Summer Homeschool for your Preschooler- This year we’ve decided to homeschool Sophia for her last year before Kindergarten. This was a surprise to me because we started her in Montessori at 20 months and always thought it important for her to be in a school based program during the school years leading up to public school.
For our family, with having the baby in under a month, we decided the best option for the cost as well as our happiness would be for me to teach Sophia. I never saw myself in an educator’s roll. My husband had wanted me to homeschool her through elementary and I remember laughing at him. I wanted to be her Mom, not her teacher. Also, I was never very patient with learning tough subjects and envisioned myself getting impatient with her frustration. Thankfully I’m confident I can handle the Pre-K level with patience and fun!
Last year we worked on her letters. She was 3 then and knew her letters but was not familiar with the phonics of each or how to write them all. We worked on one letter per day. Our first activity of the day was always discussing the day of the week and what the weather looked like. From there we spent around an hour on a worksheet, coloring a letter banner and making a letter craft. She loved it. She asked to do the letters on the weekends. We worked on pointing out foods, places and objects that started with our letter throughout the day. She would get excited when she would figure one out on her own (I was equally excited).
Summer Homeschool for Your Preschooler
After attending the Children’s Museum for a year of Pre-K she now knows all of her letters and is beginning her interest in (very beginning) reading and numbers. I did not want to overload her with schooling over the summer but wanted to keep her interested in learning. I started by purchasing the Moffatt Girls Summer No Prep Packet to have a base for the in between days. We just work on one worksheet a day on days that I don’t have something planned. Thankfully, Sophia has been requesting subjects to learn and I’ve easily been able to find resources and activities on Pinterest related to those subjects. For example, the first week we worked on the life cycle of a plant because our garden had started to grow and she’s been very interested in helping me water the flowers. She also helps me fill the bird feeder and had said she wanted to learn more about birds so I found these worksheets, we found lots of bird books at the library and made a craft. Fridays are always our craft day and the other days we have school at home.
There isn’t a ton of time left before the baby is born so I’ve only been focusing on a ton of reading and a worksheet unless she asks to learn about a specific subject. Giving her as much of my time before the baby comes is most important right now. We’ve also been doing some tracing and some pretend play with Let’s Play School’s materials. She has a great pretend play bundle you can buy and incorporate in as much education as you’d like.
Let me know what you do over the summers to keep your kids interested in learning. I’d love to know what tips you have for a smooth back to school as well!
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