I am a stay home mother of three adorable, high energy, lovable, crazy children ages 2,3, and 6. I was home schooled from third grade thru high school. I started dual enrolling at the community college when I was 15 and graduated with my AA just after my 18th birthday. My husband is a technology guru, master of all things computer and network related. We are both musicians, which is how we met. Way back in the 90′s he was leading worship in my youth group band and I was playing the keys (aww). We got married in 2003 and have been making beautiful music together ever since!
Before officially starting homeschool, my son learned all his letter names and sounds using the Leap Frog Letter factory DVD and Starfall. They are both amazing resources that I highly recommend. I tried using a preschool curriculum, but it just didn’t work out for us. Having a newborn and a 1 year old I wasn’t able to be consistent enough with it. We ended up using the Hooked on Phonics Preschool Super Workbook and playing learning games together. I would throw several different color balls and ask him to “fetch” a certain color. I wrote numbers on Easter eggs and hide them and he had to say the number on each egg he found. Silly little things that he loved and wanted to keep doing all day. I got a library card and started making fun trips to the Library for story time or just to find fun books to read. I think Preschool learning really just needs to be fun time that you spend interacting with your child. They pick up everything so quickly! Now I am doing a little preK work with my 3 year old daughter. She has watched the Leap Frog DVDs and loves playing games on Mommy’s iPad. There are so many great resources on the web, and now with our smartphones and an iPad there is nothing that can’t be found for homeschooling if you are willing to look. My plan is to find all those great educational websites and apps and share them with you. So stay tuned!
Before officially starting homeschool, my son learned all his letter names and sounds using the Leap Frog Letter factory DVD and Starfall. They are both amazing resources that I highly recommend. I tried using a preschool curriculum, but it just didn’t work out for us. Having a newborn and a 1 year old I wasn’t able to be consistent enough with it. We ended up using the Hooked on Phonics Preschool Super Workbook and playing learning games together. I would throw several different color balls and ask him to “fetch” a certain color. I wrote numbers on Easter eggs and hide them and he had to say the number on each egg he found. Silly little things that he loved and wanted to keep doing all day. I got a library card and started making fun trips to the Library for story time or just to find fun books to read. I think Preschool learning really just needs to be fun time that you spend interacting with your child. They pick up everything so quickly! Now I am doing a little preK work with my 3 year old daughter. She has watched the Leap Frog DVDs and loves playing games on Mommy’s iPad. There are so many great resources on the web, and now with our smartphones and an iPad there is nothing that can’t be found for homeschooling if you are willing to look. My plan is to find all those great educational websites and apps and share them with you. So stay tuned!
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