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My blog is designed to assist parents of children who are about to enter preschool or kindergarten. My blog outlines fun, low-cost ways to educate your child from home.
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Preparing Your Child for Preschool: A Fun Preschool Activity
Hat DayDo you have a lot of hats in your home? You may. If so, gather all of the hats in your home, including baseball caps, sun hats, rain hats, cowboy hats, or whatever else you may have. Next, have your family sit down and try each hat on. You...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Your Child Their Address and Phone Number
This is definitely something that we should have started doing before, but since my daughter is preparing for pre-k this coming year, I thought it was important to really step up the process of getting her to remember her address.In the past few week...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article
Here is a related article that I wrote. It is titled “Homeschool Preschool: Using Educational Signs to Your Advantage.”...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Preschool Craft Project / Activity
An important part of preparing your child for preschool or kindergarten involves encouraging creativity. One way that you can do so is with the use of beads. Making a bracelet or necklace with your child is a fun preschool activity. It is also one...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Free Potty Training DVD from Huggies
In my last post, I talked about how most preschools require children to be able to use the bathroom themselves. Since not all children are on the same schedule, you may still be working on getting your child to this point. If you are, this free ite...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Potty Training
Whether you are preparing your child for preschool or kindergarten, it is important that they are potty trained. Is your child?Although most children can go to the bathroom by themselves when they enter into preschool, some children need a little pu...
A Trip to the Zoo
Yesterday, we took a trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun. It made for a long day and my daughter was so tired for the ride home, but still more than worth it. Since we have made a lot of trips to the zoo, my daughter is very familiar with all of ...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: An Easy Way to Help Your Child with Their Name
Does your child already know how to recognize their name? If not, it is a task that you will want to start working with them on. Most kindergarten students are expected to at least recognize their name, as well as try to accurately spell it.Althoug...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Language Development
If you have been reading my last few posts, you may know that I am going over the kindergarten curriculum for my local elementary school. I am doing so to help answer that question of “what should I be teaching my child at home.”Another section ...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Large Muscle Development
In my last post, I highlighted how small muscle development is a section on the curriculum for my local school’s kindergarten program. Large muscle development is another. If you are looking for ways to prepare your child for preschool or kinderg...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Small Muscle Development
On the website for my local elementary school, they have a page that is devoted to what children will learn in kindergarten. This is known as their kindergarten curriculum. Listed on that website is small muscle development. At first glance, small...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Kindergarten Curriculum
A while ago, I was reviewing a few points that were highlighted on the kindergarten curriculum for my local school. I was doing so to showcase ways that you can not only prepare your child for preschool at home, but kindergarten as well. I plan to ...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Preschool Craft Project
If you are looking for a fun preschool craft project to do with your child, you may want to make your own paper bag puppets. The good news about doing so is that you have so many options.As you can see (lol hopefully if you can tell) we made a few p...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Dressing One’s Self
My past few posts have highlighted items from the list of my local school’s kindergarten curriculum. Dressing one’s self is listed. This is important for going to the bathroom, as well as keeping shoes properly tied. If your child is between t...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool and Kindergarten: Computer Skills
I was surprised to see computer skills listed on the curriculum list for my local elementary school’s kindergarten program. Although my daughter already knows how to use a computer, I was just surprised to see it there. I don’t think that I lear...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Social Skills
In my last post, I mentioned how you may want to get a copy of your local elementary school’s curriculum for kindergarten. This can give you an idea of what your child should be learning or at least preparing for at home. For this post, we will f...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Kindergarten Curriculum
Whether you are interested in preparing your child for preschool or kindergarten or if you are looking to implement your own homeschool preschool program, you may be curious as to what you should be teaching your child. To get an idea, you may want ...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Preschool Craft Project
Hanging Paper SnakeThis fun preschool craft project is one that your child will love to hang in their room.Supplies Needed:PaperMarkers or CrayonsScissorsHole PuncherYarnDirections:1 – Start by drawing the outline of the snake on the paper. You ca...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Activities with Wood Puzzles
In my last post, I stated three reasons why wood puzzles are great for toddlers and preschoolers. Another reason is the other activities that you can do with them. In addition to simply just putting a puzzle together, there are other games that you...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: 3 Reasons Why You Should Buy Wood Puzzles for Your Child
Are you looking for a fun, yet educational toy for your child to play with at home? If you are, you will want to examine wood puzzles. Although wood puzzles aren’t known as the best toys on earth, especially when compared some of the latest elect...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article
Here is an article that I wrote about birthday party games for toddlers and preschoolers. They may help to give you a few ideas if you are in charge of planning a party for this age group.Article: Toddler Birthday Party Games...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Preschool Craft Project with Glitter
What You Will Need:PaperGlue (White Bottled Glue Works the Best)Paint Brush (Optional)GlitterDirections:Start by putting down newspapers on your working surface. An extra sheet of paper is also advised.Spread glue on a sheet of paper. A paint brush...
Why We Love the Leapfrog Learning DVDs
Are you a parent who is interested in educating your child at home? If you are, you may want to take the time to examine the LeapFrog Learning DVDs. All videos in this set are educational in more ways than most parents can imagine.For Christmas 200...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article
Here is an article that I wrote on buying and owning a LeapFrog My First LeapPad. This article is great for parents who just bought the system for their children. The article is titled “A Guide to Buying and Owning a LeapFrog My First LeapPad Sys...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Neat Animal Webcams
The other day, I came across a website that had a few webcams for animals that were at the zoo. My daughter loved watching the animals on her screen. You can easily find more zoo webcams with a standard internet search, but these are the two that m...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article
Here is an article that I wrote concerning preschool craft books. The article is titled “Preschool Craft Books: Are They Worth the Buy?”...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Free Preschool Worksheets
If you have visited my blog before you may also know that I run a website that works in conjunction with this blog. On my website, I have free preschool worksheets posted. I am in the process of adding new preschool worksheets and reformatting the ...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Valentine’s Day Preschool Craft Project
Are you looking for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s with your child? If you are, you may want to consider doing a Valentine’s Day preschool craft project with them. One great option involves making a Valentine’s Day heart wreath. Above is...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Valentine’s Day Preschool Craft Project – Heart Wreath Directions
Supplies You Will Need:Construction Paper (Red, Pink, and White Are Recommended)ScissorsPen or PencilPaper PlateGlue StickDirections:You will want to start by cutting out the inside of a paper plate, leaving the outside outer rim. This will serve as...
Preparing Your Child for Preschool: More Preschool Craft Project Fun with Collages
In my last few posts, I highlighted how making a collage with your child is a nice preschool craft project. In those posts, I also highlighted how it is easy to use pictures from magazines and store sale fliers. With that being said, you do have an...
