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