Homeschooling

Question: Looking for a homeschool preschool website preferably Christian and free?

Do you know any website with a free curriculum for preschoolers , if possible Christian? Also , I am a non-native English and I am teaching my 3.5 yr old phonics but I have a hard time pronouncing them, do you know any website that teaches how to read with sounds or videos on line? I am not looking for DVDs but something on line that would help me and my child with pronunciation . Thanks

Answer: Be careful that you don't push your child to learn reading before he/she is ready. There is much developmental research indicating that it really could be detrimental rather than helpful to your child. One of the things they really look for at my daughter's preschool when looking at reading or kindergarten readiness is the art easel (children standing). When they draw, if they are drawing in one place then moving their bodies (instead of their arm), they are still in a really young developmental place. Your child may still be at this stage. Watch for when they start making rainbows while standing in one place. This developmental landmark, crossing the midline of the body with the arm, is huge. A basic one for reading is looking for when your child draws a horizon line (this is all uncoached stuff, don't push it). Once they start drawing the horizon line and put people, houses stuff on the line, sky up top & ground down below, THEN they can start learning to read. Before this important development, the letters are just in space to them and are not in any linear arrangement. What I mean is, the letters b, p, d, and q are all the same letter to them. They CANNOT differentiate between these letters before that horizon line is a reality to them. You will notice when your child does start writing their name (usually around 4 - 4.5 on their own), that they usually write all over the place. Their name could be a complete jumble of letters in different places around the paper, but to them, it is the same as the way you write it. Eventually they will write it in a line, but not until that horizon line develops in their artwork.

Don't get me wrong, exposure to language, letters, numbers, how things sound is great. All I'm saying is do not expect your child to be reading by the time they reach kindergarten age. Let your child play. The reading will come. I applaud you for wanting to figure out the pronunciations. I would continue this quest and just read to your child daily at this point so they can hear it.

So sorry I can't address your question, though.

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