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Home › Articles › Stay-at-home Moms and Dads › Considering Preschool at Home?

Considering Preschool at Home?

10 Things You Need to Know About Homeschooling a Preschooler

By Jacqueline Rupp

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"We consider life educational, so we don't specifically sit down to do school work," Mavromati says. "Everyday learning takes place in so many places, like at the grocery store reading labels, in the kitchen measuring ingredients. We did lots of reading. First I was reading to them, and as their reading skills took off, they read to me and to themselves."

4. Plan on Lots of Field Trips

One of the greatest opportunities home preschooling offers is the ability to do your own thing. For most families this means lots of time spent, not in a classroom, but out and about in the real world.

"Maybe the kids would like to learn more about animals," Keith says. "We would read books, then visit the zoo, the humane society, a local pet store and go to the county fair. Maybe you get a pet and teach the children how to properly care for it. Opportunities for learning simply present themselves day in and day out – you really don't have to plan it."

Nature walks, museum tours, moonlit strolls, even trips to the grocery store or post office can provide learning experiences. Family field trips are probably one of the best ways to break up a homeschooling day, offering a good time to take care of errands.

5. Only Invest in a Few Key Learning Tools

Christine Field is an attorney who turned into a homeschooling mom from Wheaton, Ill., She has written seven books, includin Homeschooling 101 (B&H Publishing, 2007) and Help for the Harried Homeschooler


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