Our Morning Basket | Morning Time Homeschool | Preschool Homeschool | Kindergarten Homeschool

In this video I explain what morning time or morning basket is and how we utilize it in our homeschool. I homeschool my preschool twins and kindergartener and these books and items have been so helpful in creating a beautiful morning time tradition for us. I have found that the days when we do morning time or morning basket, we are all happier and more in sync. I am able to pour my time and attention into the kids and "fill up their cups" first thing in the morning and it makes our days go smoother.
After our morning basket, we move into our subjects. For my preschool boys we use the good and the beautiful pre-k and we have really been enjoying that. For my kindergartener we also use the good and the beautiful language arts and the good and the beautiful math K.
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Book Lists - Readaloudrevival.com
Books Mentioned:
Rod and Staff Bible Stories + Coloring Book
Bumblebee - amzn.to/2PKIr6M
seed - amzn.to/2JbvOQG
potato - amzn.to/2Wjyv6A
On That Easter Morning - amzn.to/2GTsKpK
Degas and The Little Dancer - amzn.to/2GRTerz
Children's Book of Virtues - amzn.to/2DJZP6x
Children's Book of Faith - amzn.to/2DFatvx

[@RaisingNobles]

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[@ErinSwag93]

Thank you for giving me some good book recommendations for my morning basket. I have 2 girls ages 5 and 3. This fall will be my first year homeschooling. I have so many ideas!! I will be using the good and the beautiful LA and math Kindergarten curriculum for my 5 year old. And I'm thinking I'll just do some little books, coloring pages for my 3 year old and if she wants to try school I will let her but I wont be enforcing it with curriculum at this time. But so excited to put together a morning basket for both of them.

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you so much for writing! I’m so glad you found the book recommendations helpful! If you couldn’t tell, we LOVE morning time! So exciting about your first year - you will love TGATB!! It’s a wonderful curriculum! 💛💛

[@jupiterfarmhouse6]

Your morning basket choices are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you!! Thanks for watching 💛💛

[@jessicaspiller3173]

Hello just found your channel I’m a new homeschooling momma to littles! I would love it if you post more on the littles with homeschooling.

[@DownHomeWithLemonPie]

I have six of my own (10,8, 6,5, and twin 2 year olds). We love Morning Time! Yours sounds JUST LIKE ours! I also love the books by Gyo Fujikawa. They always have such beautiful illustrations.

[@RaisingNobles]

Awesome! So nice to “meet” you!

[@ericcawith2cs11]

Another second gen homeschooler! High five! Great selections. We've loved the rod and staff pre-k books here too. I have a 2nd grader, 1st grader, kindergartner, and. 6 month old.

[@RaisingNobles]

Alright! Nice to meet ya! 💛 So fun to meet others with so much in common!

[@readywithnat]

Great ideas, thanks for sharing. We just started our homeschool journey. Pretty excited!

[@RaisingNobles]

Wonderful! I’m glad this was helpful!

[@leahathome2883]

I've looked at a lot of morning basket posts but watching a video was much more helpful. Love how you took us through it and your book suggestions. I hope it will be an anticipated time in our household soon as well.

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you for your sweet comment 💛💛 I’m so glad you found it helpful! Blessings!

[@lizzysilvers]

I love this! So informative and I’m going to start working on my first morning basket for us! Im using some of your book ideas and putting them on hold at the library.

[@RaisingNobles]

So wonderful to hear that! I love it when my videos help inspire others! Let me know how your morning basket goes over with your kids, I would love to hear! 💛💛

[@Journal_Jonesy]

Love this video! We're starting to prep for preschool for my son who will be 3 and this is the best morning basket for small kids that I have been able to find! I look forward to watching more of your videos. ❤

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you Ashley! I’m so glad you found it helpful!! Thanks for being here, means so much! 💛

[@mamalovesmunchkin648]

Thank you for sharing! We have similar ages in our house - 6, almost 4, 2, and a newborn.

[@RaisingNobles]

Wow so similar!! Nice to know I’m not alone! Thanks for commenting 💛💛

[@danielleavila110]

I loved your video!! Thank you for all the useful information. I love the list of books you talked about. I actually happen to be restocking our home library right now so this couldn't have come at a better time. I also love the idea of having tea with the kiddos as we get going with this. Thank you again 🙏 God's blessings to you 😊

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you for taking the time to write! I am so glad you found this video helpful ❤️ having tea is so much fun and the kids think it’s the best ever 😁 Blessings!

[@danielleavila110]

@@RaisingNobles thank you for taking the time to reply 😊🙏

[@daniellelovesglitter]

Thank you for this, I just went and purchased rod and staff set for my son and I!

[@RaisingNobles]

Hooray! I hope you love it as much as we do 💛💛

[@jessicapoindexter60]

Thanks for sharing your ideas!! It seems our families and thoughts on homeschooling are so similar - we're just a little bit behind you. I will be starting kindergarten with my 5 yr old in the Fall, and I also have 3 yr old twins and a new baby coming in August! Also love the Read Aloud Revival.

[@RaisingNobles]

Oh wow! Yes so similar! How fun! Yes read aloud revival is amazing 💛💛

[@ThroughCloudedGlass]

I enjoyed watching this video! I love Rod and Staff’s preschool set, we used those books a few years ago when my oldest was in preschool/kindergarten! I should pick up that set again for my littlest ones, they’d enjoy it too I think. Thanks for the reminder!

[@RaisingNobles]

Thanks for the encouragement! Yes rod and staff is wonderful! I bet your other children would love it, I hear it’s on amazon now!

[@RaisingNobles]

Yep, here it is: amzn.to/31i3XnI

[@HumannestHomeschool]

Ur suggestions are really nice, I was searching simple poem collection for my 5 yr old and I ordered a child's poem which is really awesome and it's not a tongue twister for him ( we are not native speakers of English)

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you! So glad you found it helpful and that you found a good poem collection for your 5 year old! God bless! 💛

[@simplyraisingarrows7369]

New subscriber, I do pre k at home for my youngest son ! We are also doing charlottes web right jow

[@RaisingNobles]

So nice to meet you!! Wonderful that you are doing pre-k at home. We love charlottes web!

[@britt3795]

Ty for ur vid its really helped me fig out sum ways to do our morning basket

[@RaisingNobles]

So glad it helped!

[@britt3795]

Ty very much im trying 2 fig out exactly wat i can do with my 5yr besides his letters and numbers. Theres so much ive thought of but i think most of is 4 older kids im not sure though wat i can expect from him to learn. Cuz he picks things up very quickly but i dojt want 2 put to much on him but right now i feel like he can do more then wat ive given him

[@RaisingNobles]

You can use a simple curriculum like the good and the beautiful for him. You can take a placement test on their website to help you figure out which level to purchase

[@danashular6158]

Love the scripture alphabet!

[@RaisingNobles]

isn't it great?

[@farroscraft2030]

Good information you shear

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you!

[@bb15027]

Hi there! New to your channel and to the idea of a morning basket but I love it! Where was your baby when you would do this? Did you time with naps? Our little one is not quite walking and very very busy! I don’t know if we could go longer than 10 minutes with her awake.

[@RaisingNobles]

Hello and welcome! 💛 I used to time it when my baby was sleeping when she took naps in the morning, but now she only naps in the afternoon so she will join in with us. I think one of my more recent day in the life videos shows her coloring at the table and “participating” with us. I also have a read aloud activities video that has some fun ideas for little ones to do while you read, do school or morning basket. I hope that helps!

[@melissaallen8390]

Thank you for making this video! I have a preschooler and kindergartner too and we use TGTB as well :) How often do you rotate the books in the morning basket?

[@RaisingNobles]

Aw such fun ages! Thanks for being here! 💛 I rotate the picture books quite often and for the chapter books of course I’ll replace them as we read through them, but I like to freshen the basket up at least monthly ☺️☺️

[@melissaallen8390]

@@RaisingNobles thanks for the reply! Look forward to future videos :)

[@moonprincess4uuu]

hey! thank you for ur recommendations they r simple n easy! just a question do u read all of these books everyday or alternate days?

[@RaisingNobles]

so glad it was helpful! I read tiny little bits of each book everyday.

[@yom12345]

Great video! How long does your morning time last?

[@RaisingNobles]

Thank you! 💛 It really depends on the day, but I would say 20-30 minutes usually 😊

[@beautysheis7171]

Lol I’m watching this April 1 2020.

[@RaisingNobles]

haha, no april fools here though ;-)

[@yom12345]

Where did you purchase your bible memory cards?

[@RaisingNobles]

They were from Etsy 6+ years ago. I don’t have the shop name anymore, sorry!

[@rebajardine9544]

How many books do you read in 1 morning? Or how much time do you spend reading?

[@RaisingNobles]

It really depends on the morning, I would say 2-3 pictures books and a chapter in 1-2 chapters books. Hope that helps! ❤️

[@rebajardine9544]

@@RaisingNobles thank you.. it does help alot.❤

[@suzette1875]

How much time do you spend on the morning basket?

[@RaisingNobles]

It depends on the day but between 20-45 minutes