Tim's Homeschool Activities

It's a brand new year, and I didn't have anything planned for Tim to do for his learning, as we had wanted him to go to Nursery school.During the week when Tim was home (due to flu), I had to think up of some stuff to keep the kid happy and mentally/intellectually stimulated; in my desperation, I…

This week at Tot School, we have weaved in the CM method into our routine... though not completely... I have introduced a few activities based on the guide I've obtained from Simply Charlotte Mason.We did some painting and stamping along our corridor once again... Tim loves to work with colours…

I love the FIAR series of homeschool program and have since bought the complete set of BFIAR and FIAR Vol 1 guidebook + the storybooks... except for those storybooks that are out of print.Have procrastinated starting Tim on the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey, for a long time... as…

We continued with the fun based on the book "Blueberries for Sal"... within the activity packet, we learned about the different types of bears with the sort and match cards that I've created (idea adapted from the Montessori Materials). In this game, Tim had to match the pictures as well as the…

This week we have done loads of stuff... nothing academic but the kiddo had fun while working on most of the stuff... (I hope)...Above all, we do lots of reading daily... Tim requests for me to read him one story after another everyday... we read approximately 4-5 stories each day... with him…

We've had a great time going through all the activities that was prepared based on the book "Blueberries for Sal"...In our last session of activities based on this book... we did the Cork stamping exercise... Tim was given a stamp pad, a piece of paper printed with a pail and a cork... but he…

We started "rowing" with a new book this week... and here were the records of what we did...We did a lapbook on "The Big Green Pocketbook", and the elements of the lapbook was taken from the Homeschool Share site.I added just one or two items into the lapbook...and the ideas were taken from…

It was an extremely busy week for us at Tot School... we have so much activities and so much fun along the way... am happy that Tim had loads of learning opportunities along the with the fun ;)So here's what we've done throughout the week -The door knob to our master bedroom has loosen and hubby…

The past week at Tot School we did a few activities that was out-of-home (OOH)... thought it will be a refreshing change for us as we've always been carrying out activities at home...Tim welcomed the running about OOH, as he gets to ride on the bus and the MRT Train. He was busy observing the…

Haven't been doing much at home with the kids other than our weekly playgroup, some outdoor play, reading and watching tv... most of the time we have free play at home...Bought these wooden blocks recently and Tim loves it to bits... he'll pull it out to play almost on a daily basis...Recently to…

We worked on this Train theme quite some time ago, (lazy mama) just made time to post this entry on what we've done on this theme now...I've noticed the fascination that Tim had on trains...so decided to work on a Train lapbook with him. Took the idea on Trains from here... and I've lined up…

I am seriously behind time in updating the activities I've been doing with Tim at home... and now I have an overflowing of back log to update... gosh... now lets start step-by-step...All these activities were carried out during the last week of July and beginning of August...Tim was given a Lyra…

Tim has been ill the entire of last week... we haven't done much other than watching TV and reading some books... this week, I've planned to start him on bible story reading to get him familiarize with the bible stories (even though he's been exposed to the bible stories before, I just wanted to…