Homeschooling on a Shoestring Blog » preschool http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Preschool Winter Transportation Unit http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/04/20/preschool-unit-winter/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2011/04/20/preschool-unit-winter/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:43:05 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=621 I received an email from two educators in Illinois who have launched a new preschool curriculum website. They are offering their Winter/Transportation Units for Free to all who download. Visit their website at http://www.thepreschooltoolbox.com

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]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/11/07/enchanted-learning/feed/ 0 Homeschooling the Early Years http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/06/28/homeschooling-the-early-years/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/06/28/homeschooling-the-early-years/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:25:37 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=154 One goal for the early years is to make sure the kids are reading well and developing an understanding for math concepts. Reading stories and doing fun activities related to a theme is a great way to add excitement to a child’s learning experience. ‘School work’ really isn’t needed for kids to get a great education. Most of what we think of when we think of school work is actually busy work created to give teachers a chance to work kids individually while their classmates are busy.

Sadly, these exercises are commonly used for ‘learning’ now, and not only is it boring learning, it’s not that effective.

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