by Kim | Feb 11, 2022 | Preschool at home
With Valentine’s Day sneaking up on us, I thought it would be timely to talk about teaching kindness to young children. Our son is not going to win awards for being a kind soul. I can barely get him to model grace and courtesy consistently, and manners really...
by Kim | Feb 6, 2022 | Decision Making for Parents, Preschool at home
Celebrating Lunar New Year as a second generation American is something I find tricky, especially because both my parents have passed away and my husband’s family isn’t of Chinese descent. Of course I want our son to understand why celebrating the lunar...
by Kim | Jan 25, 2022 | Decision Making for Parents, Preschool at home
I’ve written before about how our family spent 1000 hours outside in 2021, and until recently, we had minimal issues with following through. Indoor activities for toddlers usually means our typical play-based learning schedule, but when we miss outdoors time, or...
by Kim | Jan 13, 2022 | Preschool at home
Without daycare for 16 months, we were working parents homeschooling which came with a steep learning curve but immense rewards. After our daycare reopened, we realized that 1) our child was advanced in terms of educational standards expected in the 3K-K range, and 2)...
by Kim | Jan 7, 2022 | Decision Making for Parents, Preschool at home
From the moment lockdowns came for New York in March 2020, we started incorporating outdoor time into our schedules. Toddlers have such short attention spans, and our then 2-year old was not going to sit home without intense parental involvement. It was so much easier...
