This year I am teaching Noah (and Isaac, kind of!) preschool at home. He calls it "homeschool preschool" but it's really not very formal or very time-consuming. We are just playing and learning letter sounds together. 
Noah loves his new letters we have cut from cereal boxes. He likes figuring out how to spell things and naming all of the letters. He knows many of the letter sounds, though we are only formally through letter "F." I am loosely using a curriculum I heard of online called Letter of the Week. 
Our "letter of the week" means we work on vocab and letter sounds for each letter. We also pick an animal that begins with that letter and get library books to learn about that animal. This week we are studying elephants and fish. We are doing two letters this week to play catch-up.
We try to do a playdate with our friends weekly for fun playtime. Noah is also learning Bible verses and practicing them with Mommy, making crafts, and participating in his preschool classes at Bible study and at twice a week at church. Nothing formal, just a lot of fun 3-year old playtime! We go to the library weekly and also regularly frequent the children's museum to check out the playscape, the planetarium star shows, and the exhibits. It is really making me think twice about putting him in a formal preschool setting next year at 4.... $150-$200/month for preschool is nothing to sneeze at, and frankly, I really like teaching him at home!
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I am so encouraged to see you so proactive in teaching your kids. I love this. Thanks for the great ideas. You are doing a great job! And I hear you on not wanting to put them in preschool. The years are so short that we get to have them all to ourselves. And also, great job running yet another half! I'm amazed!
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