After so many years of experience and several months of researching, I still don’t know what to call our preschool approach: “a little Montessori/Waldorf/Reggio with a lot of nature and play and reading?” That doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m going to have to settle (for now) with just “play-based nature-rich preschool.” I think that about does it. Whatever it’s “called” doesn’t matter anyway, (and honestly it’s only very …
My Preschool Homeschool Do’s and Don’ts
The first time I started homeschooling a preschooler, I was 24 with a three-year-old and a newborn baby. Now THAT three-year-old is 24 with a newborn baby (true story.) Needless to say, a few things have changed between that first preschool homeschool adventure and now. Those early days of preschool were quite simple, focusing mainly on reading and math for 30 minutes a day, with a good amount of arts …
What Does My Kid Need to Learn in Preschool?
– What IS preschool?– What does my kid need to learn in preschool anyway?– What preschool curriculum do you recommend? It surprises me how often I hear these types of questions from eager moms of Littles. I didn’t know that I would be homeschooling until my husband mentioned it when our oldest was three, so I didn’t have a lot of time to dwell on these questions before we jumped …