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The Homegrown Preschooler: Teaching Your Kids in the Places They Live - Paperback

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Category: Child Development

2015 Teachers' Choice Awards for the Family Winner

Find exciting learning opportunities in everyday occurrences, from using laundry to teach sorting to exploring growth cycles in the garden, with the easy-to-organize, simple-to-start ideas, advice, and activities. This book will inspire parents to use their homes as classrooms and take advantage of the naturally rich learning opportunities existing in everyday life! With organizational tips, recipes, and more than 200 easy-to-pull-together activities, homeschool educators will have everything they need to offer a well-rounded preschool education rivaling the best classroom experience. Convenient charts and checklists to document children's growth ensure that there are no gaps in educational, social, or physical development. 224 pages. Paperback.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Elizabeth ★★★★★

I’m not a natural teacher, but the way it breaks down everyday moments like laundry sorting into actual lessons made me feel like I could do this. The Teachers’ Choice award makes sense—it’s practical without feeling like a chore to read. My kids are already pointing out growth cycles in our garden,

Eli ★★★★★

The garden-to-laundry examples are so concrete that I actually started using them the same afternoon. It’s rare to find a parenting guide that feels this practical instead of preachy, especially given it won a Teachers’ Choice award—that sold me before I even flipped a page.

George I. ★★★★★

Finally a parenting book that doesn't make me feel guilty about our chaotic schedule. The laundry sorting and garden growth cycle ideas are so simple, I actually used them the same week I read the chapter. It's won an award, which makes sense—it's genuinely practical for real homes.