OVERVIEW Letter O Unit fell before Christmas and so we did do some seasonal-related learning with this unit. We also did some stuff with The Peaceful Preschool for Ox Cart Man and An Orange in January. For nature study we looked at owls and otters. BIBLE FOCUS Open Eyes: "O taste and see that the Lord is good."… Continue reading Letter O Preschool Unit
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Letter N Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW We typically have been spending 2 weeks per letter unit, but for Letter N we spent only 1 week. We followed a little bit of The Peaceful Preschool, but I also found some ways to incorporate some Christmas-themed learning in to the Letter N. I skipped over N is for Noah with The Peaceful… Continue reading Letter N Preschool Unit
Letter M Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW We are gearing up for the Christmas season as of the writing of this post. For Letters M, N, O, and P there will be several Christmastime themed learning activities. The Peaceful Preschool already incorporates Christmas activities for N, O, and P, but as always I tend to add in our own activities as… Continue reading Letter M Preschool Unit
Letter L Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW We spent only one week on Letter L, but this was spread out over 4 days. Typically I have been doing one letter over a 2-week period but I wanted to try something different for a little while and see how we all like it. We mainly focused on L is for Ladybug and… Continue reading Letter L Preschool Unit
Letter K Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW We stuck to The Peaceful Preschool quite a bit for Letter K and so I will not share all the details here for those days. You should buy the curriculum if you don't already have it -- seriously: it's perfection! I will be sharing below some of the additional things we did or just bits and… Continue reading Letter K Preschool Unit
How We Use 3-Part Cards
WHAT ARE 3-PART CARDS 3-Part Cards (also called Nomenclature Cards) are traditionally used in Montessori classrooms and homeschool education. The "3 parts" refer to (1) the picture-only card, (2) the word-only card, and (3) the whole card or "control card" with picture & word. 3-Part Cards are used to enrich language, grow vocabulary, perfect spelling,… Continue reading How We Use 3-Part Cards
Letter J Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW We spent 2 weeks on our Letter J Unit -- two school days during week 1 and two school days during week 2. This time I really focused on sticking to The Peaceful Preschool as much as possible to minimize my overall prep. We were intermixing lots of fall-themed reading & crafts these weeks… Continue reading Letter J Preschool Unit
Letter I Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW It took us several weeks to cover Letter I because we had a week-long family vacation in the middle and I left plenty of room to slowly re-enter our normal routine without doing too much school stuff (i.e. NOT adding stress to my life!) We covered Letter I in kind of a wide variety… Continue reading Letter I Preschool Unit
Letter G Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW For Letter G we followed some of The Peaceful Preschool curriculum for Good Night, Gorilla and Goodnight Moon. I then covered three classic stories: The Gingerbread Boy, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. FYI: I covered six classic stories in this blog post in more detail. And, since goats are such a hit in… Continue reading Letter G Preschool Unit
Letter E Preschool Unit
OVERVIEW Our Letter E unit days were a bit scattered, mainly spending only 3 days on this letter. We had some family vacation planned in the middle, and when we returned I didn't feel like it was needed to spend a whole other week on Letter E, so we went ahead and moved on to… Continue reading Letter E Preschool Unit
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