Thus far our curriculum is consisting of road safety (spring is here, we are going for walks more, and the temptation to run and play increases); reading; drawing; manners and mindfulness; as well as math and arts.
Road Safety is an easy one, we go outside daily, usually walking, practicing following commands, and social games that focus on awareness of the environment. With 'A' we are emphasizing the need to turn to an adult before escaping from his senses by running away or having a meltdown in the street. Much of this is using Verbal Behaviour practices.. often known as ABA nowadays.
Leapfrog's Tag Jr. reading system
Scholastic's Reading System
For Reading we tried Tag Jr. from Leapfrog and the boys were immediately interested (we love books) particularly because they had some based on Disney movies such as Toy Story and Cars. However that's as far as it went. They were 4 and 3 when we got it, so I am certain that was far too old for this. We appreciate the introduction to independent reading systems though!
Next came the Scholastic's reading system which I found for cheap on kijiji. My oldest loved the pen, but had no interest in the stories. If it's not a cartoon he knows, it needs to be about dinosaurs, wildlife or robots.
Leapfrog's Tag Reading System
I am truly excited about this. I've explored the whole product line for this and am thrilled to say they have an awful lot of resources for a mom such as myself who is homeschooling kindergarteners.
Vtech Stencil and Learn Studio
I have actually played with this, a perk to buying new toys for your kids, especially if they have low tolerance to frustration, being able to show them what to do immediately can help alleviate that. I got this to help with writing and drawing anxieties. I'd like to emphasize drawing.. as I might have mentioned before, the perfectly uniform representation of the alphabet has scared off my kids from practicing formation. I don't blame them, wait until they have to read a doctor's prescription.
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