Byron & Abby - Pre-K
OUR DAILY SCHEDULE
8am - Rise and shine for Jesus, breakfast & chores
9:30 - Family Worship (prayer, singing, Bible study & activities)
10am - Lydia works alone (Spelling, Math, Handwriting, computer, journaling); Preschool with Byron & Abby
11:30 - Recess
12pm - Lunch
1pm - Cartoons
1:30 - Naps or quiet play time in rooms (Byron & Abby)
Teaching time with Lydia: Science, History, Grammar, Phonics, Math, Spelling, readers, Bible
3:30 - Afternoon playtime with friends
Our weekly preschool schedule is as follows:
Monday - Review last week's letter; introduce new letter; science, game, workbooks.
Tuesday - Letter of the week with Bible story, workbooks, art.
Wednesday - Alphabet book & stickers, health, workbooks.
Thursday - Learn how to write the letter of the week, Bible devotional or verse with letter of the week, workbooks.
**Friday - No preschool; Test day for Lydia in the morning and FAMILY outing in the afternoon
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Inside the classroom
Day of the week
Letter of the week
We have six objects that we put on our letter board each week that BEGIN with that letter. Byron & Abby get three pictures each to share and hang up.
Lydia works independently during preschool time.
She will work on her cursive writing, spelling words, and math pages. She must also journal using two new spelling words each day. If Mommy is still working with Byron & Abby when she has completed her work, she can play math and spelling games on the computer. (On Tuesdays, Lydia joins the other children for art.) After preschool time, she will get about 30 minutes of teaching and we will review her completed morning work. On Friday morning Lydia is tested on every subject and can earn a piece of gum for each "A" received!!
Class work
Puzzle time
"Me Books" - Contains their FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL picture for each year, hand & foot prints for each year (along with their measurements), as well as other fun stuff like: favorite foods (the kids cut and paste pictures from Mommy's old cooking magazines), 30 days of what they are thankful for (month of November), a page on Christmas (month of December), a family tree (comprised of photos and drawings), and pictures the kids make of their favorite activities, games, school projects, etc.
The kids LOVE flipping through their "Me Books" and remembering what they did in years past.
Alphabet Books
Each week we decorate their letter of the week. We use stickers, paint, crayons, and other things to fill their page with creations that BEGIN with that letter. At the end of our school year the kids put on an OPEN HOUSE for Daddy. They use their letter books to recite each letter (and sound) of the alphabet. They also name objects that begin with each letter. Then we take out the pages from their binders and fasten together their own alphabet books for them to keep in their rooms!
Reward charts (each child can earn a sticker by having a good attitude and working diligently)- A full chart earns an item from our TREASURE BOX!
Chore chart - Each child earns a sticker for doing his or her assigned chores. If they fill up their chart by the end of the week they earn a quarter.
Spelling review
Afternoon school (We do part of our work in the office so we can use the BIG board!)
Art
Cooking
Let's get moving!
Recess
Lunch time
Cartoon time
The kids LOVE to snuggle together . . .
when they're not fighting!
ALPHABET CRAFTS
Letter A - "airplane"
Letter B - "block"
Letter C - "crown"
Letter D - "dinosaur"
Letter E - "elephant"
Letter F - "fan" and "frame"
Letter G - "glitter" (We made Christmas tree ornaments!)
Letter H - "heart" and "horn"
Letter I - "iceburg, iris, ice cream"
(We played with "ice glacier" putty on a snow day
and ate ice cream!!)
Letter J - "jewelry box"
(forgot to take a picture!)
Letter K - "kid"
Letter L - "lantern"
Letter M - "monkey mask"
Letter N - "necklace"
Letter P - "pecan pretzel candy"
FIELD TRIPS
Pink Palace
Nature Hike
Zoo
Leaf Hunt at Orgill
Children's Museum
BIBLE
A few of the resources we use for our Bible time. We are currently studying the book of Ruth. (The blue paper contains a list of all the songs we like to sing, as well as hymns we want to learn together as a family.)
Coloring books, stickers, and small 10 commandment books.
The girls coloring in their JOSEPH books:
Cards the kids use to tell Bible stories.
Shelves stocked with Bible workbooks -
coloring, puzzles, games, etc.
School resources and activities
**I keep folders for each day of the week for PRESCHOOL. Each folder contains the workbooks & sheets we will use for that day.
Our workbooks for the week:
**PRESCHOOL science resources we use.
**PRESCHOOL development resources & games.
**GRADE SCHOOL resources
**TEACHER'S help
My filing cabinet is full of workbooks I find at dollar stores and sales. I also keep folders for various subjects (United States, other countries, sign language, space, etc.) as I run across material.
Our FUN shelves - The kids can grab puzzles, bean bags, magnets, coloring books, play dough, and other fun stuff when we have free time! (The kids piggy banks - for their allowance - are on the bottom shelf.)
Hope you enjoyed our Open House!
God be praised for this opportunity to train and steward our children!!
