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Homeschooling a Preschooler with a Baby in the House, Part 1
As promised, I’m posting the first of my (what is now THREE-part) series of columns about my experience homeschooling a preschooler. It’s been a challenge to do anything that looks like learning with...
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How I taught my son his ABCs, 123s, and a little bit of my philosophy too
Soon I will post the second in my series of columns about homeschooling a preschooler, but first I thought it might be appropriate to start at the very beginning….That is, how I taught my son his ABCs...
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Homeschooling a Preschooler, Part 2
As promised, here is the second column that I wrote for The Barrow Journal on homeschooling a preschooler. In it I write some specific examples of what I do to teach my son, such as activity books,...
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Online Resources for Homeschooling a Preschooler, Part 3
My youngest is ready to get at that computer too! This is the third part of my 3-part column series that I wrote for The Barrow Journal about homeschooling a preschooler. In it I focus on our online...
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The Importance of Play in Children’s Lives
Note: This column appeared in the November 9, 2011 print edition of the Barrow Journal. Almost two years ago I also wrote a column about the importance of playing make-believe and the research on...
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Our Homeschool Mission
Several years ago I read the mission of another homeschool family that I admire, and I liked the idea of creating a mission. I don’t think it’s necessary if that’s not your thing, but for me, it...
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Homeschool Priorities Part 2: Imagination * Play * Motion * Literature
scenes from my five-year-old’s puppet show My first priorities for my sons at the ages of 5 and 2 are: imagination, play, motion and literature. I grouped imagination/play/motion together because they...
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Homeschool Priorities Part 3: Exploration * Nature
The second priority on my list for my boys at ages 5 and 2 is Exploration and Nature. I’m not aware of many families who don’t love nature and see the value in getting out into it, but unfortunately...
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Homeschool Priorities Part 6 of 6: Teaching Responsibility
Sophie - She has taught both my boys about being gentle and caring for animals. My last homeschool priority for my children is teaching responsibility. Obviously this is something that will have to be...
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Homeschooling a Kindergartener with a Toddler in the House
a follow-up to my series Homeschooling a Preschooler with a Baby in the House Note: * denotes that I’ll follow-up on that topic in a future post. If it’s underlined, click it – that means I’ve...
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The Only Preschool Curriculum You Need Is Your Enthusiasm
i.e., The building blocks for a child’s education, starting with preschool. My four-year-old is of preschool age, though I won’t consider him “pre-K” until next year. (This is because both my boys...
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Homeschooling Preschool the 2nd Time: My Four-Year-Old’s Letter D
In some ways, I hesitate to say that I homeschooled preschool with my first son. I was fairly relaxed with him during his “preschool” years (which isn’t to say I didn’t worry or wonder if I was doing...
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Project-based Homeschooling Preschool: My four-year-old’s projects
Note: This column was published in the Barrow Journal on March 26, 2014. Sometimes I worry that I don’t give my four-year-old enough attention, but then again, sometimes I worry that I don’t give my...
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Our 2nd Grade Homeschool Schedule and Curriculum (with Pre-K too!)
I love new school years! It’s an accomplishment to close out the previous year and plan a new one, and in the beginning of the year, everything feels so tidy and structured. I like structure, but I...
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