After trying several different combinations, this is roughly what I'm planning for this 6 weeks term of morning time, with a 6.5 and nearly 4 year old, leaning heavily on methods of Charlotte Mason and help from Ambleside online.
My oldest, an early bird, will continue to come to breakfast after getting dressed, making his bed, brushing his teeth, washing his face, and feeding the chickens (to get his "high 5" for those 5 tasks). The preschooler sometimes sleeps late so whenever he joins us is just fine!
We pray and sing a verse from a hymn, which will be I Need Thee Every Hour this term. Breakfast begins and after everyone is set, I read a Bible story and talk about it. Then I'll switch on one of Mozart's works and begin the morning loop, rotating through one per morning:
Composer: books, history, geography, instruments, imagery of Mozart
Artist: books, history, geography, techniques, styles of Pieter von Breugel the elder
Paper Sloyd
Birds: names, songs, nests, geography
Sign language: basic signs and the alphabet
Finally, I will read a selection of a poem, folktale, or story from the Book of Virtues and wrap up breakfast and our morning time.
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