Asley Quickle: My son went to preschool 2 hours a day, one day a week and he was never behind. My good friend's children never went to preschool, and they are all honor students. They all started public school knowing how to read because she spent time with them. They went on to homeschool after 4th grade (with us).Preschool is not necessary or even good for some children. Go with your gut and spend time with your child-you can teach him so much more than he will learn in a roomful of kids. Enjoy!Best of Luck!Janahttp://www.homeschooljungle.com...Show more
Victor Macallister: i didnt go to regular preschool and when i started kindergarden i was so far ahead, i could have gone on to first grade without any problems. if you do homeschool him, make sure he can do the basics with shapes, reading, writing, numbers, animals and stuff like that. if your kid goes into kindergarden reading and writing he will be much further ahead than the other kids and school will be a bre! eze.
Kenneth Queener: No, it is extremely unlikely that your child will be behind if you homeschool preschool. It is more likely that he will work ahead and then be bored in kindergarten. Preschool doesn't take an expensive curriculum either. Here is a list of what your child will need to know:http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?curriculum/pr... Read over that list of what your child will have to learn and you will discover that you probably have a lot of the equipment and toys that you would need around your house already. When you get to items on the list like "Is not afraid to go to school," or "Likes teachers," simply substitute church or playgroup etc. The point is the child needs the skills to enjoy a controlled environment outside the home, it does not *have* to be a school....Show more
David Kuper: It's relatively easy to have him be fully caught up with, or well ahead of, children who attended pre-school in terms of academics. What he will be missing! out on is social skills. You will need to make a big effort t! o have him play with others, learn to share, learn cooperative task performance, learn to take turns, learn to be quiet and listen, learn to defer gratification, and all that stuff which kids who go to pre-school will have in place when they arrive at kindergarten.I don't see the need for purchasing any curriculum at all. Our kids could read and do arithmetic simply through my efforts to involve them in everything I did during their waking hours....Show more
Amada Greising: I think he'd probably be okay, but he might not learn some things that they learn in preschool, like dealing with other children and sharing, but if he were to be around other children sometimes it wouldn't be a problem anyways. besides that though I don't think he would be behind at all as long as you did you're part in teaching him.Good luck! =]...Show more
Alphonso Brake: Your child won't be academically behind a child who goes to preschool if you teach him/her the same pre-academic concep! ts that children who attend preschools are exposed to. Instead of purchasing a pre-packaged curriculum, focus on hands-on activities. Kids at this age are wired for play and learn best through play. You don't have to use worksheets or make education formal. He simply needs to be taught the concepts preschools focus on; colors, shapes, counting and 1:1 correspondence, letters, spacial concepts like under, in, over, behind etc. I do think it's a good idea for all children this age to have exposure to play groups and/or other activities with children their own age. Tiny-tots gymnastics, dance, church groups etc. My kids enjoyed being in a group and having a bit of independent time away from me. You could do this through a play group where you aren't present, or other activities. It seems to make the eventual separation more comfortable. Here are some ideas for teaching your child: Make letters out of play-do. Draw them in sand, whipped cream or if you child doesn't eat! non-food items, shaving cream. Fill a dish tub with rice and sift thro! ugh the rice for letters. Go fishing for magnetized letters in a tub. Use a pole with a magnet on it. I once strung a clothes line across the wall and my daughter pinned up baby socks with letters written on them with fabric paint on them in alphabetical order. Sort letters by their appearance; letters with straight lines in one pile, curved and circles in another. Read to your son. Do puzzles and counting games. Start by teaching math concepts not written numerals. Count objects. Subtract goldfish crackers by eating them. Have you seen the Cheerios counting book? It's really fun for little kids and teaches counting 1-10. Building with duplo blocks and hanging on the bars at the park helps to build hand strength and fine motor skills. So does finger painting. Your son should be learning through play.One thing that I'd like to add is that websites geared at preschools are great resources. Don't be afraid that because they are geared at preschool teachers, that they are not f! or families. People sometimes get into "us/them" mentality and look only at materials specifically for homeschooling. But good hands on activities for small kids can be done at home or in a preschool. You'll find your homemade play-do recipes, craft ideas, ideas for letter and number recognition, shape and color recognition, ideas for teaching counting and basic addition and subtraction on lots of sites.Here are a few good sites:http://www.preschoolexpress.com/alphabet…http://www.lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/…(This links to other sites)http://www.preschoolexpress.com/alphabet…This next one is a good site that has letter recognition and counting activities:http://www.preschoolrainbow.orgFor counting:http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/counting…http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Math_Act…http://www.preschoolactivitybox.com/pres…This is a lesson plan for the Cheerios Counting Book. You'd have to make some simple changes, because it's written for preschool teachers, but ma! king them would be really simple.http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathCou! nt…For the future, this is a wonderful book for k-8 family math activitieshttp://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/fm…Finally, Do a basic google search with something likepreschool alphabet activitiespreschool counting activitiespreschool activitiesHave fun...Show more
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