Homeschooling

The Creative Curriculum is the method used by Head Start as well as many other preschools. How can you implement the same strategies at home?

Once you've decided to homeschool your preschooler, you'll need to develop your curriculum. A curriculum is simply the "courses" (or subjects) you wish to include in your homeschool and...

Whether for personal or financial reasons or simply a lack of available schools, many parents are opting to teach their preschoolers at home. With such a large selection of tools online and in...

These letter recognition activities will help your preschooler learn the letter Y. Spread these activities out over several days so your preschooler has plenty of opportunities to interact with...

The letter U doesn't have quite as many words to choose from when creating letter recognition activities. But there are still plenty of fun letter U activities to do with your preschooler.

The letter M is a fun letter to explore with your preschooler. Lots of fun activities will help your child increase her recognition of the letter M. Spending a week working on the letter M will...

Developing a homeschool preschool schedule involves teaching around nap times, using dry erase boards, letter magnets and counting games to teach them and utilizing everyday activities as a...

Letter recognition is an important skill for preschoolers to learn. By offering a variety of activities based on a certain letter, they will be better able to recognize the letter and the sound it...

Homeschool a preschool child by spending quality time together learning about various things, and by researching the answers to popular questions that they might ask. Teach a preschooler through...

Letter E activities are a great way to increase letter recognition in preschoolers. By basing fun activities on things that start with the letter E, preschoolers will be able to identify the...

Letter recognition activities provide preschooler the opportunity to learn the letters of the alphabet in a fun, engaging way. By providing many different ways to practice the letters, your child...

Planning learning activities for the letters of the alphabet is a great way to improve your preschooler's letter recognition. You can base your weekly activities around the letter of the week for...

Capture your preschooler’s imagination in a story. Your preschooler can experience the pride of authorship dictating his/her stories to you. If you can keep up with his/her creative descriptions,...

Your preschooler is developing an interest in his world. He is starting to ask "What color?" Here are some ways to teach colors to a preschooler during the typical day.

Teaching ABCs to preschoolers is something that most parents can handle with ease. To help children learn ABCs, the only thing you really need is patience, but there are some really fun ways to...

Engaging a child who is in preschool to learn how to read and write can be a difficult task for any parent or caregiver. Here is an activity that can give your preschooler the courage they need to...

Children of any age learn best when a variety of methods are used to communicate and reinforce the various lessons we wish to convey to them. This is especially true with children of the...

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Do you and your preschooler enjoy trips to the zoo? With preschoolers, it doesn’t matter how many times they visit the same zoo, it is always as fun as it was the first time. Although you will...

Whether you plan to homeschool your child through high school, or just for a few years, it is smart to start homeschooling at preschool age. Here is what you need to know to homeschool your...

Preschoolers love exploring and collecting. Plan a nature walk and then follow these steps to create a nature collage. This activity will help develop observation and fine motor skills.

Kids are never too young to start learning math skills. Counting, sorting, and even working puzzles are all important first steps to a solid learning. When you homeschool your children, you may...

Busy parents often struggle to accomplish their everyday activities with a wriggling preschooler in tow. In reality, these moments present opportunities to invent teaching activities that will not...

Imaginary play is fun, and it also is an important learning experience for your older preschooler. 4- and 5-year-olds practice important pre-reading skills, such as how one thing stands for...

A preschooler is a joyful person to have around. But because of their energy and sheer busy-ness, they can be a handful if you are having a busy day yourself. Keeping a preschooler happily and...

Today, children enter Kindergarten already knowing the skills that children a few generations ago expected to learn in Kindergarten. If your child doesn't attend preschool, you will need to be...

Learning shapes are a fun part of the preschool developmental years. Use this game to make shape learning fun and easy. You can play this game with 2 people or more than 2 and make teams. There is...

You are excited to have taken on the most rewarding educational challenge of your young scholar's life and now you are wondering where to start. A preschooler and a homeschooling parent, just like...

Science experiments can awaken your preschooler's sense of creativity. Have a try at performing this milk science experiment. Your preschooler will be amazed at the swirls of colors that are...

Preschoolers need time to use and practice with scissors before they can use them more fluidly. There are several activities that can be done to help develop the muscles in the hands. Some...