Krash is currently out of town and will be gone until July 1. It is strangely quiet around here and I miss the boys a lot. They are down south staying with their grandparents {who begged to have them}, so I know they are having a blast, but I still miss them.
I am doing a lot of planning while they are gone and hope to have our entire summer school planned out before they return. Here’s how I am planning for Krash…
I made this chart to plan his weekly workboxes…
I decided I needed more of a plan to my plans so I could think less when gathering materials for the week ;-). I may seem very organized and full of ideas, but I hit very brain-dead moments often and I don’t feel like thinking much.
I made a list of all of our “Star Box” games and toys {the open ended fun stuff}, and plan to just rotate through those. I even made my list online so you could see it too! The Star Boxes stay the same for 1 week and then I change them all out at once.
For the Letter Focus section, I plan to do extra activities somehow based around our RRSP letter. I am pulling and printing ideas mostly from Confessions of a Homeschooler, Home Grown Hearts, Totally Tots Crafty ABCs {I am going to match the letter up now} and Making Learning Fun.
For the 3rd row {123, Colors, etc.} I plan to use my own Preschool Printables rotating through the various activities I have made. I will be using other peoples printables too! I am currently printing off a few and will be organizing them into a rotation cycle, so I don’t forget certain ones! I made a list of these also, combining all of mine and the ones I have printed {so far} from others, you can see that here.
Row 4 is for a Learning Toy, Puzzle or Activity with a defined ending point {opposite of an open ended toy}. This is where I will rotate through our toys and puzzles that have more clarity as to what you are “supposed” to do with them! You can see my list of these items here {I am still working on this list, it is not complete}.
I don’t plan anything for Day 5, as we don’t always do preschool on Day 5. If we do, I just pull extra toys and puzzles, or we re-do something he enjoyed. Our day 5 is actually Saturday because of our ministry work schedule {we have Friday off as a family}, so I don’t always feel like doing preschool on Day 5, especially in the summer!
Here’s a sample schedule that is mostly filled in from the week before we left for the beach{I hand write some of it}…
If you want to download a blank version of my planning form, you can find it here.
My goal is to have 5 weeks of Preschool entirely planned before Krash returns!
More Preschool Links…
- Raising Rock Stars Preschool Home
- Raising Rock Stars Sample Lesson Page
- Preschool Printables
- Preschool Tools Store
- Behind the Scenes ~ Preschool Workboxes
- Members Only Information
- Learning Tools ~ Master Lists
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