Our Pre-Primary Homeschool Curriculum Overview

I did this back in January but am only just getting the time to share....

Tama's Personal Focus is Dinosaurs!

The legally required government Curriculum Areas:

Curriculum Areas

·   Language (reading, writing, viewing)

·   Maths

·   Science

·   Social Studies

·   Arts (Visual, Music, Dance, Drama)

·   PE

·   Health

·   Technology (Not actually in WA- but would be in NZ old habits are hard to break).

    - LOTE (Maori)


 Montessori  Curriculum Areas - These speak to me a lot more than those above and are a useful lens for the way I want homeschool to integrate into our life...

·   Practical Life

·   Sensorial Life

·   Language

·   Maths

·   Cultural Studies

·   Outdoors

 

With a view to all of the above here's my rough list of things to do- that play to Tama's intests and both of our strengths- and the resources we currently have avaliable. 
Nb.- PP means Preparation needed and Independent tasks are those I can leave Tama to get on with and control when I am doing exciting stuff like laundry! 

Daily

Go Outside

Gymbaroo Books

Gymbaroo Exercises

Language Play PP

Maths Play PP (Number work, measuring, shapes)

Personal Art Ind

Practical Life (Food Prep, cleaning, helping)

Pretend Play

Reading: (Stories, Poems, Nursery Rhymes, newspaper)

Singing (songs, action songs, waiata)

Speech

Talking (sharing photos and photo books)

Words PP

2/3 Weekly

Ball Games (hitting, throwing kicking)

Board/card Games

Handwriting PP

Intentional Art PP (Collage , box art, pastels, paints, fibres, whiteboard, clay etc)

Making Music

Puzzles

Sensory Play PP (Cooking Pretend, Ice, Dishes, Sand etc)

Story 'writing'

Weekly

Biking

Cooking - Real PP

Gardening

Library

Nature Walk PP

Play dough Ind

Swimming

Water Play Ind

Random activities (to  remember to add in)

Animal Cards

Blocks/Lego/Duplo Ind

Boxes Ind

Bubbles Ind

Chalk Ind

Dress-ups Ind

Excursion PP

Forts

Obstacle course

Painting

Parachute

Picnic PP

Play-ground Ind

Puppets Ind

Sandpit Ind

Stamps Ind

Wood work table Ind

Wrestling

 

Icily So...

Some 'cool' sensory play with a large Ice Block and Gel balls!

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Dinosaur Models

Woolworths Ancient Animals has definitely been Tama's favourite so far- he worked with Les to build the T-rex model.

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We made a book!

 

Tama and I came up with a list of things that he can do together. Then we went and took the photos together with Kieran as a slightly unwilling participant being the only other person in the house to get kissed and cuddled. I pulled all Tama's ideas and my photos together in photoshop* and in 10 days time for the grand sum of $10 we'll have the complete 6x8 inch photobook awaiting us for pick-up at Big W.  (* You could easily do this project without photoshop- just using the photobook editing tools online).

 

  

 

Communicating

Will and Tama back in December working on Christmas cards and messages.

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Drawing and Colouring

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Just working...

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Inspired Drawing

Tama drew this awesome picture inspired by one of our black and white baby books for one of the baby sisters at kindy.

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Seeking out what you need

Tama is at an age where he is refining his fine motor skills- something that needs lots of practice. I love that children naturally seek out what they need. I pulled the old pages off the calendar and put them on the making table. Sometime later Tama picked them up and cut them first into week sized strips and then into day sized squares... lots of great practice- independently sought and achieved.

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