Now that I've been doing my version of Toddler School for a few weeks now, I wanted to take time to write about what works for me!
As a former teacher turned stay-at-home-mom, I've learned that I really like having a rough plan for my day. I have two kids: Miss E is 2 1/2, and Miss L is only two months old. Miss L still naps most of the morning, leaving lots of time for me to do activities with Miss E. Miss E plays very well independently, but I like to make time for us to do school activities (and other activities) every day.
When I taught kindergarten, I structured my guided reading groups so that I had a repetitive plan for Monday through Friday. For example, on Mondays, I introduced a letter and one or two new sight words. The rest of the week was filled with specific activities. When I started brainstorming for Toddler School, I decided to have a plan for teaching letters and doing activities.
Although Miss E already knows her letters and sounds, we can dig so much deeper! For example, we're reinforcing her knowledge of sounds. We're also working on first sounds in words.
So, I made a planning template that I use every week to plan our activities. Each day, we do specific activities about that week's letter. Then, I always plan two additional activities. If we have time, we'll do more. But I like to be realistic, especially with a baby in the house! Here are the pages I created:
If you're interested in the plans, click here to download them from Google Drive!
I also made a bunch of materials that you'll see used each week. I'll share these in another post!
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