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By Linnea Johnson As the summer goes on, schools are refining and finalizing how they will conduct school in the fall. Already, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Diego have declared schools will not re-open physical classrooms and others will follow. Many districts have suggested revised schedules, including part of the students attending one day or week and others another day or week, staggered drop-off and pickup times, mask-wearing at all times, social distancing, food brought from home, and no shared use of common resources. Teacher unions are beginning to object to sending teachers, particularly those in the higher risk age...

Help preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and grade 1 learn the months of the year in order with this fun, hands on Months of the Year Activity using sequencing sticks! Sequencing Months of the Year Learning the months of the year in order is a tricky concept for kids because there is really no beginning or […] The post Months of the Year Activity with Sequencing Sticks appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

Every so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to.  That’s when I feature them on the blog.  This is one of those days. Today I am addressing a question about teaching kids from home. This came from Joy: “Since you have done childcare for so many years, I was wondering if you could do a post or two about effective learning strategies for those of us who are going to be teaching our kids at home this fall.  Maybe some tips for setting up a learning area and how...

Preschool has become an integral part of early childhood. However, preschool can happen at home! Homeschooling preschool is a wonderful experience for you and your child. Wondering where to begin? Here are the steps for how to homeschool preschool. Play Based Homeschool Preschool The first step is to get ready to have fun! Learning should be fun, especially during the preschool year! Maria Montessori professed that play is the work of children. That is true no matter what style of homeschooling you use. Children learn and grow in play. They develop their brains and figure out how the world works....

This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see my Terms of Use and Disclosure Policy page. Thank you. Over the course of twenty-six posts, I will introduce my own simple lessons for the letters of the alphabet. I will provide ideas and suggestions for a week's worth of activities. For the letter J, we focused upon jaguars.  Jaguars are one of the many big cats that I