| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling Special Situations Curriculum and Online Resources for Homeschooling Preschoolers by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2006 Resources and curriculum for teaching 3 to 5 year olds at home. Free Online Resources Preschool by Stormie - lots of creative and playful activities Enchanted Learning Preschool and Kindergarten Activities -- lots of free printable activities 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 LessonPlanz.com -- links to lessons, units, printables, etc for preschool, geared toward classroom teachers, but easily adapted to homeschool Musical Games and Songs -- free online ideas from the BBC Magical Childhood -- nice low-tech activities and crafts Homeschool Power -- a homemade family video of children aged 3 - 5 doing things around the house, nice selection of songs accompany it 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 Peep and the Big Wide World -- from the TV show, lots of online educational games and activities Brightly Beaming Resources - free online Letter of the Week curriculum and online support groups for children ages 0 to 8 Fun Ways to Learn About Math -- see the Diner's Math Skills Practice page for many free online preschool math activities 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 Universal Preschool - "the Universe is our preschool" -- free and very original ideas for preschool activities, fun and clever Paula's Archives of Homeschool Advice -- an excellent free assortment of clever preschool activities for homeschoolers Learning Foundations Curriculum -- download an extensive free sample of preschool curriculum (designed for classroom use) Outdoor Games for Preschoolers -- a nice collection from Best-Preschool-Games.com Curriculum Suppliers If you're looking for a separate Reading/Phonics program, checkout the options on the Homeschool Diner's Learning to Read page If you're looking for standards-aligned School-at-Home Preschool curriculum, see each individual supplier for details. 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, has a text narration option, great for special needs children, too! Laurel Springs Preschool Course -- a complete curriculum with teacher's guide provided by this distance learning institution, parents do the actual teaching Living Math -- You don't need a math curriculum to learn about numbers -- math can be learned thru everyday activities and fun stories 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 Related Issues Teaching a child to read is like building a treehouse by Ruth Alice Jurey, a Speech Language Pathologist |
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