Developing a Homeschool Preschool Schedule

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Linda Wooldridge I'm a home school mom and I've home schooled every single grade so far. Including preschool. So how do you develop a home school schedule for a preschooler. Well start with your family schedule. If your preschooler still naps in the afternoon, obviously you want to take that into account. If you have other home schoolers you have to take their needs into account as well. And incidentally you might find it easier to home school them in the afternoon while your little one is napping. In many states you may not need to have an actual program that you can supply the material to the state for. In other words, you may not be required by law to do anything for your preschooler. But every little one wants to be just like their big brothers and big sisters and have their own school program. So you might as well make it worth your while. There's a few things that you can use. For example, this little dry erase board. If you don't have a place to get this from at a school supply store, just go to home depot or some place like that, get the bathroom backer board and you'll be able to work with a dry erase board. Kids love to draw on these. They'll practice their letters for hours for you. Also graph paper, the big squares, the kids just love these and they can practice writing their letters in each one of the squares for you. In this case you might need to use a whole quadrant for your preschooler. How about those magnetic letters. We've all walked through the house and found words spelled on the refrigerator. So ask your child to pick out the letter that makes the zzzz sound. Or the K sound. And don't forget about the little counting bears. You can find these things at Walmart or a school supply store or even online. And you can ask your child to sort the yellow bears for you or to count out five bears or whatever they are capable of doing. Basically what you are doing is having fun with your child. And finding the learning opportunities in every day life. Remember you want to follow the schedule that works for your child and for your home. Usually that will mean you are working in the morning, but whatever works for you will be awesome. I'm Linda Wooldridge have a great homeschooling day."