November Plans and Routines

Our first month of baby plans went very well, so we are going to continue into November. Again, for the days that we are busy or have family in town, I have not planned anything.

The schedule will continue as follows:

Follow me on Instagram to check out our daily activities, baby book recommendations, and more! I will post a monthly recap at the end of the month!

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October Baby Plans

Hey everyone!

At the beginning of the month I posted a schedule of activities that I was going to be completing with my daughter who is now 10 months old. If you  have been following me on Instagram, you have seen these activities. I wanted to highlight a few of those activities here on my blog.

As a reminder, here is the schedule that I posted: one activity every day during the week, and no weekends. Also, when we were busy or had plans I did not have an activity for that day.

Here are some of our highlights from the month!

Songs and Poems: I have really enjoyed using felt as a manipulative for a child this age. She can pick them up, feel the texture, and then put them back all while listening to the song or poem.

We really enjoyed this sensory bag using hair gel, green food coloring, and googly eyes! Idea from Sharing Kindergarten.

Some of our favorite books this time of year have been the following:

Painting in a bag has been difficult. Getting the right weight of the paper and the right amount of paint has been challenging. But we are making it work and still enjoying the process.

Sensory bins have been really fun. At first, my daughter didn't know what to do with it. I would scatter fabric leaves around her and she would just stare. By the end of the month, she was taking out the leaves from the wipes container by herself. I was so happy!

Stay tuned for our November plans!

October Routines and Plans

Now that I am staying home and not working in the classroom this year, one thing that I have missed very much is celebrating the themes/holidays so common in elementary school. Apples, pumpkins, Halloween, etc. are always so fun to teach with the littles.

So I have decided that instead of missing out on all of the fun because I am  not in the classroom, I would bring those activities to my little girl. She is only 9 months old, but very curious. I have created the following calendar that we will follow for the month of October.

Because my daughter is so young, we are only doing one activity per day. On the days where there is no activity, it is because we have other plans or family visiting so I didn't want to commit myself to an activity on that day. Also, there are no weekends. I have also included Library/story time on Wednesdays because that is when it is scheduled for us. We also try to read every day at home as well.

We will use the following weekly routine in order to keep us organized.

The ideas that I have gathered are a combination from Pinterest, other teachers, SAHMS, bloggers, and myself. Please note that I have not tried these activities yet, but will be trying them for the first time this month. I try to use items that are from Dollar Tree, Target Dollar Spot, Michael's, or other items I already had on hand from when I was in the classroom.

At the end of the month, I will post some of our highlights, but you can follow my IG account https://www.instagram.com/dabblingindifferentiation/ to see daily/weekly posts with our activities.

Have a great month!