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CM's Original Home Education (Online: click on underlined volume number) Vol. 1: Home Education Vol. 2: Parents & Children: Vol. 3: School Education Vol. 4: Ourselves: [All about Habits of doing good (Virtues) and Vices; Forming right conscience] Vol. 5: Formation of Character Vol. 6: A Philosophy of Education TOC w/links to chapters: All 6 volumes |
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| Making a Toddler's Lifestyle a Learning One--CM Habit development in little ones Activities for Preschoolers during School Also, see letter (from cmason e-list) below with more toddler activity ideas. Keeping the Toddlers / Pre-schoolers Occupied During Homeschool Homeschool Preschool 101 Activities to Do with Your Toddler DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids |
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2-3 Containers filled with different coloured water, an eyedropper and absorbent paper (serviettes/paper towel will do fine): Child drips drops of coloured water onto the paper to make colourful patterns. Shoelace and something to thread - large beads, cottonreels or even circles cut out of thick cardboard: Threading activity. A large Magnet and 10 objects that will be attracted to it: Child plays with them as desired. Blackboard, chalk and damp cloth for cleaning the board: Child uses these as desired. A Dozen or so large building blocks: Stacking and building activities. A small bowl of warm soapy water, a cloth or 2, and a few items to 'wash': Child washes and dries as desired. 2 lids, one containing raisins, and tweezers: Raisins get trans-ferred one at a time from lid to lid, using the tweezers. Of course they will also get eaten, so make sure there are enough for both activities. Small bowl with an easily removable and replaceable lid, filled with small snacks like raisins, chrisps, or small biscuits: Eat!!! Tray set for tea with Tea, Milk and Sugar in the relevant con-tainers, cups, saucers and spoons: Child serves and drinks tea as desired. Felt shapes and a felt board: Child plays as desired. Stickers and paper: Child removes stickers from backing and sticks them on paper. Watercolour paints and paper or a magic painting book: These painting activities are both loved by little ones and require minimal supervision. A cloth and a small bowl / bucket of soapy water: Anything that makes the young child feel that he is useful, contributing and im-portant is valuable. So for instance, give him the above, and let him clean the floor, window,blackboard, table etc. Dustpan & Brush: 'Accidentally' mess a little dry rice on the floor and let him sweep it up with the dustpan and brush. And so on. Other Ideas Keep Crayons, small scissors, a pen or two and other odds and ends in the child's own special container for use during 'schooltime'. Always have scrap paper and an assortment of old magazines at hand. Of course there are also the well-known stand-bys: Duplo, Puzzles, Playdough, Dressing up Clothes, Farm animals, Bubbles, etc. Finally, as often as possible: READ, READ, READ! |
| Don't forget the value of rotating favorite toys that may be used during schooltime only! Activities for Toddlers Here are some resources for schooltime with toddlers. Ideas: A water colour paint pallete and paper gives lots of fun Putting spaghetti into a spice shaker bottle Putting spaghetti into a blob of playdough (porcupine) Threading fruit loops onto a long spaghetti and getting to eat it Playdough Fuzzy felt Story tapes Puzzles Threading, sorting, stacking Schooltime Activities For Little Ones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Adult Supervision Required for many of these activities that include small objects that may be put in mouths!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Pegs in a margarine tub: The child squeezes them open one at a time and clips them onto the rim of the tub. Then 1-by-1 he squeezes them open and replaces them in the tub. 5 sets of nuts & bolts of varying diameters: These are matched and screwed together and apart. A box containing 10 little bottles (plastic) of various sizes and shapes and their lids: These are also matched and screwed on and off. 10 pairs of matching objects: Lay these out on a tray and let the child find the pairs. Different coloured objects such as large buttons, counters, Duplo or Lego pieces, along with 3 or 4 small bowls: The child groups and sorts these objects by colour, size or other criteria. Older children can also practise counting skills; younger children enjoy just handling these objects and putting them in and taking them out of the bowls. 2 little plastic jugs on a tray. Half fill 1 of the jugs with rice or lentils: The child pours the contents of 1 jug into the other and back again. 2 Small bowls, 1 filled with rice or dry seasand, and a teaspoon: Child takes rice from 1 bowl to the other with the spoon. Tin with a plastic lid: Cut a hole or slit in the tin. Give the child an assortment of small objects to put through the lid, into the tin. (old koki lids or purity jar lids are ideal) An old set of Lotto cards, or a set of homemade cards the same size (coverwith adhesive plastic or laminate): Child looks at these and talks about them, sorts them, matches pairs, or puts them in and out of little boxes (jelly boxes work well). Small basket with 1 or 2 small dolls/teddies, with blankets and pillows made from scrap material: Child plays with these as desired. A tray with 2 bowls, one filled with water, and a small sponge: The child uses the sponge to squeeze the water from the full bowl to the empty one. 2 Transparent containers, one filled with coloured water, and an eyedropper: Child transfers liquid drop by drop from 1 container to another. |
| Do you have any of the following questions? · At what age should I start homeschooling my young child? · How long should we homeschool each day? · What can I do with my toddler and infant when I need some time to focus on an activity with my homeschooling child? · What are some of the benefits of homeschooling the early years child? Linda Dobson, the author of several popular homeschooling books, including: "Homeschooling: The Early Years - Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8-Year-Old Child (Prima, 1999), and the Early Years columnist for Home Education Magazine answers them at: Homeschooling Young Children: Ask Linda Dobson |
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