Learning at Home: Preschool and Kindergarten

by Ann Ward

Book Overview

Home school parents begin to educate their children very early. This book really takes advantage of the strengths of the preschool learning years and includes lesson plans for ten subjects of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 092346302X
• ISBN13: 9780923463021
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Noble Publishing Associates
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Charlotte Mason/ Classical/ Christian..look no further

I have owned this book for 4 years now and as each year goes by I find myself going back to it. Coming from pure classical to christian based to charlotte mason, this book has something for all. One who is familiar with Saxon maths morning meeting will know exactly what the math memorization/calendar time looks like. In addition to this math time, Ward includes oral or manipulative based lessons without worksheets or with homemade ones. An advocate of Charlotte Mason would appreciate the short 10 min lessons. Ward incorporates "narration" each week by having the child dictate a summary of Fri's field trip. Copywork is a regular part of the child's lessons. My favorite part is the K section. This section is equivalent to a full year of Saxon Math 1 and Writing Road to Reading. Ward takes the child thru section K of Ayres list and explains the methodology of the WRTR program so well, that the original text is not needed. And other than a desire for workbook pages, I would forgo an additional math text. I agree that a second year of the daily lessons could be boring, especially for the parent. One could wait to do the program in K or use different library books each week the second go around ( she lists plenty of choices). BUT for someone with a K and a PreK child, there is no better program.

Great book!

I stumbled upon this book at a thrift store and LOVE it! It is much easier to follow than most books I've purchased. Step by step instructions, plenty of reading material listed that you can find at most libraries, fun make-it-yourself activities. Loved the notebook that you keep to show their work and progress. Nothing negative what-so-ever to say! I worked in the public school system (elementary) for 6 years, but am homeschooling my own now. This fits perfectly! And it's very easy to supplement with the reading program and math program I'm using (The Reading Lesson and Pre-Math-It.) This curriculum has just made my planning SO much easier!

Great book - recommend it highly

I am just finishing my 2nd year of hsing and 1st with this book (used Before Five in a Row last year). This book was excellent and I'm having trouble finding something just as good for next year. The curriculum is for M-R with a F field trip. Subjects include Bible, Reading, Arithetic, P.E., Stories (M-R), Art (M & W), Music (T & R), Character Building (M), God's World (T & R), Health & Manners (W). The "school" should take 30 min - 2 hours (we lean toward the 30min). The F field trips and following M thank you notes really sold me on the book. You supplement with library books that you order 2 weeks prior. You'll need worksheets, cards for games, etc that you can either make or purchase. In addition, you'll need the basics, crayons, paints, paper, etc. Probably stuff you already have.The author includes lots of helpful info about planning your day, etc that the first time hser may find useful. Don't let the format scare you - you can be as flexible or rigid in your schedule as you like.The only drawback I've found is that the book is for preschool AND kindergarten but the kindergarten section repeats the preschool subjects with the exception of reading and arithmatic. Seems a bit repetitive for the teacher, if not the preschooler.Overall, this is a wonderful book. Since using it, 3 other friends have begun using it as well. A final suggestion: we invited other preschool friends along on our fieldtrips and made them into playdates with lunch afterwards.

Easy and complete

I first found this book at the library and after using with my daughter for several weeks, I knew I couldn't not have it permanently. It has a well-rounded curriculum and each activity has it's fundmental purpose listed. It's premise is to use the library as your main resource and has many "make-at-home" materials. I supplement it with other stuff as I see fit, but it's a wonderful foundation to our learning. Having taught elementary school for several years, I find this book to be right on target.

This is a concise, easy to uses base curriculum.

Ann Ward has written a terrific base curriculum for preschool and kindergarten. It provides all of the groundwork to build a year of exciting lessons. It is a realistic framework that anyone could use to teach their child. I have used it as the base curriculum for a three day a week preschool program. It includes Bible lessons and all the classic subjects taught in a traditional school environment. This is the only book I've seen that covers preschool through kindergarten in one volume.