ALL THINGS PRE-HOMESCHOOL

EVERYTHING PRESCHOOL

 If it's fun for a preschooler, it's probably listed at this site !

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HOMESCHOOL PRESCHOOL CURRICULUMS


This site does sell curriculum, but also offers free preschool resources likes worksheets, too.

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 KIDS SOUP

 Preschool activities and craft ideas with a theme.

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  LEARNING TREASURES
A one-stop preschool resource site, complete with lots of free, printable materials.
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PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Easy preschool activities for busy moms and teachers.
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  PRESCHOOL CRAFTS Here is a list of fun crafts that you and your children can do together.

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 PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
 Loads of free themed topics to use.
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  PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Providing links to lesson plans, worksheets, tips, activities and more for your preschool child!
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  PRESCHOOL EXPRESS
 Monthly themed activities with great ideas.

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 PRESCHOOL LEARNING ONLINE
Lots of different topics for use in your preschool homeschool; songs, toys, stories, many ideas.
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PRESCHOOL PAPER CRAFTS Paper dolls, yarn bugs, bead patterns, scout crafts, much, much more.
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PRESCHOOL RAINBOW
Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans that give preschool children choices.
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SESAME STREET ONLINE
It speaks for itself; Sesame Street online !
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FREE PRINTABLES FOR WORKBOXES
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TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ IN 100 EASY LESSONS
This book has been a favorite for some homeschoolers. "Early readers hold an educational advantage---and the respected DISTAR reading program gives your children that head start. By investing 20 minutes a day, you'll have your preschoolers and non-reading elementary school children reading at a second grade level in 100 days. Covers sound identification, decoding of words and sentences, irregulars, and more. Clear instructions included. 395 pages, softcover."
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TEACH A CHILD TO READ: It's the ears
Learning How to Read Begins in Children's Ears
Most people think children learn how to read through their eyes. But reading is actually learned through the ears. Parents lay a foundation for success in reading by talking to a child, reading books to her, and playing auditory games such as rhyming. The more books you read, the bigger her vocabulary becomes. A bigger vocabulary allows her to recognize lots of words while she reads. If you've read books to her about cheetahs and warthogs, it's more likely she can read those words when her teacher gives a homework assignment about the Serengeti Plains.


Learning to Read, Reading to Learn
What is the normal sequence for children learning how to read?


    * From birth to age three, children listen to lots of words spoken and learn how to talk.
    * Children, aged three to four years old have growing vocabularies, and they learn how to rhyme.
    * In first grade children are taught how to blend letter sounds together to "sound out" words and memorize sight words. They begin reading simple sentences.
    * Second and third graders learn how to read "chapter" books and read fluently with comprehension.


Every once in awhile a parent says to me, "My son can't read because he's lazy." I don't agree with that. A child who can't read is missing important auditory tools:


    * He can't rhyme
    * She doesn't know the short vowel sounds-caused by her inability to hear differences in short vowel sounds. (Short vowels: a-apple, e-elephant, i-igloo, o-octopus, u-umbrella)
    * He can't put word parts together to make words-a skill used in sounding out new words.
    * She has slow recall of letter sounds. She sees letter w and can't remember what it says.


These traits are common to most children who struggle in reading. These are not traits of "laziness" but of auditory and memory deficits. Do the following games and activities to fill in your child's auditory gaps which in turn will improve his reading skills.
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PHONICS VERSUS WHOLE LANGUAGE
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TEACHING YOUR CHILD THE ALPHABET (lots of free printables here; crafts, games, etc)
Alphabuddies Alphabet Section
The alphabuddies are a group of crafts designed to help teach children their ABC's.  Some of the crafts in these sections are only in the Alphabet Buddies (like Angie A and the Awesome Apple) and some are repeats of crafts in other sections (for example, the Cat from the animals section is also listed in the Letter C section as I thought it was a useful Letter C teaching craft)
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