Emily dancing! When the music stops, she goes to a picture she wants to talk about with me. The testimony of a child is so beautiful. I love hearing Emily's pure and heartfelt testimony of her Savior. There is no doubt she has a Father in Heaven. That He loves her. That she has a Savior. I love that. M

Emily's Preschool

I got to be a teacher for Preschool today. I had so much fun preparing for it and being able to see Emily with her friends. It was so fun. And look sat Emily's gorgeous hair flowing around as they played a dancing game. I love that I get to be with her all of the time.

 Emily in her "exploration hat" - on a hunt for pink :)

Preschool

Several people have wondered what I do with Carolyn for preschool time…so, that is why I am making a post about what our Preschool Agenda is like. It's nothing fancy and I do it on a very low budget.

1. Opening Songs and Stretches (Usually primary songs)
2. Calendar (I think this is where Carolyn originally learned to count to 30 because we talk all about what day it is (put a sticker on the day in the calendar) and then count the days in the month)
3. Weather Report
4. Nursery Rhyme Time
5. Learning to Read (I've made a few things where Carolyn can practice forming words together - I usually base it on "word chunks" (ie. -ar, -it, -at, -ow, etc. ) We also read words on flashcards that I made or attempt to read some words in a book (in easy reader books)...and other stuff likethat).
6. Read Aloud
7. Mathematics (Right now we are practicing counting. I've drawn/printed out pictures that Carolyn counts. We also have a folder where we add one object a day to the folder (right now we are adding beans). We add one bean a day and then count the total number of beans. We'll do this until we have 100 beans and then start with a new object to count.....we also do stuff with shapes and a little bit of adding).
8. Silly Songs with Mommy (finger plays, primary songs, etc.)
9. Animal of the Week (We usually either read a nonfiction animal book we got from the library or read a fun fact sheet I made (I just put pictures of the animal and some fun facts about them that Carolyn and I can read).
10. Eternal Truths (We either read from "The Friend," I teach her a lesson about something gospel-related, talk about an article of faith (inspired by my friend, Lisa), try to learn a scripture verse, etc.)
11. Writing (practice writing words, names, etc.) She has a "journal" that she loves practicing writing in.
12. Craft

Anyways, that’s what we do for preschool time for anyone that cares :) I love how kids have such a love for learning – so I definitely try to not mess that up with Carolyn. She sets the pace for learning stuff. She really does love preschool and never wants it to end :) I’m always amazed at how much she picks up and remembers.

Of course, Angela gets her preschool time after Carolyn’s turn. She loves to sing, talk about animals, read books, and do puzzles with me for her preschool time.
Anyways, now I need your frugally minded ideas for teaching!