If you have the time and inclination to teach your pre-school kids at home before you let them out in the big wide-world of school buses, lunch boxes, and playground fi… friends, then these tips would probably help you out.

Browse through school books or research about the prescribed school curriculum. Take note of the different skills and levels of competence that your child need to develop for an easier academic life at school. Create an outline of your curriculum. Remember that your kid will soon work on a more rigorous schedule at school, so try to make home schooling really fun. Try to think of activities that you can incorporate into house tasks (baking, gardening, etc.) or into a few field trips to local places such as the park or the zoo (Science), the museum or the public library (Social Studies), or even grocery shopping (Math).

Make it very hands-on as possible. Children like to work with their hands. Let them do the measuring for baking while you talk to your child about simple fractions. Let him or her write and draw you a simple picture book and let him or her read it to you instead at bedtime. Bring an animal book with you when you go to the zoo and let your child point which animals are which. Let him compare and contrast the drawings from the real deal.

Give your child a scrapbook where he or she can put in his or her thoughts on the activities for the day. He or she may collect a few leaves or your child may draw pictures to put in. This is important as it allows your child to have an outlet for thoughts and opinions.

Let technology help you. Educational computer software may help in skills development and educational DVD’s may also explain some unfamiliar topics.