Kindergarten: All Over the World Calendar Geog/Lit Wee Sing Winnie-thePooh James Herriots Treasury for Children

Mary Engelbreits Mother Goose A Childs Garden of Verses The Arts Day 1 Draw a map of your room Ch. 1 We Are Introduced Day 2

WEEK 1

UNIT 1: Britain, Week 1 of 5 Day 5 Map to the store or of neighborhood Ch. 5 Piglet Meets a Heffalump

Day 3 Day 4 Map your house and yard Hello to All the Children, track 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Go Ch. 4 Pooh Goes Hunting Eeyore Visiting Loses a Tail Moses Only the Kitten One Woof Little Bo-Peep, p. 16 Bed in Summer, p. 10 Where in the World? Coming from the Mill

Old Mother Goose, p. 14

HandySpandy, Jacky Dandy, p. 17 A Thought, p. 11 First Make Handicraft Grandmas Lesson Honey Muffins
Search Taste of Home online

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Draw your favorite stuffed animal

Music for Lesson 1 Practice Practice Practice Practice Little Mozarts Wee Sing Hello to All the Children, track 1 Spanish Play and Learn Spanish, p. 6-7, track 2 Nature Walk Choose a tree to watch through the year. Sketch it in a nature journal, then take a leaf or bark rubbing, or press a leaf, if you can. Record where you found it and what season your illustration shows. Other

Gospel Study
Old Testament Stories Memorization FHE Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Blessed are the peacemakers, Matthew 5:9 Back-to-School (Fathers) Blessings

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Day 1
Calendardiscuss the month, name the days of the week. Find today and draw a symbol of the weather.
Geography Draw a map of a room in your house together. Wee Sing, Hello to All the Children, track 1 This year in school, we will learn about how people live all over the world. People live in different houses, eat different foods, and even say hello differently. Were going to learn a song that has lots of ways to say hello, from all over the world. Repeat after me: Hello Bonjour Buenas dias Gday Guten tag Konichiwa Ciao Shalom Dobriy den Good. Now lets listen to the song together, and try to sing along.

In Which We Are Introduced, Winnie-the-Pooh, Ch. 1

Vocabulary gorse-bushan evergreen shrub (bush) that has lots of spines. It also grows yellow flowers. For a picture and further description, see: http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/gorse/ deceivetrick anxiousworried suspiciousthe bees think Pooh is trying to trick them spoilruin or break Optional activity Where did Winnie-the-Pooh find bees making honey? It was in an oak tree! Oak trees can grow to be 100 feet tallmuch taller than a house, but their seed, called an acorn, is so small you can hold it in your hand. People say, Tall oaks from little acorns grow. Say that with me. It means that big things grow from small things, just like how grown-ups grow from babies. There are oak tree printable worksheets at: http://agweb.okstate.edu/fourh/aitc/lessons/primary/acorn.pdf On page 4, you can color cut-out and sequence an acorn growing into an oak tree. For children who can write, there is printable lined paper to write about the growth of an oak tree.

Old Mother Goose, Mary Engelbreits Mother Goose

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The poems in this book are very old, and we dont know who made them up, but we pretend they were all written by a woman called Mother Goose. In fact, this first poem is about Mother Goose. A picture in a book is called an illustration. Before we read the poem, look at the illustration and tell me what you can find out from it. (If your child looks closely, they might see signs of some familiar nursery rhymes on the ground below the gander). In this poem is a new word. The word is gander. A boy goose is called a gander. Then, running your finger under the words, read: Old Mother Goose when she started to wander/would ride through the air on a very fine gander. Invite your child to say the poem with you, as you run your finger under the words a second time.

Music for Little Mozarts

You may substitute whatever music course you prefer; this is a well-rounded one geared at young children. The material to be covered in Lesson 1 is written on p. of the Teachers Handbook.

Play and Learn Spanish

Words to use today Buenos diasGood Morning! El solthe sun (pic. on p. 6) Que suenohow sleepy (pic. on p. 6) Carinohoney, my dear (term of affection) Mira, es de dia.Look, its daytime (comic on p. 7) Encourage your child to repeat these words after you. Then either read the first half of the text on p. 6, or listen to the CD. Its okay to review in the car. Tomorrow morning, remember to greet your child with Buenos dias, open their curtains or point out the window saying Mira, es de dia, etc.

Gospel Study
Before the Old Testament, Old Testament Reader, Ch. 1 Read the story out loud to your child. When you are done, tell your child that its her turn to tell the story to you. If shes intimidated, you might point to the first picture and ask whats happening, or ask what her favorite part was. Invite any questions she might have, although some are pretty hard to answer. My daughter asked how all people could be children of God, when some people are peach-ish and some people are brown. She knows children look like their parents, and if God is peach-ish (as this illustration depicted), then how can he have children with so many different colors of skin? Memorization Do you think heaven has people who fight a lot? No! It wouldnt be heaven if people were fighting. If we want our home to feel like heaven, should we fight over toys? No. Jesus is sad when we fight, but happy when we are kind to other people. In Matthew 5:9, Jesus Cornelias Kids http://classicalchristiancuddles.blogspot.com/

said, Blessed are the peacemakers. Say that with me: Blessed are the peacemakers. Who do you think is being a peacemaker in this picture? How can we be peacemakers? Well leave this picture up all week where we can see it, and try to remember to be a peacemaker, not a fighter. Family Home Eveningfor many families in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is a tradition to ask a Melchizedek Priesthood holder, such as the father of the home, or sometimes a home teacher, to give their children (should they desire) a priesthood blessing preceding important events in their childs life; in this case it might also be called a fathers blessing or even a back-to-school blessing. My husband gave blessings to each of the children this year. Since Ill need all the help I can get, I requested one as well. I recorded what I could remember afterwards of each of the blessings in my journal. In a few months when I lose focus or need encouragement, thats one place I may be able to find it.

Day 2
Calendarreview days of the week. Which day is today? Which was yesterday, and which is tomorrow? Wee Sing, Hello to All the Children, track 1
Listen to track 1. Encourage singing along.

In Which Pooh Goes Visiting , Winnie-the-Pooh, Ch. 2,

Gloomilysadly Sustaining Wedged North and South Moses the Kitten, James Herriots Treasury for Children Bed in Summer, A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson What can you tell me about winter? What can you tell me about summer? Yes, it is hot in the summer, and cold in the winter. Something else you might notice is that in the summer, the sun comes up early and doesnt set until late, but in the winter the sun comes up late and sets early, so the days seem shorter. [long days vs. short days is not what makes hot and cold weather, its actually how high in the sky the sun gets] Point to the page with the poem and illustration, and ask your child what they can learn from the picture. Among other things, they might notice a candle. A long time ago, people didnt have electric lights (some children may not know their lamp or ceiling light is an electric light, so point it out to them). Instead, when it was dark outside, people would light candles. Read the poem once through to the child. If possible, re-read or recite the poem at a later time, perhaps when the child is playing quietly and may passively listen. Art Appreciation: Coming from the Mill Cornelias Kids http://classicalchristiancuddles.blogspot.com/

Ask your child what they can discover about this picture by looking at it. Give them all the time they need (within reason). Tell your child as much about the painting (paraphrasing the write-up) as you feel appropriate. Discuss what you notice together too, such as the colors and shapes of the buildings, how they get fainter to show they are farther away, etc. Look at the different people. What are they doing and where are they going? Point out that this artist chose to outline his buildings with black lines, and then color them in. Give your child either watercolor paper or coverstock, and a black colored pencil. With the book open for inspiration, encourage your child to draw something. Some children may want to draw exactly what was there, some may want to just draw their house or imitate the little people. Thats fine. Once your child is satisfied, give them basic watercolor supplies to finish their art. Once its dry, turn it over and write the childs name, the date, and the artwork that inspired it. Piano Practice

Play and Learn Spanish

Review yesterdays words. Read the comic stories and name the pictures at the bottom of the page.

Gospel
Childs personal prayers Encourage your child to say a prayer, either at bedtime or just before reading scriptures. Old Testament Reader, Ch. 2 Read to your child, then encourage your child to narrate the story back to you. Memorization Practice saying together: Jesus said Blessed are the peacemakers, Matthew 5:9.

Thats the basic idea. Once you get a feel for the rhythm, you dont need as much detailed scripting. Hopefully the week at a glance outline will be enough for you, because typing all the detail work takes far, far too much time for me to keep up week after week!

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