Bravewriter Lifestyle

After sharing our Morning Basket, I felt compelled to share how we include rich, meaningful activities into our weekly routine.  I try to be flexible when inspiration hits us, so she keeps visiting, but this is how I frame our week.

Monday:  At the request of my kids, I added an additional free write first thing Monday mornings.  Math games are slotted for Mondays because I love alliteration.  This currently includes Munchkin, Sorry, Trouble, and Animal Card-line.  The list goes on and on.

Tuesday:  Poetry Teatime complete with snacks, hot tea, and lots of poetry books.  Currently, I added May B. by Caroline Starr Rose.  This is a novel written in prose.  I read from this book while they eat the yummy treat.  Then each chooses poems to share aloud.  

Wednesday:  Again with the alliteration, we do word games on Wednesday.  This includes Scrabble, Banana-grams, Hangman, Charades, and Express Yourself.  These are the most fun and get the most loud.  This is also the day we include work on writing projects.

Thursday:  Because I have budding entrepreneurs, we listen to the Jr. Money Maker's podcast on Thursdays.  This works nicely since our home-school group meets at the park in the afternoon so we listen on our drive.  I also like to include nature studies on Thursdays but sometimes it happens on Friday or even the weekend.

Friday: Friday free writes happen each Friday with donuts and a favorite drink.  It is amazing how sugar gets the words flowing.  It is also the day we conduct messy experiments from our Big Book of Massive Epic Engineering Disasters.