Here is help for the new homeschool preschool mom. See examples of what our preschool schedule looks like at home, get a free preschool checklist, and see ideas for simple ways to make learning fun at home. Wether you want more or less structure in your preschool homeschool curriculum, you can still teach your kids what they need to know!
Here are a few resources for the new homeschool preschool mom:
How to homeschool preschool: A practical guide
Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons: A no prep book that works
When I was creating our kindergarten homeschool schedule and gathering ideas for curriculum, many moms said, “Don’t fret. Work on reading and math and let them play!” While that’s great advice, I wanted some specifics, which is what I’m going to share with you. Sometimes it’s nice to see what a typical day looks like… Read More Our Relaxed Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule & Curriculum Choices
If you walked into my house half a year ago, you would have seen me reading loads of blog posts and reviews on kindergarten math curriculums. While we had a wonderful relaxed preschool experience at home, I felt responsible to make sure I did a bit more formal teaching for kindergarten, especially math. I wanted… Read More Level K Math Review From The Good And The Beautiful
As a new homeschool mom myself, I will show you some of the best gifts for homeschool moms! In general, homeschooling moms tend to be very resourceful, and don’t often splurge on themselves. So here is your chance, especially with Christmas upon us again, to spoil the woman who is doing it ALL. I’ve divided… Read More Best Gifts For Homeschool Moms
If you are looking for a colorful hands on sensory activity, here’s how to dye rice with rubbing alcohol, food coloring, and rice! This is not edible. Start to finish this took about 25 minutes for 5 colors, including drying in the sun. The nice thing about dying rice is that many of the ingredients… Read More How To Dye Rice With Rubbing Alcohol And Food Coloring
This week was officially our first week homeschooling kindergarten and preschool! I felt the responsibility to actually do more than I did with just preschool. Plus, most of their friends would now be gone full days at kindergarten! A lot of people have asked “what we are doing” and “how long it takes”. Here’s a… Read More Homeschooling Kindergarten And Preschool: Our 1st Week
I’m so excited to share this Playing Preschool review by Busy Toddler! If you haven’t read my post How To Homeschool Preschool, you know I’m a believer that you can teach your own child everything they need to know in preschool at home. I show you how we did it with my now almost 6… Read More Playing Preschool Review By Busy Toddler: 190 Days of Hands On Activities
Ok, so first off, I am not opposed to kids watching shows or having screen time. In fact, it has been a life saving tool for me as a mom. Especially in seasons of life when my goal is to just keep the house from burning down, like when we had 3 kids under 4.… Read More How To Reduce Screen Time For Kids And Get Them To Play Again
There can be so much stress and doubt when trying to decide if you should homeschool or not. Making the decision was one of the most relieving things because I didn’t have to keep going back and forth! I do think it’s really important to consider the pros and cons of homeschooling and not just… Read More Pros And Cons Of Homeschooling: How To Know If It’s Right For You
Trying to figure out how to teach a preschooler to write letters can be scary! We are homeschooling my 5.5 and 4 year old so I have the stress of being responsible for teaching them to write letters and the privilege of doing it one on one. My best advice is to spend plenty of… Read More Teaching Preschoolers to Write Letters At Home
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tetra Pak for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. The other day, we were walking home from the park eating some leftover Easter candy and my 4 year old tossed his empty package onto the sidewalk without thinking twice. The mom in me stopped… Read More Preschool recycling activities to take care of the Earth