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Perhaps the best website I’ve used with Caroline is ABC Mouse. It is by subscription, but worth every penny in my opinion. There are two things that set ABC Mouse apart from other learning websites. The first is the high quality of the site in general. The graphics and production level are far superior to …
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David collects old road maps. I’ve always loved geography. So I think Caroline probably comes by her interest in maps and places quite honestly. She is always asking us questions about places and has been doing so since she was around four. This has made homeschooling geography for simple and easy for us. Homeschooling Geography …
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I wanted to bring together two topics near and dear to my heart in this one post: spirited children and homeschooling. More specifically, teaching a spirited child to read. (If you aren’t familiar with the concept of a spirited child or wonder if you have one, you might want to check out my spirited child …
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Remember the post How a homeschooled dreamer does preschool math? A year later, here is a rough breakdown of how my kindergarten homeschool schedule with Caroline might go on any given day. Calendar time: 10-15 minutes Five minutes of actual learning and five to ten minutes of adding color and embellishment to everything we do. …
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Last summer, Caroline became absolutely enthralled with a student desk set at Office Max. It was a white desk, hot pink chair, and flowered mat. She was only three (!) and it was way too big for her. But every time we have been in Office Max over the past year, she has literally ran …
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I mentioned in April that we were going to give homeschooling preschool a try for a bit and see how it worked. It has been interesting. Here are some random observations in no particular order. What Hasn’t Worked Well – Repetition Caroline does not enjoy doing the same thing or similar things more than a …
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We started doing homeschool preschool this week and so far we are off to a good start. Caroline is excited each morning to come down and see what is planned. I have to say that none of these preschool ideas are original to me. I’ve done a lot of surfing, looking for ideas that I …
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I’ve been finding interesting reading here and there online over the past week that has helped me as I’ve been processing the whole preschool thing. My gut tells me not to send Caroline to preschool, but I am also trying to be open to God leading in another direction. She belongs to Him and He …
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Several days ago Kat left a comment asking if I would share how I organize Caroline’s day, what we are doing with her learning, etc. So, for what it is worth, here is where we are right now with Caroline as a three year old. And this is honesty at its finest. I am motivated. …
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Like many little ones, Caroline is fascinated by stickers. I found My Big Book Of Stickers and it was a fabulous teaching tool! We garnered hours and hours of learning time from this one book. I actually should say David did because this was an activity that primarily David did with Caroline after supper while …
