When I started homeschooling my 1st grade twins in September of 2020 I was struggling to figure out how to make it fun and exciting. I finally decided to make each day a letter of the alphabet and build curriculum around that; and I also included a drink or cocktail for me for the end of each day, because wow. Homeschooling and working full-time is a lot y’all. So without further ado I’ll give you an outline of what we did each day for each letter – take the idea and run with it to create your own fun homeschool experience!
A
Today we wrote “A” and “a” on lunch bags and went around the house putting things that start with A into our bags. After we had collected “A” treasures we lined them up on the table and wrote down the names of all of the items. Next, we learned about the continent of Africa, practiced addition and ate applesauce. Finally we learned about alligators (and the difference between alligators and crocodiles) and Australia.
Drink of the day – Appletini.
B
Homeschooling today – it’s “B” day. They took a bubble bath, ate bagels with butter and learned about bees. We drew bats, did spelling words, practiced math on Dreambox, did a few pages of “Handwriting without tears” and finished a map of the world, making sure to locate all the countries that start with B. Brazil starts with B. Beer and bourbon also start with B.
Drink of the day – Bourbon.
C
Today is “C” day. We ate Cheerios (coffee for me), drew pictures of Crazy Cats and watched a video about cool cat facts. We learned about COVID and how coronaviruses work. They took their first spelling test (cat, mat, rat, hat, fat) and each got all the words correct. We also did Dreambox math. In related news, Corona starts with C.
Drink of the day – Corona.
Every day we we did things in addition to the letter activities. Our day always starts with spelling and sight words and ends with either Dreambox or ABC Mouse and then we intersperse these activities in the middle along with reading and math. To learn more about the other resources I’m using check out this post.
Stay tuned for letters D, E and F!