Preschool

Ah, preschool. For most parents preschool means tearfully waving goodbye as your sweet little angel heads off into the cruel world of school. For us it simply meant that the playroom now has a learning function. Yep. I've started homeschooling Client One for preschool. I got her a cute little Skip Hop butterfly backpack with a matching lunchbox and a school box filled with school supplies to keep in her backpack. 

The playroom now has a chalkboard and a little desk and the walls are decorated in an educational fashion. We will be having class three days a week. Two of the days, one of Client One's friends will join us.

Every day we will do a little weather journal where we will observe the weather and write (and draw) it all down. We will also dress up Ferdinand the Funky Frog in weather appropriate clothing. On Mondays we will have a  Bible lesson, be introduced to a new letter of the alphabet, practice counting and learning numbers and math concepts, learn about our community helpers, get a feel for science and learn some musical concepts. Our friends join us for all this on Monday so we do a lot of group and hands-on activities. I try to incorporate a craft, story and activity theoughout the lessons to keep them interested and active. Wednesday is our day to do school alone. We fill in our weather journal and then focus on the concepts which need the most work. We do a lot of work book activities. Friday is our review day and field trip day and, since out friends join us again, it's activity filled. We also do an art lesson on Fridays. 

This past week we learned the letter "A", practiced counting to five, learned obedience through Noah, learned how to observe the weather and record it, practiced with percussion instruments, colored our primary colors and learned about firemen and visited a fire station. All in all it was a fun and fairly successful first week!