After so many years of experience and several months of researching, I still don’t know what to call our preschool approach: “a little Montessori/Waldorf/Reggio with a lot of nature and play and reading?” That doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m going to have to settle (for now) with just “play-based nature-rich preschool.” I think that about does it. Whatever it’s “called” doesn’t matter anyway, (and honestly it’s only very …
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My Preschool Homeschool Do’s and Don’ts
The first time I started homeschooling a preschooler, I was 24 with a three-year-old and a newborn baby. Now THAT three-year-old is 24 with a newborn baby (true story.) Needless to say, a few things have changed between that first preschool homeschool adventure and now. Those early days of preschool were quite simple, focusing mainly on reading and math for 30 minutes a day, with a good amount of arts …
Homeschool YOUR Way (And the hardest part of homeschooling so far.)
Homeschooling has had it’s difficulties and struggles all along, but recently we’ve been tackling a new challenge: transitioning from high school to college. Yes, one of the most difficult things we have done so far is actually not homeschooling at all. And it has actually been very eye opening and clarifying for our way of homeschooling. Let me explain. First off, let me emphasize that my daughter isn’t struggling IN …