We’re going to do preschool at home with Elliot and yesterday we had our first “class” about different countries and languages and how people around the world say hello.
I find that picture books are a great place to start planning an activity, so we used Hello World by Manya Stojic. This book has “hello” in 42 different languages and it’s a family favorite. Then we talked about where many of those countries are on the map, where we live, where Elliot’s grandparents live, etc.
At this point I want him to start getting used to focused learning time but also make it fun since he’s only 3. I’m looking forward to our year of preschool together – I’d love to hear your ideas about learning activities at home!
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I have done home preschool with 2 of my 4 kiddos. I have loved it. We worked out a system–assigned each week a letter, each month a color and shape, and then had some themed weeks–like baby animals, opposites, 5 senses, etc. We went off picture books too. Now my baby just stated all-day kindergarten, so my house is really quiet and kind of loney :) Enjoy the learning fun!
I didn’t send my boys to preschool. We attended library programs, naturalist programs and read a lot of books and worked together on projects. Usually books will spark the child’s or your attention to learn more about something or do a creative project. I really like your map idea. When my son and his wife went to a foreign country on a mission trip I watched my granddaughter and showed her a map of where they went.