Beginning to Homeschool
The best advice I got when we first started homeschooling was ‘read, and read some more’. What I did before that was drop a lot of money on a curriculum package (which wasn’t worth it and we hardly used). You may find that it’s as easy as helping your child learn to put on their shirt. Just a natural progression. Some days may seem trying but you may both just be figuring out how your child learns.
Some people may set up ‘centers’ in their home (as one would find in a preschool). If you’d like to try that and don’t have the room, an idea would be to use a tote or bin of some kind. Example: Say she or he really likes cars – put some toy cars, books about cars, a coloring page of a car, paper model to make of a car, homemade game with a car design (like matching 1 car with the numeral one), etc in a tote (I prefer the clear plastic totes), a tracing sheet spelling the word car, car cookie cutter to use with playdough, and as my kid just told me – a book about mechanics. You could even label the outside with a sticker that says the word Car, and your child could decorate the tote with car stickers.
Homeschooling preschool page on the website: http://www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/preschool.html
