Here are some ideas for homeschooling your kindergarten child in February! These activities are based on Waldorf and Charlotte Mason education models, so there is no formal schooling yet, such as language arts or math lessons. Instead, the activities reflect the seasonal rhythm of the year to give children a sense of time, place, and connection.
February is often Ohio’s coldest month of the year, so let’s warm our hearts by celebrating love. While the skies are still gray and white, and the trees are still bare, inside the home, the bakers and chocolatiers and crafters will stay busy rolling dough, sudsing wool, and making treats.
The watercolors I chose for this month reflect Valentine’s Day and what we see in the natural world around our home.
Theme and Festivals
Our themes for this month are love and birds. Who doesn’t love a couple of lovebirds? With the trees still bare, it’s easier to birdwatch, and we can learn their songs, as well.
Our celebration this month is Valentine’s Day. We’re planning a special Valentine’s tea to celebrate the holiday with my parents.
Here is our February schedule. We follow a four-day schedule because of our Thursday co-op. I can’t share some of the handwork and beeswax modeling we have planned because they come from other curriculums, but I’ll let you know where you can find them. I’ve also created my own handwork resource.
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February Homeschool for Kindergarten
Theme: Love, birds
Festivals: Valentine’s Day
Daily homeschool schedule
During breakfast: Bible study; read a poem.
Lavender’s Blue circle time (movements with seasonal songs and verses).
Main activity
During lunch: Folk song, picture, composition, or hymn from Ambleside’s schedule. Then I read aloud. We’re currently working through the free reads on Ambleside’s Year 0 schedule.
Monday afternoon: Nature study
Main activities
Week 1
Monday: Bake strawberry heart hand pies
Tuesday: Watercolor with red and purple
Wednesday: Wet felt soap with pink wool
Friday: Handwork from Whole Family Rhythms
Week 2
Monday: Bake heart cookies (freeze some for Friday’s tea)
Tuesday: Cut hearts out of last week’s watercolors and glue on pressed flowers to make Valentine’s cards
Wednesday: Model heart with beeswax; chocolate truffles step 1
Thursday: Chocolate truffles step 2
Friday: Valentine’s Day tea
Week 3
Monday: Brownie hearts
Tuesday: Watercolor with red, purple, and blue
Wednesday: Model lovebirds with beeswax
Friday: Pinecone bird treats
Week 4
Monday: Bake strawberry cake
Tuesday: Watercolor with red and blue
Wednesday: Model bird nest with beeswax
Friday: Popcorn, cranberries, and/or dried orange slices garland bird treat
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