May. 3, 2006 - Preschool at home
(note: i posted this on the sonlight boards but thought it might be useful to others being that i put literally HOURS into researching all this wanted to share the wealth :-)
So, in light of the preschool thread, i thought i'd post another idea
for those of us with 2.5-5yo's. First, to explain... i decided to do
something different when i realized that its my older children, ages 10
adn 7 who get FAR more attention during the day, and hence the youngers
act out and just generally don't get as much as they otherwise would
were they not part of a large family, etc.
So I embarked on a mission to find a preschool program i could do with
my little ones, so they'd be more filled and hopefully, as a nice bonus
would be a little more cooperative about me doing school with the
olders, without me having to stick them in front of the tube every
day!!!!
Basically, online i found 3 major cagegories of preschool stuff.. 1.
lots of free stuff you can print out to use to teach preschool concepts
free but not well organized.. 2. preschool curricula you can buy, such
as kidcrafters which has all the ideas you need and is nicely organized
but supplies are not included. 3. All encompassing kits that include
craft supplies along with the curriculum.
Links--
Category one links
http://www.kinderprintables.com/dailyprintables.htm
http://www.daycareresource.com/preschoolprintables.html
http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/index.html
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/free_printables.htm
Category 2 links:
http://www.kidcrafters.com
http://www.reachforthe-stars.com/
http://www.childcarelounge.com/diva/DIVA.htm free sample on the site
Category 3 links:
http://www.carolscurriculum.com/
http://www.earlybeginnings.com/sample.html
this one has a sample 3 days which is $10 but it doesn't tell you
shipping is another $7 or so until AFTER you have been charged.. ticked
me off, but the sample came today, its nice!
http://cubbiescurriculum.com/kitcontents.htm this one has samples too, i ordered one, hasn't come yet, just ordered over the weekend
https://www-secure.funshineexpress.c...bcat.asp?ID=24 This one looked good.
http://www.preschoolcurriculum.com/
https://preschool-program.com/index.html
http://www.leap-learning.com/ this one has samples too, ordered it not here yet..
http://www.funsteps.com/ i "think" this is the one that clearences their curricula from past months at 50% off.. one of them does that!
http://www.creativediscoverieskits.com/ this is probably my first choice, sight unseen... no samples though...
http://mothergoosetime.com/
if you are confused as all get out, this site puts many of these on one page and compares them!!
http://www.childcarelounge.com/articles/compare.htm
So anyway, i'm trying to decide what to do... i have a friend with
Kidcrafters, so i'm thinking of using that. have to print out
everything though, and buy my own craft stuff, leaning toward doing
that ahead of time. I'm having a baby in July and want to be prepared
with stuff to do that doesn't need a lot of prep time...
Still thinking though about those remarkably tempting kids that include EVERYTHING!!!! :-)
Rebecca
