So, I'm not saying that these are necessarily perfectly separate phases. These were just born out of lists I've created and kept as we have progressed. Also, I'm not saying my daughter perfectly has mattered everything in a phase, before we move forward, but rather I've introduced the concepts and determined where she is capable of applying knowledge to keep learning and where we should pause because we are going beyond her skills, or patience level. I always redirect if she's getting frustrated - "Well we can try this again sometime" works wonders with this age 😉. I also am overboard with the praise when she makes a big effort at something new, or is creative about a solution when something is too hard.
I use these objectives to search for activities on Pinterest, several websites (look for posts to come but totschooling.net is one), and Google in general. I pick 3 activities, 15 minutes or less, each day. Often one is a repeat because that's easy for me and automatically reinforces skills for her.
Objectives List 1:
Started at 18 months or less.
Basic Shapes
Basic Colors
Letters
Numbers 1-10
Count to 10
Activities:
Play doh
Finger Paint
Chalk
Crayons
Wonder Color Markers
Basic Puzzles
Objectives List 2:
Started sometime after she turned 2.
Write Letters
Write Numbers
Numbers 11-20
Secondary Shapes (cube, octagon)
More Colors
Drawing Shapes
Opposites
Bigger than/smaller than
Activities:
Above plus
Water"paint" books
Dry Erase books (practice tracing letters, numbers, shapes, finding objects, etc.)
WaterWow Books (Melissa and Doug)
Sorting buttons
Objectives List 3:
Started around 3.
Idea of addition / subtraction
Cutting paper
Folding paper
Mazes
Specific directions (under, above, beside)
Activities:
Watercolors
Puzzles (more advanced)
Beads
Lacing cards
Pattern blocks
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