What's in my Morning Basket for 1st Grade

Last year, I talked about starting a morning basket for Little Man. We enjoyed having a designated time for Bible, music, and read alouds. This year looks a bit different, as we enter 1st grade with a toddler and a newborn. If you are unfamiliar with a morning basket, it's a basket (or binder, bin, whatever you want to use!) filled with things you do together as a family. This is great if you have kids of multiple grade levels that need to work together on a few subjects. Some ideas for a morning basket include:

Bible

Music

Poetry

Handicrafts

Art

Read Aloud

And more! 

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Growing up, my mom had all 6 of us come into the living room for Bible and memory work. We would also have a hymn, and an educational song (we did countries/states songs, skip counting, folk music, etc. ). Mom would also read to us from a character book (like Built for Work, and Biblical Girlhood) and then dive into a read aloud that corresponded with what era we were studying in history. All this was accomplished in an hour, and while she read we would work on a handicraft project or art. This was one of my favorite times during the school day, and I hope Little Man finds it equally enjoyable. Baby Girl (And technically the newborn) will be able to join in! 

This year, this is what is included in our Morning Basket:

Bible: The curriculum we are using has the Bible story, questions and Memory verse work. We will work on each of those during this time. 

Music: We will sing a hymn that goes along with what we are studying that week in Bible, and a song from Wee Sing America, to go along with history. 

Morning Binder: Unfortunately, Math U See doesn't focus much on calendar work, so I bought this cute weather board from Micheal's, and printed this free calendar page from TpT. I may get a little coloring page for Baby Girl to do at the same time, or this may be the time I get out a puzzle or small project for her to do while Little Man does that. 

Read aloud: This is a perfect time for me to sit down with our newborn and nurse her, while I read one of the books we are reading for history. 

Skip Counting: This will be music or spoken form, and a great transition into the next subject: Math!

Do you have a morning basket? What do you include?