Today was day 3 of my homeschooling career (pre-school). I was super resistant, especially in light of the placement of baby love. I had not prepared much at all (with the exception of thinking about decorating a home school room). The day before my planned start date I sat down at the computer and spent an hour looking through resources, including more decorating ideas. <--- self admittedly, this is my biggest draw to home school right now.
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| Day 1 |
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| Here we go! |
After three days, I must admit, I enjoy this dedicated time! For Rosie, right now school is mostly about role playing. She loves to play the part of the student (including wearing a back pack and school shoes) and she loves to call me "hey teacher". Our goal is mild, one hour, three days a week. We do lunch, put the babes to bed and come downstairs.
In our hour, we start with the Lords Prayer, say the Pledge of Allegiance, spend time reading a bible story, talking about a virtue or the saint of the day; move into handwriting/letter recognition and close with an activity/song or story.
Based on a recommendation, I am using ideas from
Handwriting without Tears for the teaching order and multi-sensory learning ideas (letters out of play dough, in chalk and today...shaving cream). I love printables from
Homeschool Creations and I have pulled some faith study ideas from
Lisa Hendey.
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| Feast of the Holy Name of Mary |
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| Ave Maria! |
Today, my ideas were pulled from
Shower of Roses. Since we did not have school on Mary's birthday, we made a big deal out of today's feast...Holy Name of Mary. It was wonderful. I notice that after our homeschool hour Rosie is extra snuggly and loving. She loves the time together as much as me.
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| Crowning Mary..with flowers from our garden |
While the jury is certainly out on how long this will last, for now...we enjoy our time playing school.
