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| Our "classroom" |
I actually got the curriculum in the mail a week or two ago, but then I realized we needed quite a few things for the crafts, lessons, etc. It took me a week or so and a few trips to the dollar store and walmart, but we have most of the stuff we need for the year. I'm planning a trip to this place in the East Bay for a few more teacher like things, but I'm honestly scared for my wallet, so I've been putting it off. So far, I LOVE this curriculum. It starts off with a Bible verse which they base the rest of the lesson around (social studies, crafts, math, writing, etc.) Today we read Genesis 1:1 and talked about how God created the world for us. We talked about how He is our father and then talked about Daddy and how God is like Daddy, providing for us, loving us, etc. We colored a picture of the world, cut pictures that reminded us of Daddy out of a magazine, read books, practiced writing the letter A, talked about the number 1, worked on name recognition and picked out things in the house that were red, green and blue. Thankfully, Kayleigh's ahead of the game and she was already familiar with the letter A including writing it both upper and lowercase, the number 1 and her colors. We breezed right through all the activities in an hour to an hour and a half, which was perfect for her attention span. Campbell participated in everything and I think she'll pick up a lot even though she's a little young just from watching Kayleigh learn.
Kayleigh has been extremely excited about "doing school," but we definitely have some things to work on. She is quite strong-willed* and thought she was the Principal of our little school. She decided to scream "NO" when she didn't want to do something like sing her ABC's. Thank goodness she's at home versus being THAT kid at preschool.
Here's a few pics of our morning. It was VERY hard to be teacher and photographer. Ha!
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| She colored the world that God created for us. |
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| Sister got in on the fun. |
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| Drawing a picture of Daddy. |
*How in the world did both of my kids turn out so strong-willed? Oh yeah, they got a double dose! Lord help us!!
2 comments:
Love it! We're doing home pre-school too and I'm really enjoying it. We didn't go with a set curriculum because Sophia and Ansleigh are on 2 totally different levels and learning styles, so I'm just using bits and pieces of stuff I like. Are you planning to homeschool them next year, or is this just for Pre-K?
Well Kayleigh is just 3 1/2, so she won't start school until 2013, so we are going to just take our time using this for the next year and a half or so. I'm not really sure about after preschool. It mostly depends on where we get stationed next. We transfer right before she starts school. I'm really enjoying it though, so I'm definitely open to it. How about you? And when do y'all transfer? You'd be very surprised about this curriculum though as far as the differences in their learning/levels. It is so easy to modify for each child to work on their level. It's hard to explain, but basically each activity is totally customizable so you can just introduce something to a younger child and really teach it/practice it for an older one. Have fun!!
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