Thursday, August 19, 2010

Mini Pre-school

My daughter is only 2, but she desires to go to school already and she is like a sponge right now - always asking a million questions so...
I decided to take one of the rooms in our house (technically the breakfast room) and turn it into a school room.  The only thing that is missing is a table a chairs, but I'm just waiting for a good deal on those.  This room combined with my degree in elementary education and a preschool website I found: www.first-school.ws/INDEX.HTM will be the tools I will use to "homeschool" my daughter over the next few months.  I am probably going to homeschool her on a more structured basis when she turns 4, but I'm still praying about that. 

Here is my plan for the next 2-3 months:
Bible story and memory verse from 20 Bible Verses Every Child Should Know - focus on one story and one verse a week

Carrie the Caring Cat - character education, making things for others and helping others

Focus on the letter A - writing it, sounds of short and long, things that begin with A.  Finding the letter a in books, making a things that begin with a collage.

Apple exploration using the 5 senses, cutting open the apple and counting the seeds, apple painting, making apple trees in the different seasons, reading books on apples.

Angels - angels in the Bible, make an angel craft to give away at Christmas time, shapes

Astronaut - books about astronauts, talking about space, planets and stars, star crafts, shapes

Acorns - go out and collect some, count them, explore them

Ants - observe them, read books about them

My thought is to focus on one topic a week, with the Bible verse, character education and the letter A being a continuing focus.  Then, after finishing the A topics, I will move onto topics beginning with the letter B and change the character education topic from caring to respect.  My B topics will be: Bible, baker, bananas, broccolli, balloons, butterflies, and bats.

I hope to just give her a general overview of all these topics while incorporating science, math, and reading skills.  I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

4 comments:

  1. This sounds great! If you decide to look for some curriculum later, I've heard really good things about Five in a Row (or Before Five in a Row) for L's age.

    Love, Laura Beth

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  2. Oh I love this! What fun you will have together! Enjoy this sweet time - they grow up way too fast!!
    Much love,
    Courtney

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  3. Hello. I found your blog through the Women Living Well blog and saw one of your comments about schedules. I thought you might be interested in this website for a Free Online Curriculum. I'm going to start using it with my 2 year old in a few weeks. It looks like a good curriculum. I like it because everything is planned out for you. Check it out...http://www.letteroftheweek.com/

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  4. Wow, this is amazing - having been a teacher before, your schooling is going to be structured so much better than mine... Your schedule sounds wonderful and it seems to me like the two of you will have a lot of fun, and that your daughter will learn a lot with this structure! :) Enjoy!

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