Morning Menus

If you’re a homeschool mom, you may have heard the phrase Morning Menu going around. If you’re new to Morning Menus and are wondering more about them, I’m here to tell you why Morning Menus are our favorite way to start our day!

What is a Morning Menu?

Morning Menus are restaurant menus filled with activities for your child to complete every morning.

Morning Menus are a part of a lot of homeschoolers mornings, because it’s a great way for kids to gather in the morning and start their day. It also helps establish a routine into your homeschool day!

Some things Morning Menus can include:

Calendar work
Skills practice (writing their name, phone numbers, addresses, etc.)
Memory work (such as Bible verses, multiplication facts, or speeches)
Literacy activities (ABC tracing, copywork, etc.)
Math activities (shapes, counting, math facts, etc.)

The contents of your Morning Menu are up to you. There’s no right or wrong way to do it! You can mix and match what goes into your menus, or you can find a bundle that has everything you’d like to cover. What you fill in your menus should be what works best for you and your family. (I’ll share more about what we include our menus below!)

Shop the menus covers we use here.

When do we complete Morning Menus?

Morning Menus can be done at any time in the morning (or really any time of day)!

Some families have their kids complete morning menus at the breakfast table or right after they wake up. When and how you do them is up to you!

We complete Morning Menus during our morning time block. We start our day with breakfast and morning time readings (8:00-9:00 a.m.), and afterwards we go outside for our daily dose of sunshine. Once we’re back inside, we start our Morning Menus and finish up our morning time (9:45-10:30 am). This is just what’s been working best for us in this season of life.

If you have older kids, Morning Menus can be completed independently. I personally like to do Morning Menus with my 6 and 4-year-old, because I like to talk about the calendar and do review together. I also need to assist my youngest as he’s still learning how to write.

What Goes in Our Morning Menus?

Okay, now you know what a Morning Menu is… let’s talk about what to put in them!

As I mentioned earlier, Morning Menus can contain anything you’d like! There’s no right or wrong way to do it.

I have a Preschooler and 1st Grader, so our goal for Morning Menus right now is to make them a fun part of our morning routine. I don’t add a lot of pages in their menus at this age, because I want to be sure that they’re menus aren’t overwhelming and don’t take too long to complete.

I often get asked, “How often do I swap out the pages in our Morning Menus?” The answer is not often! The only pages I change out our the math/literacy practice pages. I change those weekly to align with what we’re learning. All of the other pages stay the same throughout the year.

There are lots of amazing Morning Menu bundles to get you started. Throughout the years, I have found what works for us and we’ve slowly added things on or swapped out certain pages. So, you can say we’re a mix and match family when it comes to Morning Menus. If you’re looking for some mix and match options or the perfect Morning Menu bundle, I have linked all of our favorite Morning Menu bundles below!