Morning Menus

​Key Components of a Morning Menu

• Memory Work: Include poetry, hymns, scripture, and historical facts (like presidents or geography) that can be memorized over time. 

• Calendar and Weather: Pages to track the date, day of the week, and weather to build foundational skills. 

• Personalization: Pages for practicing names, writing addresses, or drawing self-portraits to help children learn about themselves. 

• Academic Skills: Tracing pages for younger children or pages for practicing writing letters and numbers. 

• Character Development: Pages that include affirmations or character trait discussions. 

• Fun Fillers: Pages like dot-to-dots or coloring activities can be added for engagement. 

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Benefits of a Morning Menu

• Reusability and Sustainability: Using page protectors or dry-erase markers allows children to reuse the pages, making it an eco-friendly and cost-effective option. 

• Organization: It keeps all daily memory work and skill practice in one convenient and organized location. 

• Flexibility: A morning menu is highly customizable and can be changed weekly, monthly, or seasonally to suit a child's age, learning style, and the curriculum being used. 

• Engagement: It provides a fun, interactive, and stress-free way for children to start their day and practice important foundational skills. ​

 

How to Create a Morning Menu

• Gather Resources: Purchase a reusable menu folder or use page protectors and a three-ring binder.

• Select Printables: Find printables from curriculum resources.

• Compile Pages: Print the selected files and insert them into the page protectors, folder or menu.

• Incorporate Dry-Erase Markers: Add dry-erase markers so children can write on the pages, then wipe them clean for the next use.