To Preschool or Not to Preschool... There is a wide range of opinions in the homeschool world about whether or not to "do preschool" with our children. Charlotte Mason purists will hold to the idea that under age 6 should be a "quiet growing time" and that no formal lessons should begin until age 6.… Continue reading Preschool Homeschool Curriculum Comparison
Tag: The Peaceful Preschool
Preschool Supplies & Resources by Learning Category
Another Supply List?? Up until now I have resisted putting up a supply list on my blog because I did not think it would be helpful to re-invent the wheel. There are a ton of great preschool supply lists out there already -- I personally started with The Peaceful Preschool supply list since that was… Continue reading Preschool Supplies & Resources by Learning Category
Our Year With The Peaceful Preschool – Guest Post
I wrote a blog post recently about our past year with The Peaceful Preschool curriculum. You can read that post over at The Peaceful Press Blog here.
A Charlotte Mason Inspired Preschool Daily Rhythm
Our Preschool Curriculum In May 2017 we started our preschool at home with The Peaceful Preschool plus additional activities based on my children's interests and seasonal changes in the natural world. I have mainly been "doing school" with my now-4 1/2-year-old and including my youngest (just now 3) to the degree that she is interested. It's… Continue reading A Charlotte Mason Inspired Preschool Daily Rhythm
Letter T Preschool Unit
Overview We spent 2 weeks on The Letter T because I wanted to spend a significant amount of time studying trees. At the end of this post you'll also find a few non-tree related Letter T stuff we did! T is for Tree Books A Tree Is Nice* Everything You Need for a Treehouse The… Continue reading Letter T Preschool Unit
Letter O Preschool Unit
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
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
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