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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.