‘HOMESCHOOLING’ Archives
Building Your Child’s Number Sense (Ages 2-5)
People ask me all the time, "How do I know what my child needs to know?" For preschoolers, they don't really need to know that much. But, in the area of math, if you're looking for activities to do with your child, try picking some that develop his/her 'number sense'. What IS number sense? Number sense is a basic understanding of HOW [...]
Cereal Sort
I'm so tired tonight, but I haven't posted our activities for the last few days, so I wanted to make sure to post a new activity today.. We sorted cereal today. The idea was to start introducing 'sets'... or groupings of 'like' items..
Number Fun With Clothespins
Today's 'project' was a little number fun with the help of our versatile friend, the clothespin. The best part of the lesson? When I wrote the number nine, and Mac had eleven clothespins on his plate (which I could tell he wanted to keep without taking any away), he counted like this: one, twooo, threeeee, fooour, fiiiive, six, [...]
Self Doubt About Homeschooling
It's been about a week since I've started turning the wheels of homeschooling, and the self doubt is kicking in.. big time. The last few days have been awesome. I feel like I've gotten in a lot of quality time with the kids. We've been doing lots of 'projects'.. They've been happier at home, and as a result, we've actually had a lot less [...]
Conscientious Parenting: Day 6 (Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt)
For the past week or so I've been trying to make an effort to get up and do something with my kids... every day.. even if it's just for a few minutes everyday. It's so easy for days to pass where I spend NO quality time with my kids.. B/t cooking and cleaning and running around all day, sometimes I don't even notice how little time I've actually [...]
Conscientious Parenting: Day 5 (Animal Match-Up)
Not a stellar day by any means.. My lazy tendency made another appearance... But I did try something new today, so I guess I should share it.. Previously I had purchased animal flashcards from the dollar section at Target (gotta love it!)... We laid out the cards, took out our 'animal box', and tried to match the animal with the card. It [...]
Conscientious Parenting: Day 4 (Q-tip Letter Tracing)
Another quick activity that helped my daughter with her pencil hold. We wrote out the alphabet on a chalkboard, and the kids took turns tracing the letters with a wet Q-tip. My daughter, who does not have a good pencil hold yet (ie, she doesn't hold crayons or pencils the way she needs to in order to have enough control to write), actually was [...]
Conscientious Parenting: Day 3 (Creating a Listening Center)
Like my new title? ;) I think the name of the game is trying to be a more 'thoughtful' parent, at least for a few minutes every day.. (b/c, come ON, who can really be like that all day long?!) Today's 'effort' came in the form of setting up a listening center. I've actually been thinking about doing this for quite some time, but my lazy [...]
Trying Not To Be A Lazy Parent: Day 2 (Nature Walk)
Today I decided to make use of the $1 magnifying lenses I bought the other day from Walmart. We headed out the door with the magnifying lenses, a large zip lock bag, coats and hats, and lots of enthusiasm. I told the kids we would be explorers and we needed to collect some treasures in our bags. I dunno if it was the Dora references in their [...]
