Tag: Preschool
Artist Study: Matisse
One of the most enjoyable parts of homeschooling, at least in my home, is that I am not limited to the constraints of a prepared curriculum. Sometimes, this is overwhelming, as I find myself desiging a custom curriculum for Reading AND Math AND Science AND Art… Most of the time, I enjoy it, immensely. Among
Artist Study : Monet
One of the most enjoyable parts of homeschooling, at least in my home, is that I am not limited to the constraints of a prepared curriculum. Sometimes, this is overwhelming, as I find myself desiging a custom curriculum for Reading AND Math AND Science AND Art… Most of the time, I enjoy it, immensely. I
What Comes After “Z”?
Last year, we started our homeschooling journey with a simple challenge… “If you could teach him to read before Kindergarten…” It was ON! Little did we know, we – my husband and I – would begin researching risks and benefits, techniques, statistics and more. What we definitely didn’t expect was to both agree that homeschooling
Learning about Frogs!
We have two African Dwarf Frogs in our new fish tank and we’ve all been enjoying watching their antics. Being able to watch them swim to the surface for air, crawl around, float and eat has been very entertaining for all of us. It has also given us many opportunities to discuss life cycles and learn about
Preschool Homeschool : The Letter Z
We opted to homeschool instead of enrolling our son in standard Pre-K. I am sharing with you some of activities to learn about the letter Z. Whether you homeschool or not, these are short and sweet ways to reinforce letter learning. We ended up skipping this lesson, as my munchkins had it mastered by the time
The Digestive System
In preparation for learning about our bodies, I had the kids lay on paper and traced them. They have life-sized cutouts of themselves on our wall. Today, we used Digestive System Printables from edupics.com. I printed them and cut them out. The idea was for the kids to color them, but they weren’t interested in coloring. We watched
Preschool Homeschool : The Letter Y
We opted to homeschool instead of enrolling our son in standard Pre-K. I am sharing with you some of the activities we did to learn about the letter Y. Whether you homeschool or not, these are short and sweet ways to reinforce letter learning. Walphabet’s ABCs Song Read moreDancing through DishesWalphabet’s Letter Y Highlight-a-Letter by Babbling
Preschool Homeschool – The Letter X
We opted to homeschool instead of enrolling our son in standard Pre-K. I am sharing with you some of the activities we did to learn about the letter X. Whether you homeschool or not, these are short and sweet ways to reinforce letter learning. Walphabet’s ABCs Song Read moreDancing through DishesI poured Pickling Salt into a cookie sheet
Letter Review
We have been focusing on letter recognition, lately, as the first major undertaking in our Homeschool Journey. Each day, I planned “school time,” which consisted of various letter-specific youtube videos and printables. We also did a letter-specific craft and a tactile activity (drawing letters in salt or making them with blocks) each day. My daughter
Preschool Homeschool : The Letter W
We opted to homeschool instead of enrolling our son in standard Pre-K. I am sharing with you some of the activities we did to learn about the letter W. Whether you homeschool or not, these are short and sweet ways to reinforce letter learning. Walphabet’s ABCs Song Read moreDancing through DishesWe used Lego Duplo Alphabet Mats from 123Homeschool4Me.com.