Our children never cease to amaze us, do they? Just a few short weeks ago, Pomme was eager to learn to write. She was frequently “writing”, by which I mean she was making little circular-ish shapes and squiggles in neat left-to-right lines. And she had learned a few specific letters — she stunned me one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘preschool’
Sep
08
Beginning to Write
by heather
Tags: handwriting, Homeschooling, kindergarten, Meet the Masters, preschool
Posted in Homeschooling | Comments (1)
Posted in Homeschooling | Comments (1)
Sep
01
Tot School: Checking in
by heather
Oh dear, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, hasn’t it? So much has happened too, so many interesting adventures and changes and cute little moments. I’ve been tending to post little blurbs on Facebook, or on any of the yahoogroups I’m a part of, rather than properly write things up for the blog. I [...]
Tags: Homeschooling, Meet the Masters, preschool, prodigy, RightStart Math
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Posted in Random Musings | Comments (0)
Oct
08
Bedroom Tales
by heather
I realize it’s been a little while since I updated on Pomme’s sleeping arrangements. Basically, after the three days I previously blogged about, she went back to sleeping in her bed in our room for a couple days. She had a cold and was cranky, who can blame her? However, within a few days, she [...]
Tags: bedtime, co-sleeping, preschool, sleep independence, toddler
Posted in Babies, Family, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Posted in Babies, Family, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Oct
08
Weather Chart
by heather
Blog-surfing tonight via Tot School, I found this blog, which mentioned a weather chart activity appropriate for preschoolers which she obtained from this blog. Whew! Ain’t the blogosphere grand? Pomme has become fascinated with weather and day/night recently. Every morning, she asks if the sun is up, and bedtime is becoming easier because she has [...]
Tags: crafts, Homeschooling, preschool, toddler, weather
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (0)
Sep
09
Not Back to School Today!
by heather
Today was back-to-school day for kids across our province. While most every other family with school-aged children was getting up early, packing new bookbags, rushing over breakfast, running out the door to catch the bus… while moms were missing their babies (whether off for the first time or the twelfth) within a few hours of [...]
Tags: back to school, biology, exercise, French, grammar, handwriting, home ec, Homeschooling, household, math, Music, poetry, preschool, science, summer, whales
Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (9)
Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (9)
Feb
24
Video: My 2-year-old Can Crack Eggs– Montessori, Practical Life, and Cooking Skills
by heather
As I’ve mentioned before, we are following a Montessori-inspired philosophy with Pomme’s toddlerhood. Following her interests, she has ample opportunity to learn through self-motivated exploration. At this age, the emphasis is more on “Practical Life” skills than on ‘academics.’ She learns primarily through observation, imitation, and experimentation, as indeed human beings are designed to learn! [...]
Tags: baking, cooking, education, eggs, homeschool, Montessori, natural learning, practical life, preschool, toddler
Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Kid stuff | Comments (3)
Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Kid stuff | Comments (3)
Dec
11
An Embarrassment of Workbooks
by heather
A group of crows is a “murder”. A group of cows is a “herd”. A big pile of workbooks is an “embarrassment.” I was recently tidying up and went through one of our rather large piles of Flipper’s old workbooks. These are generally the “homework helpers” type, that you can pick up in any bookstore, [...]
Tags: curriculum, Homeschooling, motivation, preschool, unschooling, workbooks
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (3)
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