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Nov

Winter Week

Posted by Lorelei  Published in creativity, lessons, Play

A week of Winter Activities for your preschool child. You will feed the birds and watch squirrels. You will teach letter and number recognition, shapes, and learn about winter. If the weather cooperates, you will play in the snow, watch it melt, and discover new concepts.

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Tags: children's books, dog sled, home school, homeschool, lessons, mushing, Preschool, preschool activities, winter, winter activities, winter sports

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4

May

May Flowers Lesson Plans

Posted by Lorelei  Published in lessons

A week of activities to teach your young child about May flowers. Free lesson plans. Includes art, dramatic play, science and nature, blocks, sensory, and more.

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Tags: activities for kids, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, May Flowers, Preschool, preschool activities, preschool lesson plans, Preschoolers, Spring lesson plans, teaching child at home

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10

Apr

Working with Wood

Posted by Lorelei Sieja  Published in creativity, education, health & safety, Play

“Put a young man in a workshop, his hands will work to the benefit of his brain, and he will become a philosopher while thinking himself only a craftsman.” John Jacques Rousseau. Hammering Nails Can Be a Great Stress Reliever It was an evening in early winter, 1982. We were renting in Dodgeville, while my [...]

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Tags: construction, early childhood, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, pounding nails, Preschool, Preschoolers, toddlers, wood working, wood working center, woodworking center, working with wood in preschool

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8

Mar

Sound Lesson Plans for Preschool

Posted by Lorelei Sieja  Published in lessons

A week full of activities for teaching your young child about his sense of hearing. Listen for sounds at the park. Beat on a toy drum. Make wind chimes. Learn about inside and outside voices. Visit the zoo. What sounds to Zoo animals make?

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Tags: activities for kids, childhood development, curriculum, early childhood, educational games, five senses, hearing, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, lessons, pre school, Preschool, sound

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16

Feb

What Not to do at Bedtime

Posted by Lorelei Sieja  Published in Sleep

Some common mistakes parents make, and how to avoid them, when teaching your child to sleep.

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Tags: bedtime, bedtime routine, crying bedtime, daily schedule, energetic, home school, homeschooling preschool, lullaby, Preschool, Preschoolers, putting toddler to bed, routine, routines, spirited, toddlers, video games

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14

Feb

Little School in the Big Woods

Posted by Lorelei  Published in About the author

Our first year of homeschooling, and why we chose to continue. We used the Konos unit study, and absolutely loved it!

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Tags: home school, homeschool, Konos, standardized testing, Unit Study

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