I have talked to several friends who want to know what we are doing for homeschool this year. Many of them are considering homeschool, but don't really know what to do. I don't really know what to do either being that this is my first year to really tackle it, but I am relying on prayer and my 9 years of teaching experience to get me through. **Note - I don't think you need to have any teaching experience to be able to homeschool your child!
Since we are doing PreK, I decided not to use a curriculum just yet. For this year, I took a list of kindergarten standards off of a school's website and used them to make serveral goals for Lilly. Here they are:
Reading/ Language Arts:
recognize and read simple words
write and read consonant/vowel/consonant (cvc) words
write all letters properly (upper and lower case and numbers)
answer story comprehension questions orally
Math :
add and subtract simple problems using manipulatives
recognize shapes, numbers, and number words
more/less - graphing and sorting
fractions 1/2 and 1/4
recognize coins and know the value
calendar/simple time with clock
know how to use a ruler and that various objects are used for measuring different things (ex temperature and thermometer)
My goal is also to transition Lilly from reading/listening to Bible stories from her children's Bible to hearing the stories read in the NIV (or the adult Bible as she calls it). Of course, memorizing scripture will be a big one for both of us - I definately want her to have God's Word written on her heart. :)
Here are some websites that I use to come up with ideas:
http://www.letteroftheweek.com/index.html
http://www.first-school.ws/INDEX.HTM
http://cullensabcs.com/
http://www.activitytv.com/
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/game_station01/game_station_aug01.shtml
I know there are tons of others that are excellent as well.
You will do great! If you're interested, here are 2 blogs I follow that have great christian home school resources for PreK: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/
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