Homeschooling Pre-Schoolers

I have a few friends that are starting homeschooling and some of them have children 5 years old and younger who would like to start and others have pre-schoolers who want to do school. I have been thinking about them all for a while and have been surfing the web and found some really great blogs offering wonderful free things for them to use at home.

Some of my friends ask what do you do with preschoolers when homeschooling older ones ?  To be honest I am not really qualified to answer this as I only had one preschooler when homeschooling older children and so I simply did school when he was sleeping.  I would be very keen to hear what you do with your preschoolers / tiny tots while you school your older children.

 Here is a list of what I have found so far 
(Click on the graphic or any blue links to have a look).

Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers 

Workbox Activities for Toddlers

Activities for your Toddler

Keeping your Toddler busy during School time.

TOT School sorted by age ranges 10 - 24 months

Progressing to Pre- School

From Wonder to Wisdom Blog

Kindy Level

Fun things to do together that cost next to nothing or with what you have at home:

What did I use ?

I didn't do any formal work with Sir N I simply enjoyed good books.  We have not read all the books in each of these packages and in fact I have them on the shelf and we are reading them this year as extra's for fun.  There are a few we have read over and over again.

Sonlight Core P 3/4

Sonlight Core P 4/5

What do you use with your preschoolers / Kindy age children ?  More importantly what do you do with the youngest children when homeschooling the older ones ?

Blessings

Tuesdays Treasures (Vol 1-3)

Some of my friends have asked me about what to use if they want to start home school and have three year olds.  I have this treasure on my bookshelf and would like to recommend you take a look at it. (My copy is older and has a different colour cover)
 
Early Education at Home 

What the book contains:

• Introduction
• Understanding the Preschooler: The Key to Success
• Materials Used in Early Education-and Where to Get Them
• Skills Checklist for Kindergarten
• Suggested Home School Schedules
• Curriculum (lists of suggested activities to teach colors, numbers, letters, and shapes )
• Weekly Planning Guides
• 36 weeks of suggested activities, which the parent selects based on the individual needs and interests of the child
• Bibliography
• Ideas for Homemade Learning Centers and Games
• Computers and Young Children
• Additional Programs for Home Instruction (or what to do after you finish this book)
• Planning Sheets for Daily and Weekly Use

Additional information

• Publisher: At Home Publications
• Pages: 139
• Cover: Soft spiral bound
• Publication date: 1992
• Author: M. Jean Soyke
• Language: English
• Age range: 3 - 6 years
• ISBN: 9780975414200

This book is a complete course of instruction for children ages 3 - 5, using simple, inexpensive materials that can be found in the home. It includes all of the basic concepts (such as letters, colors, numbers, and shapes), as well as areas such as manners, health and safety, and character development. Each weekly planning guide also includes recommended reading lists, field trip ideas, and snack activities. (quoted from the At Home Publications website)

• To read more about the book you can go to At Home Publications Early Education
• You can view a sample week on line: Sample Weekly Planning Sheet - Week 23
• You can look at some Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about the book.

You can purchase this book directly from: At Home Publications , Amazon, or Rainbow Resource Center .

Cathy Duffy heartily recommends this curriculum as “...a happy medium which provides some structure yet is not heavy with time-wasters...one of the few resources that I feel truly meets the home school situation and appropriately addresses the needs of young children.”

 All you need is what you have at home and a library card and you are set for a happy time at home with your pre-schooler

 Blessings