St. Andrew’s Home School

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I bought some little plastic letter tiles last august for use with the our preschooler to play with during “school time”. I had not planned on really pushing time with them, just letting him have fun and something to occupy his little hands while I was working with another child or two.

He has thoroughly [...]

From year to year I never feel ready, knowing how much more we could do without overdoing if I just felt that a bit more organized. I worry for not doing enough and of doing too much. I worry about making sure they are challenged enough, but not pushing too hard. I worry much less about pushing too hard when they are here at home, because homeschooling, in general, leans towards allowing them to grow and learn at a more natural, independent pace anyway.

This week at preschool is fire prevention week. Princerella’s school had some visiting firefighters and a firetruck. Oh, I wish I had known in advance enough to take CowBoy - he would have loved it!. He is still talking about the firetrucks at church a few weeks ago. Anyway, they got [...]