Getting Started #Homeschooling.
From ballpark 2 years old:
1. ABC puzzle board.
2. ABC song.
3. Meet the Phonics video.
Your child will want to watch the video after they've seen it. They'll ask every morning to watch it. Tell them after the puzzle board. As they choose letters, ask them "B as in...?" to get them to aseociate the letters to common words, like Boy and Button.
Then sing the song with them and finally watch Meet the Phonics together. The video uses lower case letters, so as each letter comes up, have them find the big letter to associate it to the little letter. They'll learn to find and hold the letter every time it comes up.
Do this first thing in the morning. Once they've got the routine down you'll be able to get them started at the table while doing breakfast etc. Interact with them from across the room. This will show them they can do learning work by themselves.
You now have morning school block instituted that you can iterate on, adding numbers, counting, chalk writing for letters, and early phonics.
Now obtain a dedicated school tablet in order for them to use mentava.com, or continue with manual learning.
Either way, getting this practice in place is the hardest part. Dad should get it going if Mom has never been exposed to self learning, then she can take over with time.
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Yes. Reading, writing, arithmetic. People do too much too early. Get your kid "advanced" in these first by (A) doing a little every day and (B) ignoring other curricula early on.
By 2 years old, you should have read countless of hours of books to your child and watched maybe only ONE show with them (we do Little Bear).
They'll have enough dopamine to look forward to ABC time every morning. Then the momentum will form.
A child that can read and write well by 4 years old is going to smoke his peers even if he starts other curricula "late".
That's the plan Stan.
Little bear and Franklin are all my toddler knows
There are so many awesome curriculums out there too, makes it super easy.
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I'll try this. Cheers
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My general advice to parents, whether looking at #Homeschooling or classical/Christian/private schooling is:
You want your kid to master the basics AT HOME; do not outsource it. Reading, writing, arithmetic. Everything else will be easy if you get this right. A 4 year old that reads at a 12 year old level is going to smoke their peers in the greater picture. Don't overthink it. Delay other curricula until this foundation is laid.
1. No screen time at all until at least 18 months. Build a culture of reading every day. Build a baby library and toddler library and read so much your kid memorizes the words.
2. At 18 months, add a single wholesome show to watch TOGETHER periodically, either once a day for 10 mins or every few days. We like Little Bear and at 3 years old that's still the only show we've used. This will increase their word interest a lot. We use an Android/GrapheneOS device with the Twilight app to eliminate blue light and disable camera+mic, etc.
3. From 18 months introduce to ABC board and the ABC phonics song. They won't get it at first but try and play with it and listen together multiple times a week so they are familiar.
4. From 24 months, add their second screen time: Meet the Phonics. This will cause quite a dopamine dump, so tie it to the board and song every morning to capitalize on the dopamine and build a home learning practice. Add numbers, counting, and letter writing (chalk) before 3 years old.
5. By 36 months, provide the Mentava app in the same morning block. This gamifies the phonics process better than anything I've seen; it is worth the sats. Continue with writing practices. Aim to have them reading their own books before they turn 4.
6. Increase writing and arithmetic. Ignore other curricula until this feels solid. Then add a second learning time block to fold in additional curricula. We're looking at Classical Christian curricula, but you can use Grok and friends to explore what's out there.
Cheers.
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