Bismillah.
Here's how I have done school with my 3 year old daughter. It was how I began originally then got caught up in trying to work more like a school with time tables and rigid work times and fitting in more than my daughter (or I) could handle and everything became a total mess with no learning what so ever. It left my daughter in a fog. Then Allaah answered my prayers and I came back to my original method. I eased up, she learned more and we were both much much more happier! This ease of time and flexibility is one of the reasons I love homeschooling so much. Little kids don't need so many hours each day of table and chair work. They want play and to explore and be around those who they love and who care for them. That's not happening in schools here in Karachi. At least not where I live. The schools focus more on fees on time and neat and tidy appearance. But I'm getting carried away here. Here's my method:
1) Early in the morning I make note of 3 things I want to do with her today. They include:
Afternoon I have to myself. So, typically after lunch we settle down for some down time and that's when I read books to both my daughters and tell Quranic stories or my own made up stories (which I'll post inshaAllah). If she falls asleep at this time, great. If not then I play with her. Whatever she wants to do we do it. On her terms. We just play. If she can't think of anything or is being fussy then I bring out my plans related to the book we read or story I told.
At around 7 p.m after DH had dinner there's time. This is where I can do my academic stuff with her and she's usually in the mood to do it by this time. Her cousins are busy doing homework and she had plenty of time to play with them and be with Baba so, it's a relaxed free time.
Here's how I have done school with my 3 year old daughter. It was how I began originally then got caught up in trying to work more like a school with time tables and rigid work times and fitting in more than my daughter (or I) could handle and everything became a total mess with no learning what so ever. It left my daughter in a fog. Then Allaah answered my prayers and I came back to my original method. I eased up, she learned more and we were both much much more happier! This ease of time and flexibility is one of the reasons I love homeschooling so much. Little kids don't need so many hours each day of table and chair work. They want play and to explore and be around those who they love and who care for them. That's not happening in schools here in Karachi. At least not where I live. The schools focus more on fees on time and neat and tidy appearance. But I'm getting carried away here. Here's my method:
1) Early in the morning I make note of 3 things I want to do with her today. They include:
- physical play (gross motor)
- reading and story telling with a little play to connect with the book or the story.
- And a last session where I do some academic work with here either letter recognition or we work on manners or math. Just one activity from my list of things to teach her (which I will post soon inshaAllah):
Afternoon I have to myself. So, typically after lunch we settle down for some down time and that's when I read books to both my daughters and tell Quranic stories or my own made up stories (which I'll post inshaAllah). If she falls asleep at this time, great. If not then I play with her. Whatever she wants to do we do it. On her terms. We just play. If she can't think of anything or is being fussy then I bring out my plans related to the book we read or story I told.
At around 7 p.m after DH had dinner there's time. This is where I can do my academic stuff with her and she's usually in the mood to do it by this time. Her cousins are busy doing homework and she had plenty of time to play with them and be with Baba so, it's a relaxed free time.
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