Monday Morning Meeting!

We had our first official Monday Morning Meeting this morning, something that I saw on Instagram a few days ago and loved the idea of. I don't remember the page I saw it from, so do call it if this was your idea!

In a way, we already did this, but I streamlined the theory after reading the Instagram post so that I wrapped a few jobs into the meeting and got the boys involved a little more, trying to give them a bit of a say so that they have an element of control over their week.

I made a page to fill in with questions to ask them, which included some of the routines we already have. Things like our calendar and page-a-day quote which they both help move and keep up to date. We also have a handmade, velcro Weekly Calendar that is used as a visual representation of roughly what we are planning during the week. This has been on the go since long before Bear could read the events on the main calendar, so that he could see what days we were off out, etc. 

This morning, we talked over breakfast, thinking about what we had booked in for the week that was non-negotiable, like appointments and Home Ed Groups/activities, then added in learning based plans and outings. I also asked them what they would like to do, and included them where possible, or made notes and explained why they would have to wait a little while, but will get them into the plans for the upcoming weeks.

Our morning meeting was a great place to introduce something else that I had created ready to use with the boys. I want them to start to take some steps towards initiating learning, so I put together a list of things that I like us to accomplish in a week in one of their old routine checklists so that they can tick things off as we get to them during the week, and Bear can initiate plans for items that haven't yet been ticked off.

It was a lovely way to start the week, and a nice way to hear their thoughts and see what they'd choose if they got to make the plans. I think my favourite part was knowing that one of Bear's choices for things to do this week was actually learning based!

Do you do anything similar to a Monday Morning Meeting? I'd love to hear the variations :)

Mama Bear x