Sneak Peek of the Coming Week

 A new week, a new month, a new year!

Around the House
Mom's work -

• transition Nature table to January
• have the family fill out these 2011 Time Capsule forms and start a jar for this project, too
• work on creating warmth around the house: wool blankets, sheepskin rugs, extra layers on the beds, slippers, etc.  For more ideas, I have been reading through the Warmth archives at Rhythm of the Home.

Out and About - my family seems to be needing our normal rhythm to return after the busy holiday, so I'm planning to keep us home except for our normal library day on Saturday.  I think we all need the days to begin transitioning back to their usual ebb and flow.

In the Kitchen - I'm finding myself a bit overwhelmed making a meal plan every week, but I don't want to start a new week without one and face the dinner-time panic every night.  So, we've signed up for E-MEALZ again, using their Whole Foods plan.  We shall see ...

I'm starting on my Operation 2012 tasks, including working on the daily decluttering calendar from My Simpler Life.

Homeschool

Preschool (Lucy, age 3) and Kindergarten (Max, age 5)*:
Sheep's Wool, Warmth and New Year, Beginnings with Little Acorn Learning
Oak Meadow Kindergarten

*Max is having an age 5 kindergarten year and will officially start kindergarten at age 6

 

4th Grade Main Lesson block:

Jillian's main lesson is on Norse Myths

 

A Reason for Handwriting Cursive C  

daily math practice

daily spelling practice

reading for 30 minutes a day (currently: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Jillian and I are creating a felt map of the world.

Jillian is also joining in with Little Acorn Learning when she wants to.

In the Book Basket

• Winter by Gerda Muller
• Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola
•  From Sheep to Sweater
• Weaving the Rainbow by George Ella Lyon
•  and I'm waiting for The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook from the library

Rhythm

Monday - Purple Day

• Nature Study - we have colds, so instead of heading outside with our sketchbooks and colored pencils this week, we'll hang out by the window and sketch the birds at our bird-feeders and the trees in the front yard. We're getting snow in central Indiana today.
• Enrichment - playing with wool roving and wool yarn to go with our wool/warmth theme

Tuesday - Red Day

• Painting day - watercolor painting with red for Lucy and Max, and Jillian (4th grade) will be doing some Norse Myth inspired painting

Wednesday - Yellow Day

• Coloring - with beeswax crayons
• Enrichment - finger knitting with wool yarn, making chains

Thursday - Orange Day

• Handwork/Crafting - (Jillian and I only) needle felting
• Games - matching mittens and gloves (I plan to  have Jillian mix ours up in a laundry basket and then have her encourage Max and Lucy to make pairs)

Friday - Green Day, Three Kings Day

• Practical Life - paper mache bowls (from Amanda Soule's Handmade Home book)
• Quaver Music
• Friday Night Nest - family movie night 

 

What are you going to be up to with your kids this week?

Graphics on this post were purchased from Country Patch Collections.