A Little Overwhelming
Now, I know my son’s just about to embark on kindergarten, but finding the right direction to go in is making my head spin. I’m still not sure of his learning style. I do know that, like most children, lots of repetition helps. It’s not always necessary since he’s a human spongs, again, as most kids are at this age. My main concern with him is math skills. His language arts skills are on par, but I’m just not sure how to approach math. I’ve been leaning towards the unit studies approach as it seems the most appropriate for primary learning and a child as hyperactive as mine. It will allow him to focus on one general theme while incorporating a number of "subjects" and maintaining his attention because of the various activities.
An activity I’m really excited about is the lapbook. Again, something else that seems very age appropriate although they are used for any subject or topic in every grade level. But with kindergarten still being the time to lay the foundational learning, it’s great for reinforcement on broad subject matter. For instance, a lapbook on dinosaurs would be great for a 5 year old, I think. Down the road, we’d get into lapbooks on specific dinosaurs or groups of dinosaurs. But theses lapbooks, are usually made with file folders and are an actvitiy within themselves–a craft project of sorts. You can find relevant pictures and use any small articles or voacbulary words or whatever and glue them into the folder and voila!
