I gave Nathan a colors and shapes peg board to play with while I read but Mary just sat quietly on her carpet square and listened to me read. I thought it was pretty successful for the first time.
We’ve also got to start potty-training Mary. Nathan needs to be trained to “put your hands in your lap” like we’ve done with Mary. I suppose we can’t get it all done at once.
I’ve posted below are Daily Schedule for those who are interested. Wherever you see “Preschool Time: Activity and Read Aloud”, you need to refer to the second chart on the bottom to see what is scheduled for that day. Also the same for the tabletime activities. For some reason, when I copied and pasted these onto this page, the fonts and spacing messed up a little… But, you’ll still get the general idea of what we’re doing even if it doesn’t look perfect.
|
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wed.
|
Thurs.
|
Friday
|
|
6:00am-7:30am
|
Kids: Wake-up, breakfast and playtime with Daddy
Mom: Up and dressed
|
Kids: Wake-up, breakfast and playtime with Daddy
Mom: Up and dressed
|
Kids: Wake-up, breakfast and playtime with Daddy
Mom: Up and dressed
|
Kids: Wake-up, breakfast and playtime with Daddy
Mom: Up and dressed
|
Kids: Wake-up, breakfast and playtime with Daddy
Mom: Up and dressed
|
|
|
Kids: Watch Paz and Quack
Mom: Breakfast, straighten kitchen
|
Kids: Watch Paz and Quack
Mom: Breakfast, straighten kitchen, pack kids lunch for MOPS
|
Kids: Watch Paz and Quack
Mom: Breakfast, straighten kitchen
|
Kids: Watch Paz and Quack
Mom: Breakfast, straighten kitchen
|
Kids: Watch Paz and Quack
Mom: Breakfast, straighten kitchen
|
|
8:15-8:30
|
Read Aloud: 100 Bible Stories
|
Read Aloud: 100 Bible Stories
|
Read Aloud: 100 Bible Stories
|
Read Aloud: 100 Bible Stories
|
Read Aloud: 100 Bible Stories
|
|
8:30-9:00
|
Kids: dressed and playtime in playroom
Mom: get kids dressed, straighten upstairs
|
MOPS
Kids: dressed and playtime in playroom
Mom: get kids dressed, pack diaper bag and lunch bag, leave for MOPS
|
Kids: dressed and playtime in playroom
Mom: get kids dressed, straighten upstairs
|
Kids: dressed and playtime in playroom
Mom: get kids dressed, straighten upstairs
|
Kids: dressed and playtime in playroom
Mom: get kids dressed, straighten upstairs
|
|
9:00-11:00
|
Nathan- nap
Mary- coloring, chores
Mom- check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
-Spend one-on-one time with Mary
-Motivated Moms/Flylady Checklists
|
MOPS
|
Nathan- nap
Mary- coloring, chores
Mom- check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
-Spend one-on-one time with Mary
-Motivated Moms/Flylady Checklists
|
Playgroup
Nathan- nap
Mary- coloring, chores
Mom- check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
-Spend one-on-one time with Mary
-Motivated Moms/Flylady Checklists
- Get ready for playgroup, pack diaper bag, get early lunch prepared
|
Ms. Jessy at 10:00am
Nathan- nap
Mary- coloring, chores
Mom- check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
-Spend one-on-one time with Mary
-Motivated Moms/Flylady Checklists
|
|
11:00-12:00pm
|
Wake Nathan up, prepare lunch and eat.
|
MOPS
|
Wake Nathan up, prepare lunch and eat.
|
11:00 Wake Nathan up, eat lunch.
11:30 Leave for Playgroup
|
Ms. Jessy
Wake Nathan up, prepare lunch and eat.
|
|
12:00-1:00
|
Preschool time: Activity and Read Alouds
-Errands?
|
Both Kids down for a Nap
|
Preschool time: Activity and Read Alouds
-Errands?
|
Playgroup
|
Ms. Jessy
Preschool time: Activity and Read Alouds
|
|
1:00-2:00
|
Playtime: Outside if possible
|
Kids: Napping
Mom: REST
Check status of dinner, laundry, dishes
|
Playtime: Outside if possible
|
Playgroup
1:30: Leave playgroup for home
|
Playtime: Outside if possible
|
|
2:00-4:00
|
Kids: napping
Mom: Check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
REST
|
2:00-3:00
Kids-napping
Mom-REST
3:00-4:00
Preschool time: Activity and Read Alouds
|
Kids: napping
Mom: Check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
REST
|
Kids: napping
Mom: Check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
REST
|
Kids: napping
Mom: Check status of dinner, laundry and dishes
REST
|
|
4:00-5:00
|
BFIAR
Walk
|
BFIAR
Walk
|
BFIAR
Walk
|
BFIAR
Walk
|
BFIAR
Walk
|
|
5:00-5:30
|
Mom: Dinner prep
Prepare for Daddy coming home
Kids: Tablework
|
Mom: Dinner prep
Prepare for Daddy coming home
Kids: Tablework
|
Mom: Dinner prep
Prepare for Daddy coming home
Kids: Tablework
|
Mom: Dinner prep
Prepare for Daddy coming home
Kids: Tablework
|
Mom: Dinner prep
Prepare for Daddy coming home
Kids: Tablework
|
|
5:30-6:00
|
Playtime
|
Playtime
|
Playtime
|
Playtime
|
Playtime
|
|
6:00-6:30
|
Dinner
|
Dinner
|
Dinner
|
Dinner
|
Dinner
|
|
6:30-7:00
|
Kids: Playtime with Daddy
Mom: Pick up dinner, check status of laundry and dishes
|
Kids: Playtime with Daddy
Mom: Pick up dinner, check status of laundry and dishes
|
Marriage Class
-Clean kids, change into diapers, PJ’s, comb hair, brush teeth
6:40- Leave for class
|
Boyscouts
Preschool time: Activity and Read Alouds
|
Nana and PawPaw’s House
|
|
7:00-7:30
|
Change diaper, PJ’s, brush teeth, water, kids to bed
|
Change diaper, PJ’s, brush teeth, water, kids to bed
|
Marriage Class
|
Boyscouts
Change diaper, PJ’s, brush teeth, water, kids to bed
|
Nana and PawPaw’s House
|
|
7:30-8:00
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Marriage Class
|
Boyscouts
|
Nana and PawPaw’s House
|
|
8:00-8:30
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Come home, put kids to bed
|
|
Nana and PawPaw’s House
|
Monday
Activity: Play-Dough
Read Aloud: The Children’s Book of Virtues
Tablework: Coloring and Peg Boards
Tuesday
Activity: Lacing sets- cards, beads
Read Aloud: The Real Mother Goose
Tablework: Magnet Boards
Wednesday
Activity: Puzzles and Flash cards
Read Aloud: The Children’s Book of Virtues
Tablework: Viewmaster, Puzzles
Thursday
Activity: Aquadoodle and Color Wonder
Read Aloud: Falling UP
Tablework: Lacing cards, stickers
Friday
Activity: Pattern Blocks and Flash cards
Read Aloud: The Real Mother Goose
Tablework: Play-Dough
Saturday
Activity: Usbourne Picture Books, Baby Einstein: The ABC’s of Art
Read Aloud: Mom’s Choice
Tablework: coloring, viewmaster |
