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After breakfast, we do some chores and have free play.
For writing strength today, she chooses to make shapes in her book with the Montessori metal insets.
Also, this includes her choosing to color out of a book that depicts a boy named Henry. He is a happy boy who loves the Lord Jesus. His parents also love him. She colors a picture of Henry with his parents. Milestone Books.com has the sweetest coloring books that are devotional based for this young age. My older kids completed activities like these mostly every morning we did lessons-when they were homeschooled and the fruit I've seen in older times is incredible. Most coloring books are created by Rod and Staff publishers or Christian Light Publications (Each is a solid biblical and Mennonite company creating affordable curriculums and lesson extensions.)
Here is Archie's texture matching puzzle- Addi loves it too.
Our small flower garden to water. We are also growing onion seeds and will be growing okra as well.We read a Bible story with our curriculum. Right now we are continuing to go over the story about Joseph and his brothers. We read about Joseph's coat of many colors.
After we read this story, we make Joseph's coat of many colors with playdough. We listen to a song about Joseph's coat and circle the correct answers in our workbook. The workbook also depicts forgiving others. This is a theme with these lessons-forgiveness.
Once play dough time is finished, Addi chooses another learning area. I have three centers set up. Writing with chalk on a slate, playing the 7 continents cards matching game, or working with other Montessori continent cards.
Shelves are set up with learning toys, musical instruments with desks bells now to play etc., and there is also her block table, her toy kitchen, and her dollhouse. Puzzles and practical life activities are provided. She can practice pouring water into a funnel and a bottle, polishing wood with a sponge and oil from our kitchen, folding dish rags with her toy laundry set, or buttoning and snapping mini clothes with her activity board. We are also practicing to spray and wash/wipe off a table. These centers can be visited each day or asked for.
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At lunch, she helps season carrots with salt and garlic powder to bake. She also pours the carrots in a baking pan with avacado oil. These bake and are eaten as a snack later. -Most days, there is outdoor time, and she plays on her small playground with her trampoline and waters her flowers.
(We will be working on more food prep with little hand tools, such as cutting cucumbers, seasoning foods, and making our own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, etc.) She will also work on serving her own plate of food.
Around bath time and getting dressed (hygiene is important), she then puts on her ballet outfit and watches a preschool class at home.
To finish some solid instruction for the evening, we have her watch a seven continents song clip on Youtube and will read from our Abeka phonics reader.
Usually, daily worksheets are sporadic at this age of 4, but she completes the front and back of an Abeka k4 handwriting page and is really sticking to the lines now. She usually completes a simple math worksheet as well.
We review CC songs on Youtube.
At bedtime, she will be read some story books.
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Activities we will be completing for Spring:
Water flowers in our small garden, drawing flowers on chalkboards, and drawing sketches of our flowers.
Reading Spring picture books. I created a free guide.
We ordered an affordable laundry toy and a washboard. She will scrub rags outside by hand on the washboard with soapy water. She will rinse them in a clean bowl, and wring them out. We will then hang her little clothes up on her play clothesline.
And here is a picture of a Montessori classroom washing station... So this toy is improvising, along with a washboard from Amazon for us. Also, here are the practical life frames children begin to complete that we are collecting.
We will bake.
We will paint.
We will listen to picture books or stories with figurines. This will make stories jump off the page.
(I am emphasizing using materials for story time.)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reggio-Emilia-Spring-Extensions-Curriculum-Guide-11428907
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