Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Start A Prek Homeschool Group

For stay at home moms and dads, the choice to teach your child at home during their formative preschool years is an easy one. However, wanting to expand your young child's social skills can be a little challenging without any means of support. Starting a pre-k homeschool group is a great idea and would be beneficial to all families involved. Learn properly conduct and organize a pre-k homeschool group with the information in this article.


Instructions


1. Find people. Call a number of friends who stay home with their preschool children and inquire if they would be interested in participating in a pre-k homeschool group.








2. Have a meeting. Invite those who are interested to an initial meeting to discuss the ideas and the future organization of the group. At the meeting, find out the interests and special skills and talents of the parents who wish to be involved.


3. Find a meeting place. Ask your local library or community center if you would be able to use a room to regularly host your activities and meetings. Try to secure the same location for all meetings and activities and meet once a week.


4. Devise a plan. Recruit parents who have a specific interest or talent to be in charge of that particular activity. For example, if a parent expresses interest in crafts, allow that parent to be in charge of craft ideas and collecting supplies. If another parent is a great story teller, put them in charge of story time.








5. Organize lesson plans and give them out to all parents in group. The lesson plan should outline a weekly theme (which should be the theme of your weekly activity), a letter, number and color. Allow parents the flexibility to teach the outline in whatever way they choose. Visit preschool websites to acquire printable color pages and worksheets to give to parents along with the lesson plans.

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