Preschool Curriculum

My youngest kiddo, "Popsicle" turned 4 in December. She is outgoing, funny, and has a sunny disposition. She loves to "write" (on her bedroom walls with a sharpie pen) color, and draw. She was SO ready to begin school that we officially started Preschool in August.

She love, love, loves it! Each morning, she comes to breakfast asking if it's time for school yet. I enjoy her enthusiasm!

At first, I wasn't sure what to use for my curriculum. As you know there is so much out there, one can get completely overwhelmed!

Fortunately for me, I found Carissa's site, "1+1+1=1". Once a kindergarten teacher, Carissa has tons of great ideas, as well as hundreds of printables to download for free! We are currently using her "Raising Rockstars Preschool". Each week, we have a letter of the alphabet to learn, a memory verse, a number for the week, and a sight word. She has a week's worth of activities that go along with the lesson, as well as an emergent reader that focuses on her sight word. It's amazing to hear her "read" her story each week!

Linked to her was Erica of "Confessions of a Homeschooler". Erica has made a wonderful curriculum based on the Letter of the Week that enhances Carissa's. You can download her stuff for free one item at a time, or pay $10 for an instant download for all 26 letters. Just recently, Erica has introduced a K4 program that goes along with her current preschool program. It includes more advanced skills, like beginning sounds, blends, writing skills, as well as numerical/alphabetical order.

Also linked to Carissa was Jolanthe of "Homeschool Creations". She has wonderful (free!) printables and has another site called "Preschool Corner". I've used many of her ideas as well!

(All of these ladies' websites are linked on my sidebar. Just click on their button!)

We're currently using Winter Promise's "I'm Ready to Learn" for preschool. We're studying about the pond right now. It includes activities and books to go along with our study. We keep busy, and we're having fun!

We also use Horizon's Prechool curriculum. Popsicle loves the colorful pages!

Here is Popsicle doing her favorite cheer, "Dribble it, pass it."