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By Linnea Johnson As the summer goes on, schools are refining and finalizing how they will conduct school in the fall. Already, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Diego have declared schools will not re-open physical classrooms and others will follow. Many districts have suggested revised schedules, including part of the students attending one day or week and others another day or week, staggered drop-off and pickup times, mask-wearing at all times, social distancing, food brought from home, and no shared use of common resources. Teacher unions are beginning to object to sending teachers, particularly those in the higher risk age...

Every so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to.  That’s when I feature them on the blog.  This is one of those days. Today I am addressing a question about teaching kids from home. This came from Joy: “Since you have done childcare for so many years, I was wondering if you could do a post or two about effective learning strategies for those of us who are going to be teaching our kids at home this fall.  Maybe some tips for setting up a learning area and how...

Preschool has become an integral part of early childhood. However, preschool can happen at home! Homeschooling preschool is a wonderful experience for you and your child. Wondering where to begin? Here are the steps for how to homeschool preschool. Play Based Homeschool Preschool The first step is to get ready to have fun! Learning should be fun, especially during the preschool year! Maria Montessori professed that play is the work of children. That is true no matter what style of homeschooling you use. Children learn and grow in play. They develop their brains and figure out how the world works....

Addition and subtraction within 10 is an essential math skill for Kindergarten and Grade 1 students. This free printable kindergarten math games is a fun way to get practicing while having fun! Addition within 10 Once children can count to 10, 20, and 30 it’s time to help them move on to counting to 50 […] The post Addition within 10 Games appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

There's something particularly fascinating about cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats - specifically to growing toddlers.Something about things moving freely and fastly that sets them off and into wonder. Even as an adult, I can see why! Who doesn't like to get up and go, go, go?Which is why these transportation-themed count and clip cards are the perfect counting games for toddlers and preschoolers.Back when my kids were smaller and even when I was teaching preschool, I ALWAYS had to have these types of printable counting games.WHAT WILL YOU NEED:Setting up is relatively easy. Once you've downloaded and printed the count and...