Slow Schooling Chapter Nine: Toddlers to Big Kids

Toddlerhood is wonderful!

Homeschooling a Toddler

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 09:23

Sometimes I have to wonder at how hard we make it in teaching our toddlers...I never stressed about how to teach any of my toddlers how to walk as babies and I didn't buy curriculum to teach them to form words. But, somehow, they turn three or four and PANIC sets in. What if I don't teach them right? What if I miss the key hour for implanting the understanding of the numberic system? What if, what if.....they don't get into a private college on a full scholarship ride on their way to making $300,000 a year all because I didn't have (gasp!) the right manipulatives to stretch their brains?!

I love toddlers. I love their chubby little hands, their moist pursed kissie lips, and their wide wondering eyes. I love how, when finding out there is a boundary, they smile up at you while pointing their little feet *just* over the line to see if anything happens. And they're so busy! One minute they're in your cupboards taking out all of the pa…