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2/7/11 - Letter Cc is for Caterpillar

Ok, so after what happened last week, we are going to make some changes.  The biggest change I want to make is the number of days we do this.  Apparently, trying to do something every day is just too much.  He gets bored with it too easily.  I think if he had friends to do it with in a traditional preschool setting, he would be more interested because he would see what his friends were doing. Yet as it is, if it doesn't engage him, he doesn't want to do it.  Understandable, but difficult to plan for.

So, to keep things interesting.  We are only going to do preschool two days this week: Monday and either Thursday or Friday.  Mondays are usually our best day because we are coming off the weekend, and everything is different than it was the last few days.  Mommy also usually has more energy on Mondays.  By waiting until Thursday or Friday to do more stuff, we give ourselves more time to prep and have it feel "new" instead of "didn't we just do this yesterday?".

On the other hand, there are somethings that are good to do everyday.  Like creating good habits, devotions, listening to music, etc.  These things will remain constant as there is very little prep work to be done, and they are good for our family life.

So here it goes...

Everyday

  • Display a new one of Van Gogh's paintings.  Books and a DVD about Van Gogh will be available to read or watch when we want to. (Art Study)
  • Listen to Carnival of the Animals. (Music Study)
  • Read the passage about Cc from My ABC Bible Verses (Bible)
  • Work on memory verse (Bible)
    • Children, obey your parents in all things. - Colossians 3:20
  • Keep working on shoes and morning teeth brushing. (Life Skills)

Monday

Thursday or Friday (depends on how the week is going)
  • Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Reading)
  • Cc Playdough Mat from Homeschool Creations (Pre-Writing)
  • Caterpillar number clips from LOTW (Math)
  • Make green caterpillars out of our locktagons (Math)

As you can see, this week is waaay scaled back.  Hopefully, this will preserve my sanity, and yet, still be something fun for Little Buddy to do and look forward to.
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