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When you’re just beginning to homeschool preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, it can be an overwhelming challenge to decide what, out of all the sparkling and pretty and slick curriculum packages out there, to settle on and use. I’ve taken 5 children through this stage and I can testify: Children develop at different rates, at different times, and it’s best not to try to hurry them along or rush them through. Yet it is also our responsibility as parents to watch their readiness and cultivate their interest. In this article, I’ll share what we’ve done during this stage of our...

Thank you, everyone, for your thoughtful comments to my last post. Forgive me for being slow in responding - my heart is full of things that make it hard to write these days. We've been experiencing new levels of craziness here in MN with the rioting and general unease in our neighborhoods. Which is happening at the same time that the kids are finishing virtual school and dealing with the strange mix of emotions that come with it. Earlier this week we picked up the contents of their school lockers, which their teachers had emptied out and consolidated in grocery...

In the age of virtual meetings because of the coronavirus crisis, four Riverside County teachers got a surprise — they are a 2021 Riverside County Teacher of the Year. During online video conferences, each learned the news Wednesday, June 3, from Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Judy White. Usually, she’d suddenly burst into each teacher’s classroom with the announcement, but to the winners, hearing of the honors online was just as sweet. “I’m stunned and so excited,” Perris teacher Anne-Marie “Annie” Bravo said as she got word of the award, a county schools news release states. “Thank you to the...

This is such a fun, no prep Summer Color Matching Activity perfect for toddler, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten children. Welcome Summer on June 20th with these super cute, free printable summer worksheets for preschoolers that help kids practice number recognition and color recognition too!  These are super cute free worksheets are perfect for summer learning, activity […] The post Summer Color Matching Activity appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

I published my first round-up list of our unit study of Hawaii back in 2015. Last year (okay, we actually only finished it up a couple of weeks ago, but we STARTED it last year!), the kids and I accomplished another unit study of Hawaii, and it was just as fun with older kids doing more advanced work.Instead of making two separate unit study write-ups, I went back and revised my 2015 blog post on our Hawaii study to reflect all of the new activities that more advanced students can do, and the specific areas of interest to older students. ...