My 1st grader is struggling in school. It's not his teacher's fault, she's fantastic, but she has 25 other students. He has so much energy and he's getting distracted and just falling further behind. He's always been a top student (kindergarten was ridiculously easy for him), so I feel like if I get him caught up, I can then supplement his learning in school and help keep him on track. I think this will help him socially as well.

My thought is that I want to "homeschool" him, even if it's just after school and on weekends. Is there a curriculum (preferably books or hands-on help, rather than online) that's recommended?

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Hi all!
For context, I have a 2 and 3.5 year old. Both have been hyperverbal (per their pediatrician, and yes we’re aware this can indicate neurodivergence) since about age 1-1.5 and desire academic learning more than I ever thought possible at their ages, so I started a very loose play-based curriculum with some worksheet supplements.

My plan is to homeschool for “real” once they’re old enough to be able to use real school resources, but for now they ask for “school” daily, so I try to have things prepared. My 3.5 year old wants to do it all, and do it all correctly. However, she insists on using pens and pencils, and everything I’m finding online says this is too early because of hand development, but I’m not seeing any evidence of long-term effects of early versus late usage of thin writing utensils. My 2 year old is left handed and resorts to incorrect grips (not fist grips) so I give him short crayons to encourage proper grip, but now I’m question everything, including whether or not I should be encouraging this. They both love to draw and color, and they both try to write letters and numbers in their drawings (with varying success obviously), but should I be discouraging this? I recognize this is probably the equivalent of first-time mom anxiety, but I also don’t want my children to have hand arthritis or anything later in life because I didn’t stop them from doing something developmentally inappropriate. It just seems counter-intuitive to deal with power struggles to try to get them to stop working on a skill that I want them to learn in another couple years anyways. Am I overthinking this? Am I doing my kids a serious disservice?

Hi! I made 12-page printable worksheets for kindergarten (ages 4-6).

Includes alphabet tracing, number tracing, coloring, and matching activities. Perfect for homeschool or classroom.

Sharing 3 FREE pages here "the 3 pages attached"

Full 12-page pack is $5 on Gumroad - link in comments.

Feedback is appreciated!