The first week of school will start after Labor Day. Public school doesn't start until Thursday September 6. The parsha for that week is Ki Tavo in Deuteronomy. The verse I will introduce on Thursday is Deuteronomy 28:6:
Blessed will you be when you come and blessed when you go.
Baruch atah bevo'echa uvaruch atah betsetecha.
On Friday I have an appointment in the morning, so I don't think we will do playgroup that first week.
Playgroup will start on Tuesday, September 11, which will actually be M's birthday, so we will do a birthday party kickoff!
Lemalah -- JUMP! Preschool -- is a home-based Montessori-inspired Hebrew language immersion preschool playgroup in Brookline, MA.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Rough schedule
Mondays:
Introduce the week's parsha: Read an age-appropriate synopsis, and put up a verse on the board to read together. M will be encouraged to read it out loud each day.
Go swimming!
Tuesdays:
Playgroup day!
Arts and crafts, centered around holidays or Torah themes if appropriate.
Outside time.
Wednesdays:
Music: Drumming, piano, etc.
Go swimming!
Thursdays:
Review the Parsha, copy the week's verse,
Math lesson.
Outside time.
Fridays:
Playgroup day!
Shabbat prep -- making challah and singing shabbat songs.
Outside time.
Introduce the week's parsha: Read an age-appropriate synopsis, and put up a verse on the board to read together. M will be encouraged to read it out loud each day.
Go swimming!
Tuesdays:
Playgroup day!
Arts and crafts, centered around holidays or Torah themes if appropriate.
Outside time.
Wednesdays:
Music: Drumming, piano, etc.
Go swimming!
Thursdays:
Review the Parsha, copy the week's verse,
Math lesson.
Outside time.
Fridays:
Playgroup day!
Shabbat prep -- making challah and singing shabbat songs.
Outside time.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Planning for September
Well, it's August now, so I'm thinking what I want to do in the fall. I'm not even sure I want to do a full-scale playgroup, much less preschool. I want to focus on homeschooling M and R, and really developing the curriculum for them. Maybe have a playgroup day on Friday, to make challah and sing Shabbat songs with friends?
Here are my priorities:
1. Maintain a morning routine: Songs, prayers, circle time, lesson, snack, playtime
2. Skills: Reading for information and entertainment. Library day?
3. Judaism: Each week, pick a verse of Torah from the week's reading, write it in big print, and put it up for M and R to study. R should be able to pick out letters, and start to sound out simple words. M should start gaining fluency with reading words, and understanding the meaning of the sentence. We will also talk about the themes from the Torah portion.
4. Art: M is gaining leaps and bounds in both drawing and scissors work. R is trying really hard to catch up to him! Create opportunities for both of them to work on these skills together with other curriculum themes
5. Calendar and time: Include in circle time. Stick to a clock schedule for activities to instill sense of time and reading the clock Integrate math into this part of the curriculum.
6. Swimming: I want to take the boys swimming at least twice a week to encourage developing comfort in the water and swimming skills. The schedule of the YMCA pool will really drive this.
I would like to also include some music in a more formal way. Drum rhythms, beginning piano, etc. Not sure yet what it would look like.
Here are my priorities:
1. Maintain a morning routine: Songs, prayers, circle time, lesson, snack, playtime
2. Skills: Reading for information and entertainment. Library day?
3. Judaism: Each week, pick a verse of Torah from the week's reading, write it in big print, and put it up for M and R to study. R should be able to pick out letters, and start to sound out simple words. M should start gaining fluency with reading words, and understanding the meaning of the sentence. We will also talk about the themes from the Torah portion.
4. Art: M is gaining leaps and bounds in both drawing and scissors work. R is trying really hard to catch up to him! Create opportunities for both of them to work on these skills together with other curriculum themes
5. Calendar and time: Include in circle time. Stick to a clock schedule for activities to instill sense of time and reading the clock Integrate math into this part of the curriculum.
6. Swimming: I want to take the boys swimming at least twice a week to encourage developing comfort in the water and swimming skills. The schedule of the YMCA pool will really drive this.
I would like to also include some music in a more formal way. Drum rhythms, beginning piano, etc. Not sure yet what it would look like.
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