Easy Homeschool Preschool Curriculum

Homeschool preschool curriculum should be fun for the parent and the preschooler. The curriculum should teach only what a preschooler needs to know. It should also be inexpensive.

I love preschool. There is so much for them to learn and preschoolers are like little sponges absorbing everything.

You can make your own homeschool preschool curriculum if you consider what your preschooler needs to know.

7 Things Preschoolers Need to Know?

1. Your preschooler will need to learn some social skills. To teach social skills play board games with your preschooler. Board games will help your child learn to take turns. Some preschool games are Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders. Also teach your child to say please and thank you.
2. Preschoolers need to learn about their world. To teach them about their world read books. Besides books they need plenty of time to do things. They need to be able to go outside, plant seeds, and cook. Preschoolers also need time to play.
3. Your child will need to develop their fine motor skill. Give your preschooler lots of opportunity to use their hands. Let them cut with scissors and use crayons. Other activities would include simple wooden puzzles, building blocks, and lacing cards.
4. Preschoolers need to learn some life skills. They need to know what clothes to wear for the weather. Preschoolers need to know to eat healthy food and to brush their teeth. They also need to know some safety rules.
5. Now is the time to teach your child about God. Read Bible stories to them. Take them to church. Teach them about your faith.
6. Help your child develop some oral skills. Talk to your child about the thing in their world. Also have them talk in complete sentences.
7. Help your preschooler keep their enthusiasm toward learning. A lot of preschoolers like to play school. You can take advantage of this by using inexpensive workbooks. Let your child sit on your lap and have cuddle time. Don't make the lesson too long. If your child gets bored stop your lesson.

7 Ways to Teach Preschoolers

1. Provide lots of hands-on activities. Give your child different sensory activities such as hiding items in rice or sand and letting your child find the items. Let your child play with water. Preschoolers also like to string beads or macaroni. Another activity is to let your child play with pattern blocks. When your child is playing with water and small pieces watch your child. You need to be available to keep your child safe.
2. Keep your lessons short. Remember that a preschooler has a short attention span.
3. Let your preschooler play. Provide dress up clothes and dolls. Let them use their imagination.
4. Reading increases your child's vocabulary. It also teaches your preschooler about books and reading.
5. Surround your child with nature. Take your preschooler on walks, or go to the beach, or go to the zoo.
6. Provide preschoolers with lots art supplies. Art supplies help your preschooler develop their fine motor skills and eye hand coordination. Give them play dough, color crayons, glue, finger paint, and a paint brush. When you work along side your child he learns more about art.
7. Talk to your child talk about the things that you see on your walks and what you are doing Talking to your child helps him learn how to communicate. Talk to your child in complete sentences. Also ask him some questions. Ask questions that require more than a yes or no answer.

Inexpensive Homeschool Preschool Curriculum

Slow and Steady Get Me Ready by June Oberlander has activities to develop children birth to age five. For each age she talks about what the child should be able to do. She also says that if your child seems unresponsive to save the activity for another day.

Mom's Big Activity Book for Building Little Characters by Rebecca Bertolini is a Christian preschool curriculum. Each monthly theme has weekly activities. There are five daily activities for each week. I used the curriculum when my younger children were preschoolers. All of the materials that are required are easily found around the house.

Your public library might also have resources that you can borrow. Since preschool is such a short time don't spend a lot on curriculum.

Complete Curriculum

Sometimes we feel more comfortable having a more complete homeschool preschool curriculum. When looking for a curriculum to try to find one that has a lot of hands-on activities. If you need to show someone that you are indeed teaching your four year old keep the activities in a large tote.

You can buy a complete preschool curriculum. I did use the Weaver Interlock program with my older children. The program is written for preschool and kindergarten. I liked it because it went through the 7 days of creation. I did not use it with my younger children because each of the other Weaver units had activities for kindergarten. If I used the Interlock I would have had to plan two different lessons.

There are other companies that provide homeschool preschool curriculum. I would stay away for curriculum that has a lot of workbooks. If you do use workbooks make it a fun experience. You do not want your preschooler to loose their enthusiasm for learning.

You can provide a homeschool preschool curriculum for your three and four year olds. You do not need to spend a lot of money.

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