creeping/ crawling distances..

here is a C&C goals for 3-4yo healthy kids.. usually they say to do these for 90 days..

"We don't know the answer to when the benefits start. Some children need a little bit, some need a lot. MyDS has crept many hundred of miles &we still don't have convergence. Some children only creep 3 or 4 months and have great convergence (those are the ones who can hit a curve ball going 90 miles an hour). We have both kinds in my family. How much your child needs is undetermined. The 90 days thing is just for insurance. That's when they are doing GREAT. (You pay your car insurance even if you haven't had a wreck yet.)"

So, with that in mind here, i have printed out the suggested goals & my target at this time is start the process and encourage the kids to do it.. i'll have to be creative in where else i'm we can do this to keep them motivated.. i don't know how to do tables on the blog yet..so i'll just copy the info i have in a paragraph form:

Crawling:
· Distance to be covered initially is 50 meters, type of surface: smooth, flat surface like masonite, linoleum (or my favorite plastic over carpet strips).
· Type of footwear: bare feet or sneakers with rubber toes,
· Type of clothing: T-shirt and shorts (knee pads and elbow, if needed),
· Track: a measured distance in and out of the house but as long as possible,
· Awards: post daily goals and the award for accomplishing them,
· Lapcounter, have a checklist to count laps.

Goals, in 3 weeks: 350 meters daily with 50 meters nonstop,
in 6 months 400 meters daily: 100 meters nonstop

Bi-Weekly schedule for goals. Each day you should increase the distance your child crawls until he has built up to the next goal in two weeks time.

Week 1 - 5 meters each session, 10x/day = 50 meters total
Week 2 - 15 meters, 10x/day = 150 meters
Week 5 - 25 meters, 8xday
Week 7 - 35 meters, 8xday
Week 9 - 45 meters, 7xday
Week 11 - 50 meters, 7xday
Week 13 - 60 meters, 6 xday
Week 15 - 75 meters, 5 xday
Week 17 - 80 meters 5 xday
Week 20 - 90 meters 4x day + 1x40 meters
Week 22 - 100 meters 4 x day

Creeping
· Week 1, 30 meters, 10xday
· Week 3, 40 meters 10x day
· Week 5, 50 meters, 10x day
· Week 7, 100 meters, 6 x day
· Week 9, 150 meters, 6 xday
· Week 11, 200 meters, 5xday
· Week 13 250 meters, 5xday
· Week 15, 270 meters, 5xday
· Week 17, 300 meters, 5 xday
· Week 19 350 meters, 4 x day
· Week 20 400 meters, 4 x day

tentative schedule for the week

so i have been trying to see how i can set up the times to make it the most efficient use of our times together and not tax my kiddos.. after all, it is only KG and everywhere i read about success of the child, it says that the most important thing you can do for your child before 7 (or 6)yo is letting them PLAY and PLAY and PLAY, especially outside in a natural setting. The truth is that days go by without the kids spending anytime outside... sooooo... here goes...

7am: Wake-up & Morning routines (make a checklist for each kid to check off)
8-9am: Creeping/ Crawling/brachiation (make a distance target list to be finished by each kid)-
9-9:30am: Breakfast
9:30-10am: Get ready for school (make checklist for Aapi's backpack)
10-10:30am: Drop off and back home
10:30-1:30pm: -3 hours! 1hr for me to exercise if Mr. L will let me
-1 hr to be spent with L. & Mr. L-Words, pre-reading Mont., some practical
-Zuhr/ Lunch prep (ready B4 picking up)
1:30pm: Pickup
2-3pm: Lunch/Free play (the poor girl is sooo exhausted from the 3.5hrs out!)
3-3:30pm: Getting ready for HW/HS/Workboxes
4-6pm: HW, workboxes, Hsing....
6-7pm: Dinner
7-8pm: BBR (make checklist for kids)
8pm: Lights out

Again..this is the ideal case if everything goes smoothly... i've given myself enuf margin with the 3kids & any surprises... Also, I'm shooting for 3-4days of this setup per week. One day will be for visiting (they always ask for playdates)...

I would like to utilize the weekends to supplement with things i may not have been able to accomplish during the week. So that i have a basic list of things i would like to cover each week loosely based on the WorldBookStandards... and what items are left, i cover during those days..

Standards for Pre-K & KG:

Here are the links to the Pre-K (for Leeboo) and KG (for Aapi) based on the World book encyclopedia.

What other standars are there??

found acope and sequence for quran/arabic---adduha institute

Planner

Donnayoung.org has info on how to plan homeschooling year...for a newbie here r the steps:

I. List the subjects+ goals: already tried this back in july! (how time just flies right past)...for KG:
A. Subjects List:
(1) Arabic/ Quran (2) Urdu (3) Math (4) Reading/Comprehension (5)Writing (6)Nature Study (CM), (7)Science, (8) Culture (9) Art (10) Critical thinking skills
B. Goals: (Goals planner)
Here for the time being i'm going to go by the World Book Encyclopedia standards as listed here.. As i get more into this planning thing, i'll specify for Urdu, Quran/Arabic & Nature Study...

II. Choosing Books: (Curriculum Planner) (either grade level or purpose guided--this is what i'm thinking of)
A. Arabic- Arabic First website / Ad-duha Institute website
B. Quran-
C. Urdu- from Pakistan the first Urdu book
D. Math- Right Start-Level B
E. Reading-phonics- Montessori language/ Ordinary parent's guide to Reading/ Phonics pathways - also, various list of books to be read to/by the child (CM)
F. Writing- practice both manuscript and cursive (donnayoung.org) and copywork (AmblesideOnline-0yr)
G. Nature Study- AmblesideOnline -0yr (this will include some Art stuff)
H. Science- Supplement from various sources
I. Geography/Culture- Montessori

III. Course of Study (COS forms)
- Like the curriculum planner (CP)? List of subjects and books/materials for each subject. I think the difference is that with the CP, you are just hashing out ideas and how much it might cost... with the COS forms, you are more concrete in your plans...specific names/authors/ locations of the resources.

IV. Make a planner
i. Planner Guide (how-to)
ii. How to Make Plans(how-to)
iii. Lists (forms)
iv. Administrative (forms)
v. Lesson Plan Forms (forms)
vi. Extra (forms)
vii. Sets (forms)
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Book Key
Checklist I
Checklist II
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Lesson Plan Forms
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Excel Weekly Planner

Extra
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So that's it. i need to get some sleep..it's already 1:45am!! I'll print all out as a guideline for my planner

Language Shelf- montessori

Here is a summary of the language in montessori education. I'm trying to summarize it for myself to breakdown the key items to work on:

Before introducing Sandpaper letters (1st real mont. lang. material), the First Shelf should be PRE-READING shelf to include:
1. go-together cards (10-20 pairs)
2. opposite matching cards
3. rhyming objects or cards
4. part-whole matching cards
5. patterning cards
6. sequencing cards

Second comes Sandpaper Letters (SL) in 3 color-coded groups presented in a 3-period lesson (1)this is R (2) show me R or put R on ur head (3) what is this or what sound is this?:
a. "Red" sounds are: r a m f b i t g: Sound book has 8 white pages for each sound
b. "Yellow" sounds are: p o n l h u s c
c. "Blue" sounds are: d e x q y z v w j k
(i) first you introduce sound with SL
(ii) then child traces in salt/cornmeal tray with fingers
(iii) then child glues the letter in her own "Sound books" for each child corresponding with the color of the letter.. each sound is reviewed every day...
(iv) simultaneously, "read" the little letter books (that have pics only for each sound) corresponding with sound of each letter...i have the sound pouches or object boxes...use these instead.
(v) another activity- picture sorting according to sound..SL on top & each picture/object matching sound underneath
(vi) after Red sounds mastered, move to yellow, to blue sounds. child may/not be ready to decode the words in the phonetic books..
(vii) list/dictation cards: can use these for spelling/writing/dictation for writing on paper or moveable letters

organization...again...

this organization thing is driving me crazy. with ramadan, it's been quite hard to get myself motivated to clean up the HS room and declutter... i literally don't get any time in the day to sit and just think for an hour straight. i get sidetracked every 2min by "moma, give me this..mama, i'm hungry. mama, do this..."... last week i was feeling sooooo exhausted mentally with no patience with any of the kids and definitely not DH. i know he's doing 2 jobs and with that in mind, i make every attempt to free him up when he is home...but i get to this point of nervous breakdown where even simple laughter of the girls gets to my nerves.. it's scary to think about it...

back in april when i was having real trouble with everything (my health, sleep, diet, no exercise, no minute to myself, anger/resentment towards DH), my doc was surprised to hear that i wasn't utilizing all my resources and help from my family to help me out. i wasn't because it would require me to go to lakeforest several times during the week and that would translate to gas to money...and who would have an issue with it?? the comment was "again? why??" so what do i do? struggle & suffer alone and go downhill instead and am not able to give my best to my children and as a result they suffer... maturity, self-respect... hmmmm. more to think about...

for "clocking in/out" i like the idea here with the pic of the child instead of a dwg.