Cycle 1 Week 10 At Home Activities for Classical Homeschooling

Looking for creative ways to practice the Cycle 1, Week 10 memory work at home? Come along as I share about activities, games, and books that have added extra fun to our homeschooling week.

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Last week we finished up Cycle 1 Week 9. My girls enjoyed making their own Chinese lanterns and playing Lao-Tzu and Confucius in China tic-tac-toe. We also learned about the different parts of a plant and enjoyed working on a color by number plant activity. Read more about what we did at home during the previous weeks of Cycle 1 here: Week 1 , Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, and Week 9. You can also get a peek into our first couple of homeschool weeks here.

If you missed it, we also played FOUR different fun review games recently that helped us practice the memory work we have learned so far in Cycle 1. Read more about these review games and download them to play with your kids here.

Tutor Ideas for Classical Homeschooling

If you are part of a Classical homeschooling community, are you tutoring? If you are, be sure to check out my posts with tutor ideas for the first eleven weeks of Cycle 1 below:

1. Cycle 1 Week 1 Tutor Ideas
2. Cycle 1 Week 2 Tutor Ideas
3. Cycle 1 Week 3 Tutor Ideas
4. Cycle 1 Week 4 Tutor Ideas
5. Cycle 1 Week 5 Tutor Ideas
6. Cycle 1 Week 6 Tutor Ideas
7. Cycle 1 Week 7 Tutor Ideas
8. Cycle 1 Week 8 Tutor Ideas
9. Cycle 1 Week 9 Tutor Ideas
10. Cycle 1 Week 10 Tutor Ideas
11. Cycle 1 Week 11 Tutor Ideas

Also, I have a youtube channel where I make videos with tutor and memory work ideas each week. Below is my video with tutor videos for Cycle 1 Week 10. If you are thinking past the tenth week, I also have a video for Cycle 1 Week 11 and more coming soon! Visit my channel for tutor ideas for future weeks and other videos with homeschooling tips and encouragement.

Practicing the Memory Work At Home

In this post, I share with you about my weekly homeschool rhythms with my small children (ages five, three and one). I explain about the activities, games, and readings we do together to practice the Cycle 1 Week 10 memory work (new grammar) at home throughout the week.

Morning Devotional Time

I begin each day with our morning devotional time. This is my favorite part of the day with my kids. It is also one of my favorite things about homeschooling. I love that we don’t have to rush out of the door in the morning. My kids get the sleep they need and we can linger over breakfast and read God’s word together.

I have learned some morning habits that help us all get down to breakfast at the same time. This helps me make the most of our morning time together. Read more about these habits here.

Once we are all sitting around the breakfast table and my kids start eating, I begin with our Bible study time. I read to them a small passage from my Bible and then the corresponding story in The Complete Illustrated Children’s Bible. (TCICB). This Bible has BEAUTIFUL illustrations and is very accurate to the truth of the actual Bible.  We follow along with the Bible readings and study that corresponds with the Bible memory work we are learning. 

Bible Study

What Bible study am I doing you might ask? I love using the Foundations of The Bible study from @drivenbygrace. This Bible study goes along with Bible memory work. Lindsey, the author of the study, matches the stories from TCICB that go along with the Bible study and Bible memory work for that week.  If there aren’t enough Bible stories for each day of the week, then I find others that go along with the theme.   After I read, I try to ask my kids a few questions about it to see how much they understood.  My five year old is pretty sharp at this. 

If you’re curious about more of what I do in our morning devotional time, read my post about it here.

This week, I read Lesson 10 from the Foundations of the Bible study about Isaac. The Bible stories from TCICB that I read each morning either correspond to the Bible study or part of this week’s memory work. See the end of this post for my PRINTABLE lesson plans with details of what I read each day.

The 24 Family Ways

As I read to my kids from the Bible Study Lesson, I have them either color their 24 Family Ways coloring book or one of the activity pages from the Foundations of the Bible study activity book. This works well because they can concentrate on coloring and listen to me read.

After I read the part of the Bible study lesson to them and we talk about it, I go over the Family Way (from Sally and Clay Clarkson’s 24 Family Ways) we are learning about this week. We also work on memorizing the Bible verse that goes with that Family Way. I write both the Family Way and the Bible verse on chalk boards that I have hanging up by our kitchen table so we can see them often. 

I also have found songs that match with each Bible verse that I play after we eat breakfast.  Songs are amazing for helping children memorize the Bible. Download my matchup of the 24 Family Ways with Bible verses and songs from my Resource Library.

Singing Hymns

Then comes my kids’ favorite part, SINGING HYMNS!  I stumbled over this gem of a book called My First Hymnal by Karyn Henley and it is AWESOME!  I let my kids each choose a hymn to sing and I sing it for them (sometimes they join in).  It’s great that they are learning hymns and the ones in this book are fabulous for kids.

This week I also sing My Faith Has Found a Resting Place with my kids. This hymn isn’t in My First Hymnal but I play it for them. I love reading about the history and author of each hymn to my kids using these beautiful Hymn Study Cards. I also show my kids one of these Attributes of God letter cards from @drivenbygrace.

Math and Language Arts

Each day I try to do at least a little math and language arts with my oldest daughter. This year she is working through The Good and The Beautiful Level 1 math curriculum. Read here why I decided to switch from Saxon math to The Good and The Beautiful (TGATB). TGATB is very open and go and a good mix of lessons and activities. It’s beautiful too! I try to do a lesson with her after our morning devotional time. She is usually the freshest then and if I wait until later in the day to do it, I’m not as consistent.

I also have this Handwriting without Tears for my oldest daughter the first level for my younger daughter. Sometimes it works out to have my girls do some of this in the mornings. If we don’t have enough time the, I have my older daughter do a bit in the afternoon when it’s quiet time. I don’t do it every day with her, just a few times a week.

Weekly Memory work songs

I try to review as much of the weekly memory work with my kids as possible during the week with songs and games. Often when I’m cleaning up breakfast, I play this week’s playlist of memory work songs. We also listen to these songs in the car when driving. See my playlist of Cycle 1 Week 10 songs for English, Science and Geography below.

Daily Subject Focus

I like to dive deeper into one subject each day. I’ve found that focusing on just one subject each day is very manageable and doesn’t feel overwhelming. Here is our usual weekly schedule (you can download this template here):

Geography

This week in geography, we learn about Japan. First, I show my girls where Japan is on their placemats. We find Tokyo, Kyoto, Mt. Fuji, the Sea of Japan, and the Pacific Ocean. We also enjoy reading the book, The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang. This is a fun book to introduce Japan to my kids.

Then we enjoy playing this geography dice game that I made. The girls switch off rolling the dice and try to identify the location on their map that matches the number rolled. Each number they roll corresponds to a location in Japan. For example, if they roll a 4, they try to identify the place on their map that is labeled with a number 4. You can get this for free with my other Cycle 1 Week 10 Memory work activities from the Resource Page on my blog.

We sing a song together to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus. This helps my girls remember these locations in Japan. See my video below.

History

This week in history we learn about Japan’s Heian period. We enjoy reading the book Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo.

Japan Four In A Row Game

My daughters and I enjoy playing this Japan Four in a Row game. As we play, we practice saying different parts of the history sentence. You can download this game for free from the Resource Library on my blog. This is part of the Cycle 1 Week 10 Memory Work Activity Set.

Timeline Image Coloring Page

Each week I also give my kids the Timeline Image from Scribblers in ccconnected.com. My girls enjoy coloring this Japanese shogun this week.

Science

This week in science we learn about some different leaf shapes. My daughter colors the Science coloring page from Scribblers Cycle 1 Week 10 in ccconnected.com.

I read to my girls from several books we checked out from our library about leaves. We really enjoy My Leaf Book by Monica Wellington. We also continue to read Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert, and Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by Joann Early Macken. Mammals Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup is also a great review book that we enjoy!

Leaf Shaped Cheese Crackers

I love making healthy snacks for my kids. Since it’s the beginning of fall and we are learning about leaves, I thought it would be fun to make some leaf shape cheese crackers. My girls love helping me make them and they are delicious! Such a fun way to talk about what the different leaf shapes are while eating a delicious snack. I love how these leaf shape cookie cutters are steel and made in the USA!

We make these crackers with just five ingredients: freshly milled flour from soft white wheat berries, butter, raw milk cheddar cheese, sea salt, and some spices. They are so much healthier than store bought crackers! Get my recipe for them here! I love using my Mockmill Lino 100 Grain Mill to mill my own flour. It’s so much more nutritious and delicious to mill your own flour at home! I get these wheat berries from Azure Standard which saves me so much money too! If you don’t have a grain mill, you can definitely use All Purpose flour from the store too!

Leaf Shape Painting

My girls enjoy painting these different leaf shapes that I made for them. Anything involving painting they absolutely love and can do for a very long time. We talk about what the different leaf shapes are as they paint them different colors.

Leaf-Shape UNO Game

My daughter and I also enjoy playing Uno with these leaf shape cards I made. This is such a fun way to learn about leaf shapes! You can get this game for free with my other Cycle 1 Week 10 Memory work activities from the Resource Page on my blog.

We sing a song together to the tune of This Is My Father’s World. This helps my girls remember the different leaf shapes. See my video below.

Lesson Plan Templates

Click here to download an EDITABLE template of my detailed lesson plans for Cycle 1 Week 10. Here is a blank template you can download too.

Picture Books for Cycle 1 Week 10

Here are all the picture books we enjoy this week:

1. The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang
2. Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo
3. Where is Jumper by Ellen Stoll Walsh
4. Out the Door by Christy Hale
5. My Leaf Book by Monica Wellington
6. Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by Joann Early Macken
7. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
8. Mammals Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup

Cycle 1 Week 10 Memory Work Activities

Here are activities to help practice the remaining memory work. You can sign up below to receive these AND the activities I mentioned above for geography and science.

• Preposition card game
• Latin Bingo game
• Skip counting the squares Christmas trees

How many weeks are you into Cycle 1? How are things going? Comment below and tell me about any activities you have done or fun books you have read.