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Re: Homeschooling for Pre-K

Hi there, It is important when children are so young to encourage their creativity, imagination and curiosity. You might want to read a post that I just wrote on 5/1 re: early childhood. It's contents are geared toward questions re: homeschooling using a Waldorf/Steiner theory. If you read under...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by hsiamy on 05-02-2008
Re: Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

Hi Gill, Play is the quintessential activity of young children. It is the serious work of childhood. Creative play awakens and harnesses the power of imagination. For a young child the imagined world can have more reality than the actual world. This is the basis for early childhood programs in a Steiner...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by hsiamy on 05-01-2008
Re: Having # 3 and #1 is an unmotiveated almost 5 year old...

Hi Tracy, Thanks for posting your questions re: your 5 yr. old. I wanted to take this moment to talk a bit about the 3 stages of childhood and how that plays out in homeschooling. In my former life (before homeschooling) I was a teacher in a Waldorf school and earned a dual degree in Human Dev. and Family...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by hsiamy on 03-20-2008
Re: How young can a child be???

You might look at the book Kitchen Table math from www.artofproblemsolving.com . It gives fun activities for ages 2 and up to learn mathematical concepts through everyday life. For more ideas of things to do with a gifted child you might start reading at www.hoagiesgifted.org and check into articles...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by dragonpony on 02-29-2008
Re: How young can a child be???

You have such good ideas. Thank you. My boy really loves music and rhythm. He's constantly humming paterns and beats. We got him a drum set and he loves it. He even makes up songs using our names... abbi (daddy), mommy, and his baby brother Judah. You've inspired me to incorporate the A is for...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by undaunted1 on 02-19-2008
Re: How young can a child be???

Thank you so much for the suggestion. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I like to take him out because there are so many chances to learn and teach but I just recently had a second baby and we've all been couped up in the house for the past two months. Now we'll make the library...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by undaunted1 on 02-19-2008
Re: How young can a child be???

Hi! Lucky you to have a bright, healthy little guy to explore life with! I suspect it is not very important to HIM to be able to recite the entire alphabet clearly nor to particularly identify all his numbers and letters. You might want to go to the State education department for your state (online)and...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by Account_Inactive on 02-18-2008
Re: Please help, new to home schooling

Well, I do think that 16m is a little young to be starting a formal education. But I understand and commend you for wanting to get things prepared. Most cirriculum packages don't offer anything before 4 years old, but even then I don't do anything really formal. Sort of just let them take the...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by snoopy101 on 01-17-2008
Re: Starting early

Thanks. I'll look for that book, it sounds interesting. I am having so much fun. This is what I went to school for so I'm glad to put it to good use, and with the best student ever. I do try to go with his ques Today we made a Square Robot, he wanted to do more so we made a sq collage from scraps...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by onesassymommy on 01-16-2008
Re: Starting early

Dear onesassymommy, This is so adoreable! It makes me wish my kiddos were little again :) You are doing so many wonderful things! Listen to his responses and let him guide you as to whether you are doing too much or if he wants to do more. He is one lucky little boy to have such a dedicated, loving mommy...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by christinefieldhsi on 01-14-2008

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