If you have a child between the ages of 2 and 5, you know you have an important decision on what to do for preschool. It's a decision that I struggled with...should I homeschool or send them to a private or public preschool? I saw benefits to both, but which one was really the best? I have 3 boys, and two of them have gone through preschool. Since I always seem to do things unconventional, we decided to try out both options! We homeschooled AND we tried out a church preschool. :) When … [Read more...]
Differentiating Home Preschool
If you teach preschool at home, you may wonder how to make home preschool different over years. Some of us start doing preschool activities at home around age 2 and continue until a child is 5 (or even 6!). Today, I'm sharing how to differentiate the years of preschool. With my background in education, this is what I feel kids need to know before heading into Kindergarten. Preschool is a really fun time in a child's life. My biggest advice is to make learning FUN during this time! Find … [Read more...]
Our Preschool Plans for 2014
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Happy Wednesday! Hope you are having a good week. We're still adjusting to life with a newborn and two active boys. It's going well and I'm trying to soak up all these sweet moments with baby (and at the same time being sleep deprived!) I can't believe it's already August 13th...and schools around here start this week! Since school is on the minds of parents, today I am sharing our plans for preschool this year. (This post contains … [Read more...]
Tips for Organizing Preschool at Home
I receive emails all the time asking how we organize our preschool at home. So today, I am going to show you our current school room and share tips on how to organize preschool at home. So without further ado...welcome to our preschool room! Our home is not big by any means. In fact we recently moved to a new city and are renting at this time. Some day I dream about having tons of space at home with a huge backyard, but for now we make do with what we have. And I am thankful that we have … [Read more...]
A is for Apple Activities
We are just finishing up our first week of preschool! We had so much fun learning this week. Troy kept saying how much he loved school this week! Makes my heart happy to hear that! :) We are going through my preschool curriculum and since some of the material is review for him, I am adding in some supplemental activities. This week we focused on the letter A. Here's a little bit of what we did this week... We made an alligator out of the letter A. We also used Do A Dot Markers\ with … [Read more...]
All About Reading {Curriculum Review}
Disclosure: I received this curriculum to review for free in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. This post contains affiliate links. Back in April, I received the All About Reading Pre-Reading Curriculum to review. I was so excited to receive the material and start using it with my preschooler! Setting it up was very simple. The only thing I had to do was punch out cards and organize them in a box. So simple! The rest of the material was all ready to use … [Read more...]
Preparing to Teach Preschool at Home
I can't believe it is already August! That means summer is almost over and school is just around the corner! I went to Target the other day and as I walked by the school supply section, I noticed all the excited and noisy kids hustling and bustling around to find their school supplies. I also noticed the worn-out looking parents trying to keep up with their kids. It made me smile as I remembered being that age and being SO excited to pick out school supplies and get them all ready for school … [Read more...]
10 Benefits to Homeschooling your Preschooler
Homeschooling your preschooler is an amazing experience! If you're on the fence about homeschooling, this may encourage you! I also want to say that I completely understand if homeschooling is not something that works with your family. These are just some benefits that I see with homeschooling preschoolers. 1. I know exactly what my child is being taught and where they are at educationally. I get to choose their curriculum and be a huge part of their education. 2. I am able to modify the … [Read more...]
Preschool Planning Sheet {FREE Printable}
Many people ask how I schedule and plan our preschool day. For awhile, I really didn't have a formal plan and would just go with the flow. I realized that I needed something more structured to make our day run smoother, so I came up with a morning schedule. We don't always follow it every day, but it does guide our morning. Here's what it is: I also designed a preschool planning sheet to help me stay organized. It's not very fun to not have materials when I want to start an activity. That's … [Read more...]
