Want to homeschool 3 yr old. HOW DO YOU DO THIS?!
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:56 pm
I'm a busy "stay at home" mom.... My cousins were Home schooled, so I am aware of a few things. We are located downtown instead of rural area, so we have daily access to museums, art, libraries, and parks! Yippee! However, I do not have a grand budget to purchase wonderful teaching tools/games that my child's (ugh, public, free school) had available.
Does anyone recommend one specific book or website that helped you a lot? We really need all the help we can get! I don't know if I can do this, and I only have one kid, two cats (One too many)< and a big dog that we must walk everyday. The father is away for work, always, so , it's just the two of us. I never get a break. I do housework when the kid sleeps. I have no idea how I can take the time to prepare a real honest to goodness lesson plan (My cousin IS a Kindergarten teacher! I know for a fact she stays up late and after hours working extremely hard for her job! Not all schools are awful!! Our school was not working for us , on so many levels. ... the 40 min bus ride, the "reduced sugar" TRIX?????? OHYGOSH , and we are mostly vegan, so, the school attempted to substitute more wheat, instead of various grains (many kinds), seeds, nuts, beans, and not so soggy veggies. (The veggies were actually GREY) and no water break between breakfast and lunch. (How is this legal???!) talk about dehydration and obesity, this is how it happens. First, they told me we could not bring food to school because it was a low income government run program. Part of the "program" is that they offer us free food. Kind of inner city too. The kids have color coded tags, and names called about six times before going to class. !(when does the learning begin? are they mini nazis? to be in the army? they do learn to line up. I guess.)
anyway, How do you find time to ... prepare lesson plans? where do the plans and activities come from? How can I obtain some of these educational games? I could buy one game each month! I have a budget, but I could do this! We love the outdoors as well, so any outdoor activities are welcome. We are all about the sunshine and fresh air/!!
We would love to study Spanish. I'm Catholic Christian, but there is a very long Spanish sermon, entirely in Spanish from 11:30 til like 3 ish, It includes a fabulous vegetarian meal! wow! We are so blessed, with many options for learning. This , unfortunately, conflicts with nap times. Kid gets crazy without the nap... maybe we will reschedule so she goes to sleep early at 7. so , we wont' miss out on any possible chance of the sun peaking out behind Michigan clouds at one pm??
Does anyone have any ideas? How can I create lesson plans when I'm always doing housework at night? so much to do! wow... I have a big dog with lots of fur... and a huge mess. we never fully moved into our house, we have tons of clothes and "junk" just flopped everywhere in the "extra" rooms. (the living areas are clean!) but we've never fully moved in! My husband is away always. I have no babysitter. I just do cleaning it at night , so far, or perhaps early morning.
Any ideas or tips would be , oh my gosh, oh so appreciated! We need help!! (Please do not insist that we lose the Spanish, though. I really need this challenge. Kids are very flexible at this age.) We just need to learn the basics, but , in a fun way! Thanks!
Does anyone recommend one specific book or website that helped you a lot? We really need all the help we can get! I don't know if I can do this, and I only have one kid, two cats (One too many)< and a big dog that we must walk everyday. The father is away for work, always, so , it's just the two of us. I never get a break. I do housework when the kid sleeps. I have no idea how I can take the time to prepare a real honest to goodness lesson plan (My cousin IS a Kindergarten teacher! I know for a fact she stays up late and after hours working extremely hard for her job! Not all schools are awful!! Our school was not working for us , on so many levels. ... the 40 min bus ride, the "reduced sugar" TRIX?????? OHYGOSH , and we are mostly vegan, so, the school attempted to substitute more wheat, instead of various grains (many kinds), seeds, nuts, beans, and not so soggy veggies. (The veggies were actually GREY) and no water break between breakfast and lunch. (How is this legal???!) talk about dehydration and obesity, this is how it happens. First, they told me we could not bring food to school because it was a low income government run program. Part of the "program" is that they offer us free food. Kind of inner city too. The kids have color coded tags, and names called about six times before going to class. !(when does the learning begin? are they mini nazis? to be in the army? they do learn to line up. I guess.)
anyway, How do you find time to ... prepare lesson plans? where do the plans and activities come from? How can I obtain some of these educational games? I could buy one game each month! I have a budget, but I could do this! We love the outdoors as well, so any outdoor activities are welcome. We are all about the sunshine and fresh air/!!
We would love to study Spanish. I'm Catholic Christian, but there is a very long Spanish sermon, entirely in Spanish from 11:30 til like 3 ish, It includes a fabulous vegetarian meal! wow! We are so blessed, with many options for learning. This , unfortunately, conflicts with nap times. Kid gets crazy without the nap... maybe we will reschedule so she goes to sleep early at 7. so , we wont' miss out on any possible chance of the sun peaking out behind Michigan clouds at one pm??
Does anyone have any ideas? How can I create lesson plans when I'm always doing housework at night? so much to do! wow... I have a big dog with lots of fur... and a huge mess. we never fully moved into our house, we have tons of clothes and "junk" just flopped everywhere in the "extra" rooms. (the living areas are clean!) but we've never fully moved in! My husband is away always. I have no babysitter. I just do cleaning it at night , so far, or perhaps early morning.
Any ideas or tips would be , oh my gosh, oh so appreciated! We need help!! (Please do not insist that we lose the Spanish, though. I really need this challenge. Kids are very flexible at this age.) We just need to learn the basics, but , in a fun way! Thanks!