We started homeschooling last year with the preschool curriculum from Horizons. It wasn’t a bad curriculum — in fact, Poppy really enjoyed it — but it was very structured and worksheet-driven, and I wanted to try out something a little different this year.
We started our second year of prehomeschool (homepreschool?) this week, and so far I really like the program. The general concept of “Five in a Row” is that you read the same storybook five days in a row, each day focusing on a different subject. This week, using “The Story About Ping,” we did a little bit of geography, we discussed and wrote a bit of fiction and — P’s favorite part — we did a couple of science experiments. For which she insisted on wearing safety glasses. She is her daddy’s girl.
Oh, come on! Where are the pics with the safety glasses??
Cut me some slack, Chris. I’m trying to remember how this “blogging” thing works!
(It’s a big pain to download my camera onto Rockford’s computer, so I rarely pull things off there anymore.)
Poppy has started school already? Wait, I just realized that I started preschool when I was 3. Wow…she is growing up waaay too fast!!!
Ah, we like Ping quite a bit in our house. Sounds like a really neat curriculum; I admire you for choosing to homeschool. I hope it is a wonderful thing for you and your children! 🙂