April 6 - 10 COVID 19 School Schedule
Ok, so once again I have changed up our schedule. I now have a better idea of when the boys are focused and ready to learn and when they've lost interest and just want to play. I was trying to do learn, play, learn, play alternate throughout the day. However, by the time we got to the afternoon (after my youngest sons nap) there was little to no motivation from anyone! So we have tried a new schedule (I feel like by the time we find what works for us it will be over and time to get back into a school routine lol). I've also made the adjustments to the schedule to try and meet the needs/expectations of what the Ontario Government has come up with for. The MOE has decided the following hours and subjects will be focused on.
K-3: 5 hours a week and focusing on math and literacy
4-6: 5 hours a week and focusing on math, literacy, science and social studies
7-8: 10 hours a week and focusing on math, literacy, science and social studies (history/geography)
Even though science isn't a focus for kindergarten, my son loves looking at the science behind things as well as doing fun experiments. We will definitely keep adding those into our schedule. Your child's teacher should also be setting up their own online learning portal for parents and students to follow along and assign work through this. I will however keep posting what I plan on doing because as of right now teachers are still figuring out what this will look like. This isn't something that teachers are taught and every family is in a different situation (some have internet and devices available for kids, some have internet but no device and some have no internet but they have a device and others have no internet and no device...) and we all need to just have some patience during this time.
Another great reading resource is EPIC there are a lot of online books for kids to read and its free for a 30 day trial or free until June if your child's teacher gets them a sign up code:). When I downloaded the app onto my phone and used the code from my son's teacher is kept asking for a parent to sign up for the trial and then pay the monthly fee. However, when logging onto my computer it allows me to use the code and look through the books available.
Toy theatre is a website with educational games for kids. I've only browsed this website but have had other teachers promote it and say they like it.
SCHEDULE:
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast, cartoons and get dressed for school (yes I make the boys and myself get ready
for school as it adds a little bit of normalcy in this not so normal circumstance)
8:30 - 10:00 School starts with reading for my oldest son (approximately 20 min), stop for circle time
for my youngest son (approximately 20 min) and then go into writing activities for my
oldest son (approximately 20 minutes). Finally we move onto some math (approximately
20 - 30 minutes) for my oldest son.
10:00 - 11:30 We snack, go outside or play downstairs (depending on the weather)
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 1:30 Nap time for my youngest and TV time or a board game for my oldest
1:30 - 2:00 Science experiment if we have one for the day. If not we just go right into our craft
2:00 - 3:00 Craft & playing inside or outside
3:00 Snack
3:00 - 5:00 Playing inside or outside
5:00 - 5:30 Dinner
5:30 - 6:00 Bath
6:00 - 7:00 Playtime and snacks
7:00 Bedtime for my youngest
7:30 Bedtime for my oldest
Our seeds have been doing really well. Within the first week we have had a lot of lettuce, kale and tomato plants sprout up. I have also had my windowsill parsley, basil and chive start to sprout up too! These plants are really starting to take off and my husband is starting to get worried we will have a full blown garden in the basement before the weather is even nice enough to plant outside.
The next two weeks are also 4 school day weeks and I will treat them as this as my son will enjoy participating in some Easter fun over the 4 day weekend coming up :)
Monday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 11
Writing: Sight word (Read it, build it, write it) & sight word bingo
Craft: Mosaic Easter eggs
Math: building patters either on paper with different shapes/colours or with blocks
STEM: Mystery Science (Let my son pick out a lesson to do)
Tuesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 12
Writing: Alphabet letters lowercase
Craft: Painting Easter eggs
Math: creating patterns on paper
STEM: Magic Milk Experiment
Wednesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 13
Writing: Alphabet letters lowercase
Craft: tissue paper Easter Eggs
Math: Basic math skills (addition and subtraction)
STEM: Mystery Science (let my son pick a lesson to do)
Thursday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 14
Writing: Sight word (Read it, build it, write it) & sight word bingo
Craft: Egg carton flowers
Math: Basic math skills (addition and subtraction)
STEM: Skittles experiment
Friday: Good Friday (technically no school)
Scholastic has planned a ready activity for this day if you wish to teach
Hopefully you all are finding these posts helpful as I know it can be stressful trying to balance work, home school and just regular family life. Just remember that this too will end and when it does we will all be sad that our time at home with our families has come to an end.
K-3: 5 hours a week and focusing on math and literacy
4-6: 5 hours a week and focusing on math, literacy, science and social studies
7-8: 10 hours a week and focusing on math, literacy, science and social studies (history/geography)
Even though science isn't a focus for kindergarten, my son loves looking at the science behind things as well as doing fun experiments. We will definitely keep adding those into our schedule. Your child's teacher should also be setting up their own online learning portal for parents and students to follow along and assign work through this. I will however keep posting what I plan on doing because as of right now teachers are still figuring out what this will look like. This isn't something that teachers are taught and every family is in a different situation (some have internet and devices available for kids, some have internet but no device and some have no internet but they have a device and others have no internet and no device...) and we all need to just have some patience during this time.
Another great reading resource is EPIC there are a lot of online books for kids to read and its free for a 30 day trial or free until June if your child's teacher gets them a sign up code:). When I downloaded the app onto my phone and used the code from my son's teacher is kept asking for a parent to sign up for the trial and then pay the monthly fee. However, when logging onto my computer it allows me to use the code and look through the books available.
Toy theatre is a website with educational games for kids. I've only browsed this website but have had other teachers promote it and say they like it.
SCHEDULE:
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast, cartoons and get dressed for school (yes I make the boys and myself get ready
for school as it adds a little bit of normalcy in this not so normal circumstance)
8:30 - 10:00 School starts with reading for my oldest son (approximately 20 min), stop for circle time
for my youngest son (approximately 20 min) and then go into writing activities for my
oldest son (approximately 20 minutes). Finally we move onto some math (approximately
20 - 30 minutes) for my oldest son.
10:00 - 11:30 We snack, go outside or play downstairs (depending on the weather)
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 1:30 Nap time for my youngest and TV time or a board game for my oldest
1:30 - 2:00 Science experiment if we have one for the day. If not we just go right into our craft
2:00 - 3:00 Craft & playing inside or outside
3:00 Snack
3:00 - 5:00 Playing inside or outside
5:00 - 5:30 Dinner
5:30 - 6:00 Bath
6:00 - 7:00 Playtime and snacks
7:00 Bedtime for my youngest
7:30 Bedtime for my oldest
Our seeds have been doing really well. Within the first week we have had a lot of lettuce, kale and tomato plants sprout up. I have also had my windowsill parsley, basil and chive start to sprout up too! These plants are really starting to take off and my husband is starting to get worried we will have a full blown garden in the basement before the weather is even nice enough to plant outside.
The next two weeks are also 4 school day weeks and I will treat them as this as my son will enjoy participating in some Easter fun over the 4 day weekend coming up :)
Monday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 11
Writing: Sight word (Read it, build it, write it) & sight word bingo
Craft: Mosaic Easter eggs
Math: building patters either on paper with different shapes/colours or with blocks
STEM: Mystery Science (Let my son pick out a lesson to do)
Tuesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 12
Writing: Alphabet letters lowercase
Craft: Painting Easter eggs
STEM: Magic Milk Experiment
Wednesday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 13
Writing: Alphabet letters lowercase
Craft: tissue paper Easter Eggs
Math: Basic math skills (addition and subtraction)
STEM: Mystery Science (let my son pick a lesson to do)
Thursday:
Reading: Scholastic Day 14
Writing: Sight word (Read it, build it, write it) & sight word bingo
Craft: Egg carton flowers
Math: Basic math skills (addition and subtraction)
STEM: Skittles experiment
Friday: Good Friday (technically no school)
Scholastic has planned a ready activity for this day if you wish to teach
Hopefully you all are finding these posts helpful as I know it can be stressful trying to balance work, home school and just regular family life. Just remember that this too will end and when it does we will all be sad that our time at home with our families has come to an end.
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