tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post8154283836532613345..comments2023-11-03T06:25:00.178-04:00Comments on A Heart For Home: Our (Practically Free) Kindergarten & Preschool Learning Plans 2012-2013Tim, Allyson, and kidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783456001791140306noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-64671188262490811522012-09-02T20:52:59.598-04:002012-09-02T20:52:59.598-04:00Allyson this is super encouraging! Even as a non-...Allyson this is super encouraging! Even as a non-homeschooling mom, I feel like there is such great material to focus on with kids. <br />Thanks so much for linking up again at Heart&home... love love love your inspirational but PRACTICAL ideas! thanks so much :)<br />blessings,<br />lauren<br />www.mercyinkblog.comLauren @ mercy(INK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792176066056809755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-50159334732938861282012-08-31T12:54:01.644-04:002012-08-31T12:54:01.644-04:00Fantastic! I am babysitting 3 days a week with an ...Fantastic! I am babysitting 3 days a week with an almost preshooler. Always looking for new activities. you have given a great resource right here in this one post! Thank you! Visiting from the pinning party.<br />SherryThe Charm of Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-44034347063310108302012-08-30T21:24:44.691-04:002012-08-30T21:24:44.691-04:00 Pinning! Visiting from Fox Hollow’s pin party. Pinning! Visiting from Fox Hollow’s pin party.Christina at I Gotta Create!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12900051534371169919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-73533594002444893742012-08-30T09:02:51.713-04:002012-08-30T09:02:51.713-04:00What a GREAT plan you have! This is our first year...What a GREAT plan you have! This is our first year and we're going University Style schooling, half at a Christian school, half at home.Rachel @ day2day joyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212737411857081818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-67410170382521911862012-08-26T23:14:31.815-04:002012-08-26T23:14:31.815-04:00My daughter is older (doing 6th/7th grade work)but...My daughter is older (doing 6th/7th grade work)but there is a site that she has enjoyed as "fun/educational time". It is called <a href="www.learninggamesforkids.com" rel="nofollow">Learning Games for Kids</a> and has lots of games in language arts, keyboarding, and other subjects. Best of all it is free, so you might find something there to enrich your young elementary age kids. What we use as our core homeschooling curriculum is Time4Learning, and while not free, it is certainly cost effective for my only child. Enjoy homeschooling and the wonder of watching your kids learn, it's addictive as the parent/teacher to see the joy of learning in your kids!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784646366110943578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-23170645981680915192012-08-26T13:30:22.681-04:002012-08-26T13:30:22.681-04:00I want to let you know how big of a blessing this ...I want to let you know how big of a blessing this post and your blog and websitefor is to me. I am crying tears of relief and joy as I type! (Seriously) Let me explain: This will be my first year to homeschool my 10 year old daughter and a very involved, soon to be, four year old son. While she has ecurriculum especially for her, I was at a loss for my son including lessons, activities and scheduling. I couldn't sleep last night and have just gotten introduced to pinterest. One of my friends had a pin to one of your activities; I clicked and instantly God gave me an intense curiosity of your site. I can't praise Him enough or tell you how thankful I am that He led you to make this website! Thank you for the time you put in amongst your obvious already busy schedules and for all these valuable resources you provide! ---HeatherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139850760542874828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-61777484474003072312012-08-25T15:47:51.913-04:002012-08-25T15:47:51.913-04:00I'm homeschooling again this year (I took 6 mo...I'm homeschooling again this year (I took 6 months off at the end of 2011- the spring 2012 semester when I was pregnant and had 2 foster kids!), and since my son is very advanced in several areas I decided to just "wing it" this year to see exactly where he's at and learn how he learns. I'm also babysitting, so it helps to do things as a group.<br /><br />My oldest is almost 7 and reads at a 4th grade level while being very strong in math. My daughter is 5, the boy I babysit is 4 and I have a 4 month old. Our day looks like this:<br /><br />After breakfast, we set the baby up either on the floor or in the exersaucer so he can be involved and I get out our book that we're reading. This first session is "The Wind in the Willows". After reading the chapter to everyone, I then use the same handwriting worksheet generator you use and print up words from the chapter. After that, the baby is usually ready for a nap...yay! <br /><br />The younger 2 at this point are allowed to play together either in my daughter's room or with play dough, etc while I work more one on one with my son. We pick a science subject from the book (with this book having animal characters, we look up a different animal every day), read about that animal, watch online videos, google search, etc. Not only is he doing science, but he is also learning how to use the search function to find things that interest him (be involved and be sure you have a good filter). I then google images of that topic (usually with "coloring page" in the search) and print it and we diagram and add notes about what we learned. The other 2 like to have their own copy of that page to color.<br /><br />For math, I use xtramath.com for practice with drills, and I use a combination of http://www.lessoncorner.com/worksheets and workbooks from walmart and the dollar store for math lessons. <br /><br />To add extra work, I often let him watch science videos from the library, do extra reading on starfall.com or other learning sites, watch science videos from the "wild kratts" section of pbskids.org, and many other resources I've been given. <br /><br />It's lots of fun for us both and the younger kids can be as involved as they want. Maybe in a year or two I'll actually invest in some curriculum!Sarahhttp://unorthadoxmomma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-74124406214022563342012-08-22T21:47:34.517-04:002012-08-22T21:47:34.517-04:00I have a fun book to add to your Gardening List (i...I have a fun book to add to your Gardening List (if it's not already there). We recently read <i>Jo McDonald Had a Garden</i> by Mary Quattlebaum. Fun for all of us.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152562871467319771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184542778135478655.post-3766826118232891932012-08-22T12:00:32.768-04:002012-08-22T12:00:32.768-04:00I'm calling what we're doing this year &qu...I'm calling what we're doing this year "K-1", but really it's probably just first grade. <br /><br />I blogged about what we're doing this year (at least part of it) here: http://babychaser.com/2012/08/home-educating-new-plan.html. Babychaserhttp://www.babychaser.comnoreply@blogger.com