Let's Get Planning: Morning Meeting

Linking up with Kelly.


Last year, we started having Morning Meeting each day.  I wasn't sure how it would go, but it revolutionized our homeschool.  Here is my plan for this year.  You can find my plans from last year here.

1

Literature- We will read a chapter or two each day of the following books in this order. The first five were some of my favorite books as a child.

1. Wigger
2. The Story of My Life
3. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
4. My Side of the Mountain
5. The Cricket in Times Square
6. A Nest for Celeste

2

Religion- We have amassed a large collection of St Joseph's picture books and Fr Lovasik books.  Last year, we finally started reading through them.  I plan on reading two chapters a day of each of these:

1. St Paul the Apostle
2. Our Lady of Fatima
3. Padre Pio
4. My Friend Jesus
5. Immaculate Conception
6. Good Saint Joseph
7. The Holy Family
8. The Life of Mary for Children
9. God the Father

3

Hymns- We like to start with a hymn.  Last year, I planned on doing a new hymn every month, this proved too ambitious.  Here are the three that we plan on learning this year, spending a few months on each.

1. Tantum Ergo
2. O Come All Ye Faithful/Adeste, Fidelis
3. Immaculate Mary

4

Catholic Stories- We so enjoyed Catholic Stories for Boys and Girls last year.  This year we will read a story a day from Just Stories.  When we run out of them, I plan on moving onto Angel Food for Boys and Girls.

5

Bible Study- We will continue to read the Psalm of the Day.  In addition, on Thursdays, we will pre-read the Mass reading for Sunday and discuss. Lastly, we are reading The First Christians by Marigold Hunt. 

6

Science-This year I am adding science to morning meeting.  It seems to be the subject I have the hardest time fitting in.  My children spend a lot of time studying nature, watching science movies, and learning about creation but it's time to do some more formal study. We will be reading the following books over the course of the year:

1. Science 2 for Little Folks
2. How do We Know God Created Life
3. How do We Know God is Really There
4. NOAA Teacher at Sea
5. A Pocket Guide to Astronomy
6. Exploring Creation with Physical Science (One module per a week.)

7

Mathmatics- We are using Life of Fred in conjunction with other math practice. We are reading the following books, all together:

1. Edgewater
2. Farming
3. Goldfish

Then Cowgirl and I are covering the following, sometimes the boys join in sometimes not.  This really isn't part of Morning Meeting, but I thought I would share.

1. Kidneys
2. Liver
3. Mineshaft
4. Fractions
5. **Possibly Percentages and Decimals

I'm hoping to also include some picture books, this site has a really nice list of picture books that teach mathematics.