Two-Day Junior Kindergarten Curriculum Set
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Two-Day Junior Kindergarten Curriculum Manual Sample
Based on years of research, Memoria Press is pleased to offer the first year of our planned Junior Kindergarten – 12th grade curriculum. By following the 2-day-a-week lesson plans in our full-year Curriculum Manual, you will have every tool you need to give your child the very best classical Christian education possible.
To complete the Literature & Enrichment portion of the curriculum, you will need the weekly read-alouds. These can be purchased in a set from Memoria Press or gathered at the library, or you may already own many of these classic books.
CherryBlossomMJ –
The sections of a typical day include Prayer, Devotion, Recitation,1 Calendar, Alphabet Lesson/Handwriting, Show & Tell, Math/Number Lesson, Activity/Craft, Literature, Music, Poetry, Traditional Games, Enrichment and Closing Prayer.
My favorite part of the lesson plans is the Literature portion.1 Starting out in this age I figured you just read, but I wouldn’t really know what to discuss or point out besides the obvious (see the bird?). So here we have a “before you read”, “as you read”, and vocabulary section. It’s fabulous! I’m ecstatic (as a book-a-holic and book reviewer) to see my daughter understand and talk about copyright dates and notice that this author also wrote this other book we read or have on our shelves. It also is neat to me to see her really learn new words and part of stories. As a beginning to classical education, I think we are on a great start. Of course as this stage we are not really narrating and no dictation, but she is able to answer questions about the stories and make connections to other things that I never would have expected.
Following on my love of literature, the next best part is the Show & Tell. This is not overly detailed and what is neat is that some days I can just leave it as a discussion, but others I take it farther and I do a little research and come back to provide the information and we go where our imaginations lead us from there whether it is on to a printed worksheet online or a field trip to explore. And lastly for my favorites is the Calendar time. It is all written out, pretty well scripted and for a newbie like me to teaching the preschool age this is fabulous! In our home we have a pocket chart calendar and from time to time I change out the theme to go along with the year, but it all fits in and I’m guided by the lesson plans so I never forget nor get lost. Because of what Memoria Press has put together with their teachers at Highlands Latin School, I feel like I know what I’m doing in this teaching business. Coming in if you ask me to go back to teach middle or high school I have no fear. Hand me a preschooler, and I’m terrified. Or rather, I used to be terrified until Memoria Press took away the fear and presented me with everything I need for success.
I have written a long series of reviews on the entirety of Junior Kindergarten: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2013/04/29/memoria-press-junior-kindergarten-review-part-i/
Megan Lyczak –
Jr. Kindergarten review
We found this to be a beautiful, rich, simple introduction to school. It is exactly what is needed, nothing more and nothing less. There are a dizzying number of options for curricula for this age, but most of them would require too much parent prep for me, but this program is no-frills and most of the hard work has been done. On the flip side, there’s the notion that one should not do anything “formal” until about age 6, and time before this age should be spent reading aloud, playing and connecting. That’s exactly what this program provides: beautiful read alouds, poetry, nursery rhymes, crafts, practicing of motor skills, and just a bit of sit down “school” work, which for us made the transition into kindergarten seamless.
I think the highlight of this program is the selection of read-alouds. It’s a great mix of well-known, respected picture books and hidden gems. The only thing I decided to add (which is included in the 5 day option) is Bible stories. With so many Bible storybooks to choose from, this is an easy thing to add in.
This 2-day program can very easily be split into 3 or 4 days. Depending on our schedule, we did 2, 3 or 4 days. In case it helps, this is what our 3 and 4 day weeks looked like. All days we would begin with Prayer & Devotion, Recitation and Calendar, and end with closing prayer.
3 Day Week:
First Day
Alphabet Lesson Day 1
Show and Tell Day 1
Numbers Lesson Day 1
Music/Poetry Day 1
Second Day
Numbers Lesson Day 2
Show and Tell Day 2
Literature Day 1
Activity/Craft Day 1
Third Day
Alphabet Lesson Day 2
Music/Poetry Day 2
Literature Day 2
Activity/Craft Day 2
4 Day Week:
First Day
Alphabet Lesson Day 1
Show and Tell Day 1
Activity/Craft Day 1
Second Day
Numbers Lesson Day 1
Music/Poetry Day 1
Literature Day 1
Third Day
Alphabet Lesson Day 2
Show and Tell Day 2
Activity/Craft Day 2
Fourth Day
Numbers Lesson Day 2
Music/Poetry Day 2
Literature Day 2
We really enjoyed Jr. K and will soon be starting it again with another child. You really can’t go wrong with it. Highly recommend.