Is it okay to teach preschool at home?

thanks so much moma!

I am homeschooling my girls until they start kindergarten. My girls are 3 and 4. One of my son's teachers turned me onto Usborne Children's Books to homeschool with. Lots of books, kits, learning materials, how to art, cooking, music, etc. I fell in love with the materials so much that I now am an Educational Consultant with them. You can got to www.ubah.com/X2733 to check it out. We have 5 children, so we just could not afford to send the girls to preschool. I think they are learning much more at home than if they had gone. Absolutely nothing wrong with keeping them at home!

Becky Deck
KidsandBooks@gmail.com
www.ubah.com/X2733

Yeah, my kid is 3 (turned 3 in August) and writes her name, small words like cup, dog, cat, mama, dada... so I think she's pretty smart for her age. She talks very clearly too. I picked up some workbooks at walmart yesterday to get her in a routine so she's not distracted with things when she starts kindergarten.

You don't have to send your child to preschool. I don't, and my son has learned a ton. We don't do workbooks and I don't force him to study. He taught himself to write just because he knew his letters and how to spell, so writing interested him. He can write all of his letters now (he's 3 1/2) and can spell quite a few words.

Just let your child play and take advantage of learning opportunities when they come up (like when playing with blocks, two triangles make a square, etc.)

preschool is not necessary. Sounds like you are doing a great job with her and if you can be home with her that's great. You aren't hurting her by keeping her out of preschool.
Try looking at a teacher's supply school or on the net and make your own teaching tools.

http://www.kidsparkz.com/catalog/item/4171578/4692915.htm

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp1.htm

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/musicchild.htm

http://www.everythingpreschool.com/recipes/blubber.htm (these are great recipes for preschoolers like playdough, blubber, etc)

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm

http://www.tlsbooks.com/preschoolworksheets.htm

http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/flashcards/

http://thedaycarelady.com/printables.htm

Here are some websites that I have used in the past (listed in the next post).  I send my daughter to preschool, but purely for social interaction since they seem to teach nothing else.  The kidsparkz is actually a curriculum written by a preschool teacher that you have to pay for and download.  I did and I thought it was worth it as it gives some great ideas and each week works in themes which I really like.  It is basically the entire curriculum she uses in her own preschool.

I also use a workbooks called Preschool in 30 minutes a day (which my daughter loves) and use various other workbooks found at walmart or wherever.  Good Luck!

Join one of the homeschool groups here on cafemom happy homeschoolers is one of them. There is nothing wrong with homeschooling your child, in fact I think it's great.

No, plenty homeschool their kids all the way through high school, but I think the benefits of pre-school are interaction with other kids and the fact that she'll get used to being away from you during the day.

With No Child Left Behind these days kindergarteners are supposed to have the foundation for reading and math before entering Kindergarten. If you want your child to keep up in Kindergarten, it is a good idea to give them a little headstart especially with reading and math. Some free websites I use are starfall.com, fisher-price.com, sproutonline.com and my daughter loves agkidzone.com. You can get workbooks from the dollar store for $1 to help with fine motor skills like holding a pencil and tracing letters/numbers. Have fun and like a pp said, get into a small playgroup.