Preschool At Home
Since the school year here in NJ has just started, I’ve been thinking more and more about Alexa’s future schooling needs. We’re fairly certain we’ll send her to Pre-K the year before Kindergarten....
View ArticleFirst Day of [Home]School
Just a picture teaser – more to come once our first full week is complete! And of course a link to the Preschool photo set on Flickr
View ArticleLearning the Letter A
We’ve completed our first week of Preschool at Home and we’ve both learned a lot! For the first day I set up our alphabet wall and laid out all of the books for our day of animals. When Alexa woke up...
View ArticlePreschool Setup
So far I’m really enjoying having this bit of structure in our day. It makes the mornings go by super fast and keeps Alexa from asking for “TV on” as soon as we come downstairs for breakfast. Our...
View ArticleB Week Recap
This week was pretty amazing. Alexa definitely gets that letters make sounds. She has started to sound out the first letter of words on request. We started with Ba Ba Ba Balloon starts with Ba Ba Ba...
View ArticleWeek of C
We live in a very colorful home, so there was so doubt letter C week would kick off with COLORS. This was a really fun week. I tried to incorporate other mediums into the mix by cooking (snuck...
View ArticleBenefits of Homeschooling
I realize we haven’t been at this long, but there are already some pretty clear benefits of this Preschooling at Home adventure: Alexa no longer begs for the TV in the morning, and less and less...
View ArticleDecember PreSchool At Home
When I was in grade school I remember the month of December as full of fun and excitement. There were so many crafts to make, songs to sing, and holiday concerts to prepare for. I thought that I...
View ArticleForming a Sisterly Bond Through Baby Sign Language
When Alexa was a baby we decided not to try teaching her Baby Sign Language. I had too much on my hands with my mini “cling-on” and was just a tad overwhelmed during the prime BSL period (6 months to...
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