Welcome to a very fun and easy, AND FREE pre-school program from Easy Peasy All-In-One-Homeschool! We have been going through "Getting Ready 1" for almost 2 years now. We started when my youngest was 4. This program makes learning fun, gentle, and gradual. It utilizes videos, audio files, and lots of fun (FREE) printables. We use a simple 3 Ring binder. I print off pages ahead of time. When I see we're nearing the last few sheets in the notebook, I'll go print some more. I printed off one of the tables (red) available on the Easy Peasy website. Here's the link and the document looks a little different from when I first printed it: Progress Report We put Getting Ready crafts in here, as well as other work she's proud of! It's nice to have a place to put her first efforts *smile* Each letter has a character and a story to go with it. Some days she has to find and circle the letter we are learning. One of her favorite things to do is the crafts, most of which come from DLTK's Crafts for Kids. This was a coffee filter craft. We just use whatever supplies we have on hand, and choose crafts based on how much time I have available! Some crafts have pictures to show you what it's supposed to look like. Sometimes I print off those pictures (in black and white) to give me a quick reference of what I'm doing! We have done numerous toilet paper tube crafts! They are fast and easy, but sometimes the cutting can take some time. We usually just sit and cut together. I had to mention our favorite glue sticks! Scotch permanent glue sticks are acid-free and have incredible adhesion. I got tired of Elmer's glue sticks drying out and the papers just popping apart if the item was handled, especially lapbooks. So we get these from Amazon. I feel like their efforts are worth good supplies, and since the Easy Peasy program is free, I feel justified in splurging a little on glue sticks :) We really enjoy our pre-school time together. It requires no preparation on my part, aside from printing off her papers, which I do maybe 4 times a year. The videos are fun and usually involves music, which my daughter loves. This free pre-school program makes it easy in a busy homeschool house to get that precious time in with my pre-schooler. Check it out!
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http://aefc-craft.weebly.com/ As part of Easy Peasy All-In-One-Homeschool, the kids have to pull together what they've learned in some format that appeals to them. This could be lapbooks, posters, notebooking pages, websites, or any other medium that represents the information well. My kids started their Australia brochure by making a video of LEGO figures enjoying a beach scene. Along comes a shark. Stuff got rowdy. The brochure went nowhere. So, they joined together in a Minecraft LAN world and created this brochure highlighting some of the things that you would see in Australia. Enjoy! It's our first attempt at a "screen-o-matic" video! There are tiny notes that appear in the lower left corner describing what you're seeing. And I mean tiny. We have been studying Geography this year. Right now we are in the Middle East! We did a longer study on Israel, simply because it's a place I've always wanted to visit! Friends from church were traveling in Israel during the same week so we enjoyed their first-hand observations and pictures. They also brought back shekels, 3 candy bars, and a yarmulke for my son from the Wailing Wall! Israeli candy bars -- we ate one each day, carefully divided up in to four (EQUAL) pieces! Printable wall map - link is part of Easy Peasy Geography. You can choose several sizes of maps. This was a 3x3 World Map. Later we printed off a large US map so we could plot the grandparents' trip to Florida. You can find the link to the printable maps on day 7 of the History-Geography page. For art we did Arabic Calligraphy, copying Psalm 106:1. We used Sharpie markers from Dollar Tree (actually pretty decent quality!) and stationary paper. My son decided the Arab letters were amazing and asked to print off the entire Arabic alphabet. Next stop for us was Turkey... I had made a poster of images I had "googled" and since I am highly visual, this helps me more than anyone else I think! If I express interest and excitement in learning, my kids respond to that. We made a sad copy of Turkish coffee, using decaf coffee. The kids tried the coffee willingly! They are used to strange and ethnic food being handed their way and I'm proud of them for trying new things.
Next up - - - a look at Getting Ready 1 Preschool with the youngest... Samuel, Hannah, and Julia Hello from the Hensleys! We are so glad you stopped by! This is our first blog post EVER! We are excited to share a little bit about our lives. We use Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool for our curriculum and this blog is meant to share that journey with others! "Praise the Lord.
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about AmyI love Jesus Christ and have received His abounding grace. He is my Jubilee, my Shepherd, my Joy. I am married to a wonderful husband with a goatee who can fix anything that breaks! We have three unique and precious kids that are growing up too fast. Thanks for stopping by! ArchivesCategories |