Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A Work in Progress...

Queen of Heaven Montessori Weekly Schedule

Monday: Open day: Field Trips, Library,

Daily Schedule: Tuesday-Friday

(Everyone)
8:30 am – Prayer time and Hymn in Classroom

8:40 am – Sitting on the line we do:
-Calendar, weather, season
-Talk about Saint of the day, holiday, feast day, etc..

8:50 am
-Music and Movement with Papi (Dad)

9 :00 am – Start Work:
6 year old, 5 year old, 4 year old son's:
-Make new presentations and free choice of materials already presented.

11:45 am – Tidy up

11:50 am – Read story to children

12:00 am – Conclude primary & elementary school day with Angelus prayer

12:05 pm – Snack: Children help to make and serve small snack to hold them over for lunch. For example:Slice cheese for cheese and crackers, wash strawberries, core apples and serve peanut butter for dipping.

1:00 pm - Lunch

2:30 pm - Catholic living teatime

3:30 pm- Independant focus with elementary son

3:45 pm- Elementary son independent work

... This is a work in progress I am tweaking to fit the children's needs.

There's Pasta in my Wash!

After going to bed last night, I remember I have laundry to put into the dryer. I get up and start pulling it out of the washer and all of a sudden pasta is flying everywhere! I am so exhausted at this point that I just start laughing. I think to myself, "maybe this is just a bad dream!", and I'm so tired that I just leave it there hoping that I'll wake up and it will be gone in the morning.

Well, it's morning and the pasta's still there. I'm still trying to figure out how it got there!!!

Umm, is it just me, or does everyone find pasta in their laundry machine? Just wondering...

Friday, November 7, 2008

A Day in the Life of....

Check out these great, "day in the life of" posts at Montessori Free Fall where Steph gives us a look into her Preschoolers Montessori day!