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A Class for Pre-School and High School?!

April 29, 2016 by Susan 2 Comments

Links to lots of fun activities for pre-schoolers, as well as a Human Development course for teens.

Whether you have preschoolers in your life or you are planning a Child Development class for older students, this is for you.

Every Tuesday morning, my 15 year old son and I lead a small Nursery School at our church for 2-4 year olds.  I structured it as part of a Human Development course he’s taking.  It’s just a couple of hours, but it gives him lots of hands on experience, and we hope to be a blessing to the families as well.  You can read more about his curriculum below.

But first I want to share some activities and songs we’ve done this year that have been an especially big hit with the Littles we work with at Pre-School.  If you have Littles in your life, give these a try!

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Creative PE Ideas for Your Homeschool

April 10, 2016 by Susan Leave a Comment

Creative P.E. Ideas for Your Homeschool.

Being a former teacher, I never really stressed over the core subjects in our homeschool.  But when it came to things like art, P.E. and other electives … I always worried a bit that I was dropping the ball.

We joined a local Homeschool Co-Op for a few years where we mostly took part in those kind of elective courses.  My boys took things like Drawing, Lego Engineering, and Carpentry.

I looked into structured P.E. programs for homeschoolers, and I’m sure there are some great ones out there, but we took a more un-structured approach that worked great for us.

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