Favorite Homeschool Helps for my Preschoolers? Hands Down, Our Top Three: Busy Beavers My three-year-old rambunctious boy's favorite video: Have Fun Teaching The Walking Song - great for getting up and moving! My preschoolers love the "walk like a robot" part the best. This gets my kids up and moving, from preschool to second grade. It's fun, it's cool - and yes, even mom gets in on the action with this one. They also have individual letter songs, exercise songs, social skills songs, and much more. All set to dance music. Super Simple Songs We have watched many of the videos from SSS - this one we discovered just today. Immediately, my 3 and 4-year-olds were up and doing the motions right along with this little bird, or whatever he is. Very engaging. Cute, fun. Can't beat these resources! They're all FREE, fun, educational, age-appropriate, and my kids love them. As for " preschool ," we use ...
"This is the rainiest summer EVER!!!" Direct quote from my 8-year-old. Yes, I think she is right. Yesterday, we took advantage of a gloomy day to make a chalk village. As long as the pavement is dry, this is a wonderful activity! One of my kids' favorite outdoor activities is: The Chalk Village Break out the sidewalk chalk! A bucket of chalk costs between $1 - $3.00. The play lasts for hours. We draw an entire town with roads they can drive through on their tricycles, bikes, and scooters. I loved when they would drive a Cozy Coupe through town, but I think all my children are too big to ride in them now. So here's the basic idea: 1. Draw roads wide enough for the vehicles to drive through. 2. Give the kids the rest of the chalk to draw whatever they want - rivers, bridges, stores...yesterday we made a vampire jail at the request of my 3-year-old boy. 3. Bring out the vehicles! Our favorite addit...
Recently I met with a mom friend who was fed up with her children's experiences in public school. Too much. Too hard. Too soon. That's why we homeschool. We can take our time. We do not have to push them with rigorous academics beginning in kindergarten. And today I was thinking about some other mom friends who homeschool and are very comfortable with their methods, which may include taking multiple days off at a time when needed. It also includes "organic" learning, which occurs when the children/students ask their parent/teacher to teach them subjects that have arisen from natural curiosity. No pushing to achieve certain skills by certain ages or dates. Just let the children develop these skills naturally in their own time. A very gentle approach with a relaxed pace. There are others in the homeschool movement who choose to drive their students academically and their children begin community college by age 1...
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