Preschool Activites for Homeschoolers
I readily admit that a good friend gave me this idea. She doesn’t blog so, I will post it here. If you are home schooling mixed aged children (who isn’t?) and have those that are 3 and under, create a busy box just for them. We now call it “Hudson’s busy hand box” he sits on my lap as long as possible for family reading and copy work time. He has his own pencil and paper and we work on the “sand paper alphabet” when the older children are doing their own work. Then when he can sit no longer, I take out the box of “busy things”. (stacking blocks, a Thomas train, silly putty, floam with appropriate tools, small hard books that he loves and a sorting work.) That usually keeps him busy for some time. Everyday, I set our sink up with one side clean water, and the other side soapy water. The family puts their dishes in the “soapy” side all day and one child or another invariably comes to wash the dishes. I have a sponge wand and a dish drainer and a drying towel. They have all had a “dishwashing lesson”. They love it and so do I. This gives me enough time with the older children and helps our youngest feel connected to what we are doing. As Martha says “It’s a good thing!”
