Guest christine4512 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hi - I am new to homeschooling and I will begin Kindergarten with my son soon. I am looking for hands-on activities to make it fun at home. I am not a creative or crafty person, so if you have any ideas or recommendations for books or other resources, please let me know. Christian resources are welcome. Thank you! Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 DD loves this book for art ideas, which works since I'm not especially talented with arts and crafts. But the ideas in there are easy enough that we can easily copy them and discuss them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Handwriting Without Tears has a lot of fun stuff to teach your dc how to write. We have the wooden pieces that one uses to form letters. My 3yo is loving them right now! Also, Right Start Math has manipulatives/games that my 5yo (K) enjoys when we do math. Fun stuff...with a purpose! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Three Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) My DD will be using My Father's World K program. It's a complete K program, but we are using it for just the daily activities -- lots of science, arts and crafts, reading -- all related around a bible lesson and a letter/theme of the week (6 days per lesson, for example, sun, nests, cow, etc). We found a box turtle in the yard and are keeping it for a week to observe, so we did the turtle lesson as a "sneak preview" of kindergarten and she loved it. The complete kit is a little pricey, but I bought the teacher's guide off of the for sale forum for a reasonable price. The program also includes phonics and math, but that part of the program isn't as good of a fit for DD so we are using something else for those areas. If you are just looking for some fun arts and crafts ideas, MaryAnn F. Kohl has a bunch of books. Her ones for younger kids focus more on the process of art, rather than the end product. We've had a lot of success with her ideas. Good luck! Edited June 23, 2009 by Mama2Three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Do you have anything planned yet? We love the Williamson's Little Hands Series. We have Science Play, Math Play, Alphabet Art, and Wow! I'm Reading! We just flip through the books to find a fun activity, then do it. We also like the MaryAnn Kohl books (we have First Art, which is for really little kids, Mudworks, Cooking Art, and Math Art). We've also checked the Ed Emberly books out of the library and those have been a big hit. The other things we'll be doing for K next year are FIAR, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding (with Mudpies to Magnets books for extra activities), copywork, and All About Spelling (for phonics and spelling; We are using it now and it's very hands-on and lots of fun!). We'll also be doing some hodge podge of math. Not quite sure what yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My dd loves our local nature center. They let her take some of the preschool classes because they don't offer anything for older kids during the school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Rightstart or Math on the Level for maths, perhaps? Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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