A Preschool Schedule

You may choose to follow a strict day to day preschool schedule with a specific time to complete activities. You may choose to do activities are the desire is there and work different concepts in through experiences throughout the day. Either way is acceptable. Just as in home schooling older children, there is not one correct way to teach your preschooler at home. You may choose to do a different skill or activity each day of the week. You will also need to take into consideration scheduled weekly activities into account when planning your schedule. You may decide to decide on a theme and teach concepts related to the theme for an entire week or month. The point is that YOU CHOOSE. Since you are the teacher, principle, and CEO of your preschool, you can decide. As with traditional school, so much time is lost in formal preschools due to behavior, bathroom time, lunch time, and nap time. Having your child at home with you allows you to determine what you do, when you do it, and how often you do it. If you are getting your child ready to attend a public or private kindergarten, you may want to become more scheduled as the first day of school gets closer. That way, the child will adapt well to being at school.

Check back next week for some samples preschool schedules.
Here is a preschool schedule form creator I found that maybe helpful too!

Singing In The Rain

As you can see, Preschool Activities Everyday may miss a few days... I started a new job and I am trying to get it all together, so please excuse the pause here and there.

Now onto the activity...

Let your child play in the rain. My husband did the other day during a rain storm, no thunder, and even ran out and got in the tent with my children while the rain, rain, rain, came down, down, down. While there was not any lightning, there was a lot of hard rain! Afterwards, they were all cold. But they went out after it was over and played in the little pool.

Let your child experience fun things that may make your cringe. As long as they are safe, let them try new things!

August Preschool Activities

I was going to try to create my own calendar of August events, but with so many great resources on the web, I decided to highlight a few instead. Then you get the best ones all in one place! Click on the links for more information:

Mommy and Me offer great calendars with activities plus additional activities for free. The calendar changes monthly, so if you are looking at this post and it is not August, you will probably get the current month's calendar.

Preschool Express also has a great calendar for August with simple activities to do each day with your preschooler.

Universal Preschool also has some wonderful ideas. This link may change with the months so check back.

Household Chores for Preschoolers- Wash the Windows

Do double duty- get the dirt removed from your windows and let your child have some fun! Also, one more perk- increase fine motor skills.

Give your child a spray bottle filled with water and some paper towels or a lint free cloth (like microfiber- just for your benefit later so you don't have to try to get all the link off!). Let your child clean the sliding glass window, shower door, front door, refrigerator, cabinets, and anything else that can handle a spray of water!

Remember not to use cleaning products for this activity! Water works just fine and your child will have a great time!

Sceduling for Preschoolers

As a stay at home mom, I have always had a liberal idea of scheduling. We slept in when we wanted, ate when we wanted, and got out of the house when we wanted.

Now I am a working mom, and scheduling is so much more important. We are scheduling our morning routine and the children will have a daily routine at school. The evenings, I am still leaving pretty free. We will have a bed time (right now should be bath time) and get to bed so we can start again with the morning schedule.

Either way, you have to work with your personality and your child's. My children would sleep in, others will not. My children don't eat at normal meal times- they are like me and do not like to eat breakfast when they wake up. Now, they will learn to eat, like I have, or be hungry (they love to drink milk instead!).

Work a schedule with your family that works for your family. Do not be dishearten by those super scheduled if you are not. Do not be bothered by those that are not scheduled when you are. To each their own!

If you want to try to be more scheduled or be formal about the schedule you already have, use this preschool schedule maker.