I was going to post all about our snow day but I can't get our pictures to upload so instead you can hear all about what I'm planning for our Pre-Homeschool for the next few weeks. Any homeschool followers that would love to leave some suggestions or thoughts would be great. Still trying to get the hang of all this.
So I decided that we would start out on Monday with All About Me for 2 weeks. We are going to learn about body parts, favorite things, and even some senses activities. I'm use to doing these activities with a class of 25 and they were all 4 and 5 year old's so I'm going to have to tailor my thinking to what a 2 year old can comprehend but I know I can do it. We are going to introduce scissors, cutting and glue for finding things in magazines that he likes. We are going to go to the library and get books about things that are about people, independence and hopefully some potty books. This is going to be something we talk a lot about. Read about why we are focusing on that here.
After All About Me week it will be time to talk about Thanksgiving and all the things we are thankful for. We will also be talking about Nutrition during these weeks too. This way we can tie in all the wonderful things that Thanksgiving and November have to offer. I'm really excited about this week because we are able to talk about all the blessings we have in our lives which will be a great way to start the Christmas season. We have some wonderful things planned for this season in teaching Rex some great lessons.
After Thanksgiving week we will then lead into Family week. We will have touched on family as part of the All About Me week but now we will go more in depth about it. We will start making some great personal gifts for family for Christmas that can be gifts from Rex (homemade are always the best kind for family!). I'm still working out the details for this week but I know it will be fun.
Then it will be time for Christmas lessons! I'm really excited about this. I have so many things running through my mind to do. I think I want to have a Christmas cards making with me mom's group and maybe add some cookie making too and then Rex and I (and whoever else wants to) are going to head over to a local nursing home (probably the Alzheimer's unit because they have a special place in my heart) and give the cards out and maybe even read the Christmas story to them. I have to figure out all the details for this but I know they will love it! I have 2 main lessons that I want to teach Rex during this time 1.) what Christmas is truly about, Jesus' birth and 2.) that he's very blessed to have everything he has and that we need to help others during this time. I'm going to be looking for activities for things we can do around our community that Rex can help with too so he learns about helping people. I want to introduce it for the first time during this season where there are so many different ways to help and then include something at least once a month afterwards so we continue helping throughout the whole year.
Well it's about time to start our school lesson for today. Please let me know if you have any suggestions about fun activities that go with my themes, any volunteer ideas (this season or all year long), and share with me some post or just comment what are your favorite school activities to do with your kiddos!
So I decided that we would start out on Monday with All About Me for 2 weeks. We are going to learn about body parts, favorite things, and even some senses activities. I'm use to doing these activities with a class of 25 and they were all 4 and 5 year old's so I'm going to have to tailor my thinking to what a 2 year old can comprehend but I know I can do it. We are going to introduce scissors, cutting and glue for finding things in magazines that he likes. We are going to go to the library and get books about things that are about people, independence and hopefully some potty books. This is going to be something we talk a lot about. Read about why we are focusing on that here.
After All About Me week it will be time to talk about Thanksgiving and all the things we are thankful for. We will also be talking about Nutrition during these weeks too. This way we can tie in all the wonderful things that Thanksgiving and November have to offer. I'm really excited about this week because we are able to talk about all the blessings we have in our lives which will be a great way to start the Christmas season. We have some wonderful things planned for this season in teaching Rex some great lessons.
After Thanksgiving week we will then lead into Family week. We will have touched on family as part of the All About Me week but now we will go more in depth about it. We will start making some great personal gifts for family for Christmas that can be gifts from Rex (homemade are always the best kind for family!). I'm still working out the details for this week but I know it will be fun.
Then it will be time for Christmas lessons! I'm really excited about this. I have so many things running through my mind to do. I think I want to have a Christmas cards making with me mom's group and maybe add some cookie making too and then Rex and I (and whoever else wants to) are going to head over to a local nursing home (probably the Alzheimer's unit because they have a special place in my heart) and give the cards out and maybe even read the Christmas story to them. I have to figure out all the details for this but I know they will love it! I have 2 main lessons that I want to teach Rex during this time 1.) what Christmas is truly about, Jesus' birth and 2.) that he's very blessed to have everything he has and that we need to help others during this time. I'm going to be looking for activities for things we can do around our community that Rex can help with too so he learns about helping people. I want to introduce it for the first time during this season where there are so many different ways to help and then include something at least once a month afterwards so we continue helping throughout the whole year.
Well it's about time to start our school lesson for today. Please let me know if you have any suggestions about fun activities that go with my themes, any volunteer ideas (this season or all year long), and share with me some post or just comment what are your favorite school activities to do with your kiddos!
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