Pre-K, here we go…
Wow, it sure feels like back to school time around here. Trips to get supplies, organizing, getting a routine… just when you think you are done with school, you have kids and THEY bring it all back!
And so, as many kids go “back to school” this time of year, Ethan commences on Pre-K – just at home. And in so many ways we will just continue doing what we’ve already been doing. In other ways, however, we’ll try new things that direct our focus a little more. I’ve already shared what classes we’ll be doing at Village Home this fall, but aside from that I have a few specifics I’d like to go over with him this year, which we’ve begun in the last few weeks. These include calendar/seasons/weather/time, numbers 1-100 and early math concepts, early reading and phonics, writing, basic daily responsibilities (thank you, Montessori 
), and pre-k spanish. Interwoven through out these more specific studies are all kinds of things, including unit studies and lots of enjoyable books and activities and, MOST importantly, playtime!
I have layered his room with resources, organized his toys and books, purchased some supplemental workbooks and writing paper. I got a timer, a ruler, and other random school “supplies” we didn’t have before. Slowly, his room is becoming a schoolhouse. But I think its a fun one 
P.S. My kid has an awesome sense of humor, can I just say? He cracks me up. Tonight, when asked to pick up and go to bed, he tells me, “WAIT! Listen. My bones are trying to make me play, but my brain is trying to make me sleep!”
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I would absolutely love to be a “student” in that classroom!
Looks great, Vivian! -Heidi
Thanks for the encouragement! *beaming*
What a perfect little classroom! It just sets the mood for learning. I have Spanish flash cards if you can use them. Are you enjoying it as much as Ethan? You will be a pro by the time it’s Verity’s turn.
Sure, send em! It is fun, but its hard too. I have a hard time knowing when to back off, when to engage, and how to avoid showing that I’m losing my patience! I really hope this year will be a good learning experience for me and I’ll be more prepared for the years ahead.
Wow, that is the most organized room with a kid in it I’ve ever seen. Lie to me and swear it looks messed up the rest of the time so I don’t feel bad. LOL
Oh Summer, trust me, it DOES! I try to help him pick it up each day but here’s the deal: he lets me sleep in about 90% of the time… SO he makes a downright hurricane out of his room (and yes, strewn throughout the hallway, up the stairs, into the laundry room…), complete with crumbs of any sort of food he has managed to scavage from the kitchen, all by about 9 am. Then I try to get him to pick it all up. All.Day.Long. And maybe, JUST maybe it is semi-cleaned up again by bedtime. Just in time for him to go to sleep, wake up, and do it all over again
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