Free Morning Work Printables for K - 1st Grade

Some days, C is actually ready to start school before I am!  I would like to say it is because I am busy doing important things like laundry or dishes but really, I just like to sit and enjoy my coffee before we start school for the day.  I am going to starting setting out independent work for her so that she can get started whenever she feels ready.  

Some of this work we come from her Calvert curriculum but I also plan to supplement with these Morning Work Printables.  The skills in this set are all things C has learned in the past and should be simple review for her, I also threw in some handwriting practice.

Free Printable Independent Work K-1st Grade

Here is a sample of what is included:

Fill in the missing sound (there are pages for beginning, middle and ending sounds).  Some focus on a single letter sounds while others focus on blends.  These pages also included handwriting practice using Dolch sight words.  I chose words from the Dolch list that included letters C could use practice writing.

  

Circle the picture that matches the sentence.  Write a sentence and draw a picture to match.

Read, the answer the question.  Draw a picture that goes with the story.

There are 10 pages focusing on K-1st Language Arts Skills.  If C enjoys this morning independent work, I will be making more printables focusing on different skills.  What independent work sets would you like to see?  Please leave a comment and let me know!

*** Click here to get your free K - 1st Reading Morning Work Printables!***

The clipart for this set is from www.openclipart.org.

Thanks so much for visiting Joy Focused Learning!

~Angela

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Let Your Kids Take an Action Break - FREE Printable

I am very thankful that C usually has a pretty good attitude about getting her work done during school time.  Some days though, her little body just can't take sitting for that long.  To help her out, I am going to re-instate something we used to do, I'm not sure why we ever stopped.

Here's how we plan to use them: 

My Kindle Picks 12-17-13

Good morning!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week getting ready for Christmas!  


There are a lot of free or cheap Kindle books out there, but a lot of them don't look that interesting or well made to me.  I have weeded through the pile to find some great picks for you!  Here are my requirements:

My Kindle Picks 12/3

Good morning!  I don't know about you but I am still lagging a bit after taking the week of Thanksgiving off.  We aren't having school today either because we are going on a field trip to the zoo. :)  For now though, it is time to check out some awesome Kindle books!

There are a lot of free or cheap Kindle books out there, but a lot of them don't look that interesting or well made to me.  I have weeded through the pile to find some great picks for you!  Here are my requirements:

• I have to want it for myself or C
• It has to look like it was made decently well
• It has to be a good deal, usually $4.00 or less but occasionally I find a book that looks like it is worth the higher price tag

Here are my picks for today.

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My Kindle book picks - Cheap, Free or too Good to pass up

Cute Thanksgiving Centerpiece

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C and I just made this adorable centerpiece and I had to share it with you!  I found it in a Family Fun Magazine.

I have really been slacking when it come to Thanksgiving this year.  Today is the first day we have really talked or read about Thanksgiving and it is the Friday before the holiday!  I don't even have a meal plan.  I don't know why but I just don't have it all together right now.

On to the cute craft:

My Kindle Picks 11-12-13

There are a lot of free or cheap Kindle books out there, but a lot of them don't look that interesting or well made to me.  I have weeded through the pile to find some great picks for you!  Here are my requirements:

My Kindle Picks 11/5

 



I have really enjoyed having a weekly Kindle Picks feature on the blog!  I have found some great books in the process.  There are a lot of free or cheap Kindle books out there, but a lot of them don't look that interesting or well made to me.  I have weeded through the pile to find some great picks for you!  Here are my requirements:

My Kindle Picks 10/29/13

There are a lot of free or cheap Kindle books out there, but a lot of them don't look that interesting or well made to me.  I have weeded through the pile to find some great picks for you!  Here are my requirements:

• I have to want it for myself or C
• It has to look like it was made decently well
• It has to be a good deal, usually $4.00 or less but occasionally I find a book that looks like it is worth the higher price tag

Bird of Prey Study Guide





As I type, I am hearing the "Hallelujah Chorus" play in my head.  I started working on this study guide around the time Joy Focused Learning went live over a month ago!  That may or may not seem like a long time to you but it sure does to me!  Since starting this project, I can't see a large bird flying overhead without trying to figure out which bird it is.  I usually decide it is a Turkey Vulture - I could be totally wrong but at least I feel like I know what I am talking about.  :)

My Kindle Picks

Cheap, free or too good to pass up:

Kindle Books

I was shopping around on Amazon for some new e-books and I found a lot of great deals!  I thought I should share a few of my favorites with you. Most of these links are free or cheap, but I included in one book that I think everyone should read and it is still affordable @ under $10 dollars. :)

Fruit of the Spirit: Peace

I just finished up the next set in our Fruit of the Spirit study and I am so excited to share them with you!  In this study we look at peace from two different angles:

• Having the peace of God
• Being a peacemaker

Here is what is included in the set:

KJV Fruit of the Spirit: LOVE

I made a version of the Fruit of the Spirit: LOVE printables with verses from the KJV.  The original printables use the NIrV because that is what C has, but I know a lot of people prefer to use KJV from the get go with their kids!

Fruit of the Spirit Series: Joy

C and I are still going through the Love printables but I wanted to have the Joy set ready and waiting for us!  This set isn't as large as the first just because I think there is a lot you can do with a unit on Love.  I am happy with what I have for the Joy set though! :)

Spanish Calendar & Weather

Good morning!  Yesterday C asked that I make some weather stuff to go along with our calendar time.  We talk about the weather everyday but I didn't make printables for it because she has a pretty good grasp of weather.

So, I decided to make them in Spanish!  I am hoping she will keep her interest since it is about something she wants to do!

Fruit of the Spirit: Love

I am so excited to get started with this first pack of Fruit of the Spirit printables with C!  I plan on focusing on each fruit for about 2 weeks so we can really dig in and apply it to our lives.  I have a couple more ideas for this Love Pack that I haven't made yet but I was too excited to wait! All of the verses are in the NIrV because that is what C has!  If I get a lot of requests for KJV I may add KJV pages.  I hope you enjoy it!

Calendar Time with FREE Printables

I hope you all had a great weekend!  Ours was busy, but not with anything particularly exciting.  EXCEPT that I finished up our Calendar Time wall and also made a second set of not so girly printables to share with all of you! 

I have seen some excellent Calendar Time ideas on other blogs, ours is pretty simple for a couple reasons:

• I try to not use too much ink/paper-it is SO expensive!
• C isn't too big on math so I try and do our math in short and sweet segments throughout our school time

What Happened to Bilingual Homeschool?

I am consistently surprised at the number of page views this blog gets considering I haven't posted in quite awhile.  I apologize for my lack of consistency.  The reason I haven't posted is because we haven't been doing much with Spanish lately.  C hasn't been very interested.  I haven't made any printables because I'm afraid they won't be used.  I still want to get some Spanish learning into our day but I need to come up with a new way to do it.

Morning Expectations Printable

In my last post about our daily schedule, I said I would have a Morning Expectations printable for you guys soon. Well, here it is!

It is a very basic printable with just a few jobs. The list I made for Caitlyn has more expectations that are personalized to her: put on glasses, turn on the light for her fish, etc. I have included one printable with the labels written in Spanish, as well as one printable with just the check boxes and numbers that you can fill in.


I recommend either laminating or putting it in a picture frame so the child can check off the jobs with a dry erase marker as they complete them.  Click on the image to download











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Our New Schedule

Today marks the first week day that I am staying home with Caitlyn. Unfortunately, it is also the last three days I have to get ready for Thanksgiving! We are hosting this year and my place needs a LOT of work.

Needless to say, I have been very productive today, but more with house work and less with blog/homeschool stuff. I did come up with a schedule that I hope to follow starting next Monday.

I know that in coming up with my schedule I looked at a lot of other schedules online. So I thought I would post my schedule to give you guys another idea. The times I am posting today will be the times I *HOPE* we will follow. As we dig into our schedule I will come back and edit to show how the times work out in real life. Things always go much smoother in my head!

I tried to incorporate a lot of the Fly Lady's routines into my schedule so that I don't forget to take care of our home while doing homeschool. I really hope that this system works out well for me. I would get very overwhelmed if when the day is done I still have a pile of laundry and a sink full of dishes staring me down! I feel better knowing it is in the schedule!

The Bilingual Homeschool's Daily Schedule


Wake up at 6:45:
*Make bed
*Wake up Caitlyn - have her get started on her morning expectations (post coming soon!)
*Shower & Get Dressed - Follow Fly Lady's plan of cleaning restroom each morning while in there getting ready!
*Spend a few minutes with my husband before he leaves for work
*Start a load of laundry
*Breakfast

8:00 Start school time - Calendar Time
(We will be using 1+1+1's calendar notebook printables, they are GREAT. I will probably add some bilingual printouts to those soon)


- Reading time
We use (and I HIGHLY recommend) The Reading Lesson By Michael Levin I will post a review of the book very soon!
For review we use Hooked on Phonics: Kindergarten

- Action Break We will stop and do something to get our bodies moving and her energy out

- Story Time

9:30
- Snack
- Clean up in kitchen while Caitlyn eats, put laundry in dryer
- Printables and activity time
I plan to try using the work box idea here, we will see how Caitlyn likes it! There will probably be a lot of free play and exploration time here as well. While Caitlyn is doing an activity that she can work on independently, I plan on checking off a couple of the jobs off of my daily to do list!
-Action Break
-Work together to put laundry away

11:30
-Lunch
-Bible time
-Play Time 1:15-3:00
-Nap
Some days Caitlyn seems like she doesn't need a nap, on those days, we still plan to have a rest time from 1:15-3:00. I am working on some nap time busy boxes for her. I Can Teach My Child has some great ideas!

Our school day will end with nap. I will use her nap time to finish up my cleaning list for the day and get blog posts up! If you have any questions please leave a comment! Thank you!

More posts very soon!!

I am so sorry I haven't made any printables in awhile! I have stayed late at work more lately, we have some people out. The days I haven't stayed late, I've spent that time with my family! My last day at my job is November 16th. I plan to post what we do each week after then.