Augie's Preschool

Although he did a lot of school stuff with us last year, Augie is officially starting school this year. I have an advantage with Augie, because I kept records of everything I did with Huyler and Ardara in preschool, so I am ready to do much of the same things with him. The other really cool thing about My Father’s World is that the people who wrote the curriculums, Marie and David Hazel, have six kids of their own and homeschooled all of them at the same time. So, they know how difficult it can be to teach several different age groups from several unique curriculums. And this is especially true with a preschooler, who needs so much attention from mommy. So, a lot of the
activities in the First Grade curriculum are things that Augie can join us in. During the times when the bigger kids are doing reading and writing and math practice, I will have letter and number coloring or crafts for him to do, games for him to play, and some big floor puzzles for him to work on. He was really great last year about doing his work while I helped the older kids. The only thing that bothered him was not having his OWN workbook. So, this year I will make him his own bound workbook out of all the fun sheets I found online.
Augie will also get to join us for Hebrew lessons. I’m actually devising my own beginning Hebrew curriculum based on the concept that children learn to speak before they learn letters. So, I am making vocabulary flashcards and we will be learning nursery rhymes and counting and other early phrases in Hebrew before we start learning to read Hebrew, which is where other curriculums usually begin. I am encouraged in this by an Israeli man who goes to church with us, Ofer. He has agreed to spend some time helping the kids with
Hebrew!