Questions:
Do you homeschool your toddlers?
What type of fun and educational things do you do with your toddlers during the day?
Do you have a specific curriculum you follow or one that you can recommend?
FYI--My son is 2. He will turn 3 in October.
Any help you provide is greatly appreciated.
6 comments:
http://www.learnnc.org/students/K/ this link has some activities that you may want to try with you son. I teach middle school students. Reading has a major impact on all subjects. You may wnat to keep a reading log. Set a prize after a set # of books:) Good luck...let me know how I can help:)
When my babies were your baby's age, I used to "homeschool" them. I would get the getting ready for kindergarten activity books and the tracing type books (shows dotted line to help develop writing skills) Also those laptop type electronic phonics toys are great! The older one read at 3 (fluently) and the younger at her 4th birthday. The phonics thing gets annoying but it works!
I try to get together with another friend with kids of similar ages of mine. We take turns doing the instuction. It is fun to get ideas from each other. There are also TONS of resources online.
don't know if you're interested in long term homeschooling, but this one is highly recommended:
www.calvertschool.org.
have also heard good things about this site:
http://www.mochamoms.org/
Good luck!
I homeschooled ds(now nine) for preschool, and I've got another child who will be 2 in September.
You can homeschool for free off the computer. I used enchantedlearning.com and dltk.com. I've got the links under Free Homeschool Stuff on my blog. I also used Before Five In A Row with felts which I purchased off ebay.
There is so much...just do a google search. There are a lot of sites for preschool at home, and other mom's online doing it for free, or inexpensively.
PBSkids.com has great printables! K-mart and Wallyworld have good materials as well. Someone recommended Montessori at-home preschool for us, but ds was so not hands-on. I think THE book for this is Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready, or something like that.
It's easy and was so fun...I miss it, and can't wait to do it again.
Diann Flynn Keith's "Universal Preschool" site has some great ideas for homepreschool.
Katrina Lybbert has tons of free resources at her Letter of the Week site. FYI this is written from a Christian standpoint but it's easy to secularize if that's your preference.
Also check your library for a copy of Linda Dobson's "Homeschooling the Early Years". This is written from a completely secular viewpoint.
Good luck!
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