This is the primary reason why I am home schooling her and her little brother. Ours is not a formal home school though. We do not follow any specific curriculum nor are we enrolled in any affiliate school. Ours is more likely the very same “home school” our parents had when preschools were not yet part of the educational system. We call our home school “PLAYhouse preSCHOOL”. We play school in the house in preparation for formal schooling. More often than not, we do more of the “play” than the “school” though.
Our PLAYhouse preSCHOOL sessions give them structure and hopefully enough discipline to eventually do well in school and in life. Our schedule is very flexible. There are days when I am swamped with work for my tutorials and days when I have errands to run. During these days, the toddlers are pretty much left to do whatever it is that they want to do. But the great thing about being at home with my children is that we get to make every activity a learning one. Though we may miss several of our morning sessions, we make up for them with short lessons during the day.
In our PLAYhouse preSCHOOL, we do almost the same thing toddlers do in regular school but we get to do it as a family. And for me, that’s the best part about home schooling!
