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An often requested topic that can be polarizing, but doesn’t have to be: Homeschooling preschool! Join us as we discuss preschool from a far bookend and a near bookend point of view! As usual, we provide ideas for making it personal, share our Homeschooling Moments of the Week, and end with a hack or encouragement!

1:36 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

4:07 Topic Talk: Homeschooling Preschool?

13:28 Rachel being a neuroscientist on the podcast

19:08 Physical development matters

19:33 Slingerland Institute for Literacy

20:00 Curriculum?

20:46 Counting Bears

20:54 Trudy Palmer’s The Gift of Reading

21:47 In One Ear (and Hopefully) Not Out the Other

22: 58 There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

23:10 Caps for Sale

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

23:16 Honey for a Child’s Heart

23:28 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

23:31 The Read Aloud Family

24:00 Learn From Mindy’s Mistakes

26:43 Beads to string

29:09 Make It Personal: Near Bookends

30:06 Make It Personal: Far Bookends

31:36 Take This With You: Mindy (birthday hack)

32:07 Birthday hat

33:00 Take This With You: Rachel (encouragement)

Bookend Homeschoolers on Instagram Mindy at gratefulforgrace

Rachel at colemountainhomeschool