IDEAS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN TO DO

I've been homeschooling for thirteen years now. In the early years, I used to keep a special school box for the child that wasn't quite ready for school, but who wanted to feel like they were "doing school". This worked wonders and made them feel special. Here is a list of what I put in that box for them: puzzles, manipulatives, special books, coloring books, crayons and color pencils, scissors and paper, homemade playdough, books on tape, colors, cuts paper, Lauri shapes, wooden magnet dolls or felt dolls, picture books, paint with water sheets, and sewing cards. Sometimes they would just play alone in their room or listen to a CD.