Preschool

These are fun and creative crafts and activities to enjoy with your children during the holiday season. Get crafty, explore nature, or try something new with these Christmas crafts and recipes. This is a collection of easy, engaging ideas for all ages that will keep little hands busy and big hearts connected.

When my children show signs of readiness for formal learning, I playfully introduce math concepts in a hands-on, tactile way. This blog lists 50 hand-on ways to gently introduce math concepts for preschool or kindergarten including number recognition, counting, number sequence, shapes, adding, subtracting, and more.

Around age 5, I gently invite my children into more structured learning. For kindergarten, I prioritize literature, unstructured play, and training in obedience and attention. Here is how my daily structure for a kindergartener, plus frequently asked questions about homeschooling kindergarten and curriculum choices.

Add eloquence and beauty to your homeschool space and support a peaceful rhythm throughout your day with the Daily Rhythm Bundle from Treehouse Schoolhouse. Map out your daily homeschool activities with the Daily Rhythm Cards to give a visual reminder throughout your homeschool day of daily expectations and routines.

Reading aloud is the foundation of our homeschooling. We began reading aloud to our children during the toddler years. As they grew and books got a bit longer – requiring more attention and sitting still for longer periods – it became increasingly difficult to keep their attention. Here are 40+ ideas to help.

The Wonder of Nature Collection is a learning resource designed to offer young children a multi-sensory invitation to recognizing, forming, and writing letters, including alphabet tracing sheets and print and cursive letter cards.

In our homeschool preschool, we repeat these 8 hands-on activities to expose new letters and practice their proper formation. At this point in their schooling, my goal is simply to expose them to the letters and their sounds and give them the invitation to practice forming them.

High-quality children’s literature or “living books” are the foundation of our homeschooling. This post shares the best sources for book lists for preschool through elementary age.

A family’s rhythm with infants or older children will look different than a family with only preschoolers in the house. So I share our current daily rhythm only as a starting point to get you thinking about what would work best in your home. I am strongly passionate about giving children structure.

Before beginning formal education, unstructured play and time in nature is one of the most beneficial gifts we can give our children. This list shares 30+ ideas for nature play that you can easily do with your preschoolers and beyond.