Before I knew it, my oldest would be going to kindergarten. Granted it was still a year off, but I was kind of freaking out. I really want to be the parent that doesn’t worry about her kids learning everything before they go to school, but I also really want my kids to have a great educational base before they enter kindergarten. I wanted them to have free unstructured play to support their curiosities, but I also wanted some structured, methodical school time. I really wanted to teach my children, but I didn’t really want to put too much time into creating lessons. I really didn’t want to freak out over this, but that is so not my nature😉, so I created what I call preschool LITE. I chose one adventure to take every 2 weeks. Most of these lessons will take about 30-60 minutes/day and will cover 4 days a week. Why only 4 days? We tend to be busy or seriously cranky at least one day a week, so I only plan on having 4 good days. The lessons can be done in one solid period or broken up throughout the day. Since I have three different kids at different ages, I have tweaked some of the activities so that everyone could participate. I tried to use materials that we had around the house and I could whip up without too much prep time. We also have one special skills that we focus on every week that will help us in kindergarten; such as sharing, washing hands, etc.… Mostly these skills are taught throughout the day with gentle reminders.