Mommy's Summer School
- Kendra Van Gelder
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min read
With End of School Year excitement ending and our Family Road Trip completed it is time to settle into a summer routine. We have about 56 days left of Summer Vacation and it will be over before we know it. Our school did offer a free Summer Camp this year, but it fell right in the middle of our plans to visit extended family out of state. The kids did get signed up for some summer activities, but we are still coming out of COVID lockdowns and we have had to adjust plans for our pre-COVID normal summertime.
This year, we have a goal of a daily routine that includes time for fun, unstructured time and lessons to help regain academic momentum that was lost during a year of on-line learning. Montessori education has always appealed to me and I have started educating myself on this approach. With that in mind, I decided to divide the day up into 3 hour chunks and spread activities throughout the day. This will give us a little more flexibility so I don't start stressing about keeping to a routine and being a "perfect mom."
So what will our day look like? Here's the plan:
First Period 6AM-9AM
Wake up
Care of Self (get dressed, brush teeth, hair brushed and styled, etc.)
Breakfast
Care of Living Things (pets have food and fresh water, indoor plants watered)
Gardening Activities
Learning Activities-Cosmic Studies (experiments and lessons about our universe and Montessori Great Lessons)
Second Period 9AM-12PM
Snack (done independently)
Practical Life/Care of Home (aka:Chores)
Mathematics Activities
Geography Activities
Third Period 12PM-3PM
Lunch
Quiet Time (nap, yoga, meditate, read book of choice, draw)
Language Arts Activities
History Activities
Fourth Period 3PM-6PM
Snack
Art, Music, and Movement Activities (get out of the house time!)
Fifth Period 6PM-9PM
Family Dinner Time
Practical Life/Care of Home
Bedtime Routines
Family Reading Time (I read a chapter book to the kids)
It will be interesting to see how this goes and fun to learn more about Montessori Education, which is very much child lead. Stay tuned for some of our learning activities!
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