Our Preschool Plans for 2014
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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.
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Our oldest, Troy, is 4. He turns 5 this fall, so he still has one more year of preschool. The past two years I’ve homeschooled him and used my curriculum from my eBook. It has worked well, but I feel like he needs something else. Over the last six months, I felt God tugging on my heart to do something different with him for preschool this year. We decided to enroll him at a church preschool this year for three mornings a week. He will get Bible lessons, learn in a classroom setting, and have social interaction with his peers. I know I could have homeschooled him another year in preschool or even started kindergarten homeschool curriculum with him, but we feel peace with this decision. He is very excited to go to preschool this year! I will still do preschool activities with him at home and share them on the blog!
Here’s the curriculum I’m using for Troy:
My middle child, Wesley, will be 3 in a few days. This year will be his first year doing preschool at home with me. I am so excited to go through my curriculum with him! I feel like he is ready for these activities. Last year, he would not have been able to focus on most of the activities. With a new baby at home, I feel like I can manage Wes and Lincoln well while Troy is at preschool.
Here’s the curriculum I’m using for Wesley:
Basic Shapes for Beginners (which is on sale until August 15th!!)
God’s Little Explorers (if we have time after completing The Preschool Journey)
(I’ve decided to just do preschool 3 days a week on the days Troy is at preschool.)
In the morning, I am planning to do a short devotional with both kids after breakfast. I’m going to start with the ebook, God Said So.
I get a lot of emails asking what a typical schedule looks like at our home. Although I may not follow a schedule every day, here’s a look at what I’m planning to do.
Lastly, I wanted to share that I started a Facebook group called Preschool at Home Moms Group. This group is designed for moms to support each other as we are teaching our preschooler at home. In this group, we will share teaching ideas, ideas for modifying lessons, tips for teaching preschoolers, quiet box ideas, organizational tips, encouragement for mothers of preschoolers, and more. If you want to join the group, just click here!
Have a great rest of your week!
Hi Angela! thanks so much for this post. May i ask what you do on days that you won’t be teaching your son preschool. Thank you!!
The schedule is pretty similar on the days when we don’t do “formal” preschool. On the off days, we have gymnastics, play dates, or run errands during the time from 10-12ish. Hope that helps!
Some exciting plans you have! We are still trying to get it all together for our 3 year olds 🙁 Great idea with the group. I’ll check it out.
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So excited that you will be using Basic Shapes for Beginners this year, thanks for mentioning it in your post. Sounds like a fun preschool year is ahead! 🙂
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I just had to leave a quick comment because we are using (or have used) so much of the same curriculum. I did about the first half of Reading the Alphabet with my 4 year old. I really loved it and she enjoyed it too (not every single activity, but overall). We actually did it alongside of God’s Little Explorers last year which I cannot say enough good things about. I am pretty much in love with GLE and can’t wait to go through it again next fall when my littlest ones are 2 and 3. We stopped doing Reading the Alphabet when we moved and now are using All About Reading for my oldest (4.5).
And this year with my almost 3 year old, I am using your Preschool Journey, Animal ABC from 1+1+1=1(not every activity), and also Basic Shapes for Beginners. We are planning on only doing a shape every 3 weeks and taking our sweet time!
For our bible study, we are using God’s Lil’ Rockstars from 1+1+1=1. I really love everything that Carisa puts out, but I am missing God’s Little Explorers already!
We’ve just started everything this week and this is the first year I’m doing anything with the baby (17 months) awake (no more morning nap!) so it’s been bumpy, but overall, pretty great! I didn’t know about your facebook group so I will definitely join it.
Love your blog! I’ve been a reader for awhile now. Can’t remember how I found you, but I’m glad I did!
Thanks Meghan for your comment! I LOVED hearing what you will be using and what you love. Sounds like you’ve got some great plans!! Thanks so much for your kind words..they mean a lot! Hope the year goes great for you!