| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling Special Situations Kindergarten Curriculum Options and Free Online Resources by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright 2007 Free Online Resources for Kindergarten Mr Roger's Neighborhood -- an interactive site filled with fun activities for young children and activity guides for parents, plus the words and sound clips (using RealPlayer) for many of his most famous songs PBS Kids -- interactive games, music and coloring, plus links to several websites of favorite PBS TV shows Enchanted Learning Preschool and Kindergarten Activities -- lots of free printable activities Enchanted Learning K - 3 Theme Units -- hundreds of free fun printable activities, a great website to browse for more ideas LessonPlanz.com -- links to lessons, units, printables, etc for K - 2, geared toward classroom teachers, but easily adapted to homescool Preschool by Stormie - lots of creative and playful activities for Preschool and Kindergarten Magical Childhood -- nice low-tech activities and crafts Boowa & Kwala -- 490+ free online games for kids under 10, teaches use of the mouse and educational themes, from a British TV program Sesamee Street Lyrics -- words and sound clips Main Street by Interactica.com -- each building houses a different activity that helps children learn to use a computer mouse Brightly Beaming Resources - free online Letter of the Week curriculum and online support groups for children ages 0 to 8 Be a Word Detective by Kathy Gursky at The School Bell -- learn to talk about words you see in everyday situations, free online activities (a good website to browse :-) Kindergarten Curriculum Suppliers School-at-Home Kindergarten curriculum are sold by each separate supplier If you're looking for a separate Reading/Phonics program, checkout the options on the Homeschool Diner's Learning to Read page Living Math -- You don't need a math curriculum to learn about numbers -- math can be learned thru everyday activities and fun stories Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins -- Mathematical activities for parents and their 2- to 5-year-old children Before Five in a Row - by Jane Claire Lambert - (preK - 6) a literature-based unit study approach, provides 5-day lesson plans and activities for each book covered, for ages 2 - 12, arithmetic not included, optional Bible supplement available Sonlight Curriculum-- (preK-12) Evangelical Christian-focused, literature-based liberal arts curriculum that discusses other beliefs in their "world studies" units, some use Sonlight as the foundation for a "lower-stress" approach to classical education, provides "Instructor's Guides" to implement daily lessons (minimizes parent prep time), complete and partial curriculum packages available Oak Meadow -- (PreK - 12) Waldorf inspired curriculum Ruth Beechick - educator Ruth Beechick describes her approach to a Christian-focused, literature-based, eclectic style of homeschooling, she also wrote the "Three "R's" Series" for teaching K - 3rd at home, includes when to teach various topics within the general subject areas. Time4Learning -- (preK - 8) completely online, web-based standards-aligned curriculum, includes interactive, self-paced lessons, activities, printable worksheets, learning games, and assessments, children may work at different levels in different subjects, text narration option included, focus is on language arts and math with social studies and science provided as a "bonus", educational content provided by CompassLearning® Odyssey, also known as "ChildU", monthly subscription Laurel Springs Kindergarten Courses -- two choices of complete curriculum with teacher's guides, plus some online classes offered Other Educational Resources Schlessinger Media (a division of the Library Media Company) - over 1000 educational videos (many of them award-winning) on all topics and for all grade-levels, often available thru public libraries Living Math -- You don't need a math curriculum to learn about numbers -- Math can be learned thru everyday activities and fun stories The Diner's Favorite ABC Books The Diner's Favorite Easy Reader Books I Learn at Home -- a series of stories about an eclectic homeschool family, as told by the 5 year-old sister, great introduction to the idea of homeschooling and a fun springboard to using unit studies and unstructured learning in your homeschool Evan-Moor Educational Publishers -- (preK - 6) a variety of standards-aligned workbooks, thematic units, and skills practice books ETA/Cuisenaire -- educational products for Kindergarten science, math, reading Kids Activities -- a Yahoo! group where parents share ideas for projects, crafts, and other educational hands-on activities Primary Art and Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Favorite Picture Book Illustrators and many others by MaryAnn F. Kohl - great project ideas that emphasize the experience of creating and enjoying the medium.. not copywork or trying to make a picture that others will "like". Related Issues Teaching a child to read is like building a treehouse by Ruth Alice Jurey, a Speech Language Pathologist |
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