Morning Collection (our version of “circle time”)

So here’s what it entails: for collection we gather in the homeschool room and hold hands and are quiet for about a minute.  Then I share a poem.  We determine the day and date and choose an artist’s picture to add to the calendar (which is from Oriental Trading). We also sing one song together (right now we’re learning/singing “My Country Tis of Thee”).  I’ll use this time to bring in things I’d like to work on as a family — a few minutes about etiquette/manners, religious studies, or family rules.  Perhaps I’ll even just read a story that has a moral and talk about that. At the end, one of the kids chooses a game to play together and then off they go.