Homeschooling: Early Childhood (Ages 2-5)

This list was compiled from several TS Members offering websites with free information and materials to help construct a curriculum for your toddlers and preschool children. Thank you!


PreK Resources: (Freebies)

Letter of the Week: Preparatory Curriculum for Reading for ages 2-4.
Toddlers At Home, Too: Activities for Homeschooling Toddlers ages 2-4.
Preschool Express: Ideas and Activities for Teachers, Parents
Homeschooling for Preschool: Tips, Ideas and Advice
Homescholling on a Shoestring: More Activities
Successful Homeschooling: Gateway to resources
Free Online Reading Lessons: 55 words a child will need to learn to read
KinderSite: free games, stories etc.
The Ounce Scale: gauge developmental milestones and get some activity ideas
Early Childhood Growth Chart


Prepackaged Curricula:

Mother Goose Time: monthly subscriptions starting at $47 a month
Time4Learning
Handson Homeschooling
ABC Home Preschool
Click N read Phonics: Phonics curriculum
Progressive Phonics: Phonics curriculum
Well Trained Mind is a great site to purchase used curriculum. Go to message boards, then Sale and Swap


Craft and Activity Sites:

Starfall: Beginning reading and phoneme awareness
Everything Preschool
DLTK Kids: free printables
Enchanted Learning: requires a membership
First School Preschool Activities: free lesson plans and printables
AAA Math: free online math games
Fun Brain: free online educational games

How to make Rebecca's (r-twins) Alphabet Books use the following sites:

http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/trace.htm
http://bogglesworldesl.com/alphabet_worksheets.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp8.htm
http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/abcprint.htm?n=abc
http://www.beginningreading.com/Free%20Workshe.htm

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT REBECCA!


Recommended books:

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Please add any other online resources that you think are essential in planning a curriculum!

 

I just had to add that I've heard that the series "Explode the Code" is great to go along with "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons"... I used that book when Emma was 3.5, and she's been reading ever since. I haven't tried out the Explode the Code series, but it looked great for phonics. And there are pre-books in that series for kids who aren't yet reading.

 

Oak Meadow seems to have a wonderful preschool package. We are using K and 1 this year for my DD and haven't used their preschool. But if it is anything like K and 1, it seems so sweet and gentle. I am just in love with this curriculum so far.

www.oakmeadow.com

Two other good forums for HSing are:

The Homeschool Spot (general forum)
http://www.homeschoolspot.com/

The Homeschool Library (general forum/used curriculum for sale)
http://www.thehomeschoollibrary.com/forum/index.php

 

I cannot believe I have never seen this sub forum or sticky before. I cannot wait to get through all these sites!

 

This is great!!! I started one of the programs with my son, and he loves it!!!

 

I just found this site and am loving it! A-Rhyme-a-Week. It uses nursery rhymes to teach literacy skills like rhyming and word families. It goes well with this visual for teaching word families that we've already been using.

 

Here is a site that has TONS of sing-a-longs for several different subjects. This lady's whole site has a lot of great resources: Mrs. Jones Room. She is a K teacher, but much of this stuff we have covered in preschool.