VII Patriot Homeschooling

Monday - Moon - Purple/Violet

Bread & Order

Open this on Monday morning and follow the day from breakfast through bedtime. Everything is here: the food, the story, the poem, the songs, the little lesson, the outside moment, and the recipes.

Start Morning Back to Week
Watercolor bread, candle, cloth, flowers, and hands kneading dough

At a glance

Monday on one page.

The buttons open each part of the day. The story and songs open directly from the language shelf.

Breakfast Recipe Morning Circle Rhyme: Pat-a-cake Song: Mulberry Bush Story: Little Red Hen Art & Handwork: Peg Dolls Lunch Recipe Dinner Recipe
Breakfast

Warm apple oatmeal with butter, honey, cinnamon, sliced apples, and milk.

 Lunch

Honey table bread, cheddar, carrot sticks, apple slices, and warm broth.

 Dinner

Bean and vegetable soup with fresh bread, butter, and a candle at the table.
Waldorf layer: Moon day is purple/violet: dreamy, quiet, and inward. Use poetry, memory verse, gentle fairy tale, watercolor, baking, laundry, and the nature table. Morning line: Today is Monday. Its color is purple. Its feeling is quiet. Today we practice reflection.
Monday bread watercolor

Follow along

Morning to Bedtime

Flour on fingers, sun at the sill,
Bread in the bowl while the morning is still.
Golden crust and candle glow,
Warmth is something children know.

Monday poem: Bread Morning
  1. Set the room: place a purple cloth, the Monday peg doll or fairy, a candle, flour, and a bowl on the table.
  2. Breakfast: serve warm oatmeal with apples and cinnamon. Read the poem once while they eat or right after.
  3. Circle: say Pat-a-cake, sing Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, and clap-count to 20.
  4. Story: read The Little Red Hen. Ask: “What did the little red hen make?”
  5. Table moment: say the B words together: bread, butter, bowl, bake. Older children can copy one word or the sentence. Little ones can draw the bread basket.
  6. Math: count cups of flour, halve or double the bread recipe, sort spoons by size.
  7. Copywork: Warm bread waits on the table.
  8. Making: knead dough, shape rolls, set a cloth napkin, draw the bread basket, or open the wooden peg doll handwork lesson.
  9. Lunch: bread, cheese, carrots, apples, and broth. Keep it simple and pretty.
  10. Outside: collect one leaf, one stone, one twig for the nature shelf, then free play.
  11. Dinner: bean soup, bread, butter, and a candle. Retell one sentence from the story.
  12. Evening: candle story, bath, early bed.

Monday recipes

Everything needed for the table.

These are written to follow while children help in tiny ways without making the whole day about tasks.

Monday breakfast table with warm bread and candle

Warm Apple Oatmeal

Use: Breakfast

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 2 cups milk, water, or half milk and half water
  • 1 apple, thinly sliced or diced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Pinch of salt
  • Extra milk for serving

Method

  1. Bring milk or water to a gentle simmer with the pinch of salt.
  2. Stir in oats and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring often.
  3. Add apple, cinnamon, butter, and honey. Cook 1-2 minutes more.
  4. Spoon into bowls and pour a little milk around the edge.

Child moment: sprinkle cinnamon, place apple slices, or stir before the pot is hot.

Honey table bread for Monday lunch

Honey Table Bread

Use: Lunch and dinner

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose or bread flour
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons softened butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Extra butter for brushing

Method

  1. Stir warm water, yeast, and honey together. Rest 5 minutes, until foamy.
  2. Add flour, butter, and salt. Knead 6-8 minutes until smooth.
  3. Cover and rise 60-90 minutes, until doubled.
  4. Shape into one loaf or 8 rolls. Rise 25-35 minutes.
  5. Bake at 375 F for 20-25 minutes for rolls or 30-35 minutes for a loaf.
  6. Brush with butter and cool before slicing.

Child moment: pour flour, brush butter, shape one small roll, or carry the bread cloth.

Monday soup table with bread and candle

Bean & Vegetable Soup

Use: Dinner

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 2 carrots, sliced
  • 2 celery stalks, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 cups broth
  • 2 cups cooked white beans or pinto beans
  • 1 bay leaf or 1 teaspoon dried herbs
  • Salt and pepper
  • Fresh bread and butter for serving

Method

  1. Warm oil or butter in a soup pot. Add onion, carrots, celery, and a pinch of salt.
  2. Cook 6-8 minutes, until the vegetables begin to soften.
  3. Add garlic, broth, beans, and bay leaf or herbs.
  4. Simmer 20-30 minutes. Mash a few beans against the side of the pot to thicken.
  5. Season to taste and serve with honey table bread.

Child moment: count carrots, tear herbs, place spoons, or choose the candle.

Monday Table

Use: Supper atmosphere

Bread on a board, butter in a small dish, soup bowls, napkins, one candle, and the Monday nature finds nearby.

Read aloud: the poem again, or one short paragraph from the story.

Table Moment

Use: The short learning piece

This is not a formal school block. Say the B words together: bread, butter, bowl, bake. Little ones can hear the sound and draw. Older children can copy one word or the sentence: “Warm bread waits on the table.”

Keep it: 10-20 minutes. Academics tucked inside the living day.