This is by no means a
HOW TO blog, because this is my first time homeschooling a child.
This is definately a
blog explaining what I did, how it worked, and how I did it.
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We started homeschool
for preschool for Autumn yesterday. I spent most of August getting ready for
it, so if you're a full time working momma like myself, you are going to need
time to prep for it, because in order to make it organized and easy, you're
going to have to put time into it.
I based my curriculum
from here but did have to modify it to add some
letters that were missing, and to remove the christian aspects and input
holiday's that would fit the time frame of the schooling. Out of all the
different curriculum's I found, this one was the most detailed.
I noticed all the
curriculum's were teaching the alphabets out of order and I didn't understand
why. I did some research and found that it was so that it really reinforces the
letter as an individual letter rather than the child memorizing it only because
of the order the alphabet is in. Makes sense.
Moving on.
I also have made a list
of items that you may want to get in order to make activities fun/crafty:
A
printer (or access to one)
A
crate ($3 at Wal-Mart)
35
folders for crate
Adult
scissors
Kid
scissors
Construction
paper
Reward
chart
Stickers
Alphabet
flash cards
Number
flash cards
Color
flash cards
Alphabet
work book
Number
work book
Color
work book
Small
white board
Scrabble
Tiles
Pencils
Sharpies
Dry
erase markers
Glue
sticks
Crayons
Markers
Color
pencils
Zip
loc bags
Clothes
Pins
Containers
for organizing things
Educational
and fun books (I got all of ours from the thrift store)
Craft
items (feathers, googly eyes, pom poms, etc.)
Most of these items I
was able to purchase at dollar tree. I did find a really awesome work book that
I used the pages from at Wal Mart for less than $5.We are starting August 31st,
2015 so my version lined up with holidays. I also added field trips. Knowing
us, we will probably add some in, but I didn’t want to plan too much and not
conquer it all.
Pinterest really was my
best friend, and extra work pages, crafts, or learning aides were found on
various websites. I have a pinterest board called Learning/Homeschool that has
all of them reposted, if you'd like to go through them.
What I did was I took 35
folders, one for work that wasn't finished and needs to be finished at a later time;
one for anything we feel needs extra work, and 33 for all 33 weeks of learning.
I wrote the week on each of the 33 folders and glued a description that I had
printed and cut out on each folder. This is helpful for me because I'm not the
only one teaching her. I work all day, so many days her dad will be doing the
activities with her. I also found a lesson plan, which is basically a blank
calendar, at Target in the "One Spot" and was able to write more
details with a day to day explanation of what activities/worksheets to review.
I put all of these folders in the crate, along with the flash cards,
construction paper, and other work book pages I didn't use in the folders, and
put the crate in the hallway closet to keep away from toddler hands. I found a
book shelf at a yard sale for $4!! I was super excited about this. I then took
all the "art" supplies and put it in one container and took all the
"craft" and "learning" (scrabble tiles, clothes pins, etc.)
in another. This was just to keep everything organized!
I'll keep you updated,
and post periodically if I find a good idea or page. I will continue to post
more updates on my Facebook.
Any questions? Comment
here, or hunt me down on Facebook.
Suggestions! LET ME
KNOW! I'm new to all of this!
