How do you explain to a 4 year old why you are homeschooling? there’s an elementary school in our neighborhood, so when we pass and kids are walking out or in with their backpacks my daughter talks about how she wants to go to school. I try to explain that we’re going to do that at home and that I’m going to teach her; that we will see her friends at our co-op meet ups, etc.
She has been very resistant to learning from me. She tells me I’m not a teacher 🤣 she would rather play with her Barbie’s although we do spend a lot of time outdoors. She gets irritated when I try to constantly read books to her etc. when we’ve tried a morning menu with dry erase she just scribbles out everything 😅
Any creative ways to “sneak in” learning? The only time she’s interested is when I’ve let her try out the duo lingo kids app and abc mouse app. But I obviously don’t want her to be using screens frequently.
We started after she turned 4 (in January), not last fall because I was not sure if we were homeschooling yet. I feel like she’s a little behind on speech for her age and some other areas so I just don’t want to fail her…
I also have a 2 year old and feel like sometimes she regresses to a lower level when playing with her.