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Homeschool Setup: Pre-K & Kindergarten
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items All of my favorite homeschool supplies! My girl is 4.5 years old. The beginning of the year we decided to do a "trial run" to see how manageable homeschooling would be for our family. We LOVE IT. These have been our stand outs!
Sections
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Phonics, Reading & Writing Essentials
Math Curriculum & Manipulatives
Geography Instructional Plan
Science Curriculums & Add Ons
Art Elective
Extras that we love!
Phonics, Reading & Writing Essentials
I truly believe that if you buy the Logic Of English Foundations A&B packages, you will have all you need to be successful teaching your child phonics, reading, and writing. You do not need anything else to contribute, however if you are looking ...
I researched English curriculums for a solid year before taking the plunge. We began using Logic Of English (LOE) with my daughter earlier this year and she has FLIED through the curriculum.
This curriculum is so thorough. Where many other curricul...
Logic of English Foundations
My daughter absolutely refused to hold a pencil until I stumbled upon this video and she became OBSESSED!!! She is now thrilled to practice handwriting every day and to draw her "Ally."
How to HOLD A PENCIL!! - (Easy for Kids!) - with Ally the Alligator
Again, if you buy the LOE Foundations set you do not need this. If you chose another curriculum to teach handwriting - tactile cards are SO good! They show the direction of how to write each letter, but are textured so your child can feel the way the...
26-Piece Textured Touch and Trace Cards
Each day after learning a new letter with the LOE handwriting lesson, my daughter would use this specific book to practice tracing her letters before moving on to her handwriting whiteboard and notebook. I loved having this as a practice buffer so sh...
Write and Wipe ABC 123: Scholastic Early Learners
These whiteboards are essential for at home practice with handwriting. These introduce your little ones to the Top Line, Midline and Baseline of handwriting to help them practice correct placement of letters.
Double sided white board
This notebook is my favorite for handwriting practice! Each morning, before beginning our English lesson, my daughter practices the letters she knows on these sheets. This allows us to flip through and see progress.
Handwriting Notebook
I LOVE these! These are perfect for when your little is beginning to practice writing small phrases - focusing on the proper placement and spacing of letters and words. These books make practice more fun because they can draw pictures at the top of t...
Henoyso Primary Composition Notebook
Toddlers Can Read makes the best phonogram flashcards on the market, I am convinced. (Other than LOE, which describes the sounds on the back). We LOVE ours. They are strong, durable, not at all flimsy or able to be ripped.
These are perfect because...
Flashcards – Toddlers CAN Read
Even if you decide to not use Logic of English for your phonics curriculum, I think purchasing only the flashcards for your collection will be helpful! You can see in these photos that one side has the lowercase letter - and the back describes EACH S...
Flashcards
This was our first introduction to magnetic letters - my daughter loved all the colors! Before she was able to handwrite her letters, she would use these to build words. These are great for on whiteboards, magnetic chalkboards, or the fridge.
Magnetic Alphabet Letters Kit
We pretty quickly upgraded to these magnetic phonics tiles for my four year old! I prefer these to the other ones because the vowels are all one color and consonants are all one color. This helped my daughter when identifying the difference, and find...
109 Phonics Letter Tiles
When your little is learning how to blend words, you're going to want access to a lot of CVC words to practice getting faster and faster. These are my favorite cards, so affordable, and easy practice for my girl. You can come up with so many games to...
Decoding CVC Words Flash Cards -
Bobs books are the perfect book for readers trying to learn how reading works. Where to begin reading, which side of the page, how to flow, how to recognize words and sentences.
They have sets that are specific to kiddos that only know how to read ...
Bobs Book Sets
While I enjoy Bobs Books - I LOVE THIS SET 10000xs more!!!! These books are much more enjoyable, follow an actual story, colorful, and engaging. Even better, the end of each book has discussion questions to make sure your reader is retaining what the...
Laugh-A-Lot Phonics: Short Vowels
A little bonus! Homer was the first learning ap that we tried! My daughter still loves to play the games though they are a little under her level now.
HOMER | The Essential Early Learning Program and App for Kids 2-8
Reading eggs is our favorite learning to read Ap! The games are so fun for the kids! You are able to take an entrance test, to see where your child should begin their lessons/games - then watch them quickly build new skills as they play! Especially g...
Reading Eggs
If you want to allow a little screen time, Alphablocks is the MOST CLEVER little show that reinforces blending letters!
Alphablocks
Math Curriculum & Manipulatives
Math at this age is a lot of play and understanding how numbers work together! I rely on the curriculums we have chosen to do the heavy lifting - then add in counting and basic math skills throughout the day, when it feels complimentary to the activi...
Though my four year old will only technically be starting Pre-K this fall, we have the completed Singapore Math Pre K workbooks and loved them!
We went with Singapore because it is known for its "highly effective, research-based approach to teachin...
Dimensions Math® PK–5 for Homeschool – Singapore Math Inc.
Another very popular math curriculum that we have purchased is Math with Confidence!
Full disclosure, we have not used this with our daughter yet, and have only flipped through and started planning. I love that is is mostly games to get the concept...
Math with Confidence K
A classic manipulative that is wonderful for math learning! (These go on sale often) (also great for strengthening fine motor skills)
MathLink® Cubes, Set of 100
Counters for littles who are too small to link the previous cubes together!
Three Bear Family® Baby Bear™ Counters, Set of 102
Geography Instructional Plan
Our family has decided to teach geography before teaching history. This will give a good foundation for understanding WHERE big events are taking place.
Phenomenal curriculum to begin teaching your child where they are in relation to the rest of the world. Begins with studying their home, street, city, state, country and so on. Several hands on activities presented in each section. We are a craft fam...
Me On the Map
Obsessed with this curriculum!! Our family has passes to Disney World and are planning to pair "Traveling the World" with frequent trips to Epcot. Our daughter is going to love learning about each country, then being able to experience the culture wi...
Traveling the World
If you don't decide to purchase the Me On The Map curriculum, just adding this inexpensive book to your collection would be so beneficial! You could build your own curriculum around the pages of this book. This teaches where children are, relative to...
Me on the Map: Book
A children's atlas is another great tool to have in your collection! If you have a library sale yearly close to where you live, check it out! I bought several children atlas's books for a couple of dollars each.
Best Children's Atlases
Perfect for visuals to keep on hand!
Laminated World Map & US Map Poster Set
What a lot of people do not realize is that backdrops and tapestry's are such an INEXPENSIVE way to add visuals, or just excitement to your space. We love this tapestry of the world. $13!
Riyidecor Kids Map Tapestry
Science Curriculums & Add Ons
Science is a section we will begin to focus more on in the Fall! We tried to get English, Math and Geography under control before adding in new subjects. The curriculum I have listed here is in our collection, but we have not used it yet. The other s...
**purchased but have not used yet**
I have heard nothing but great things about TGATB science. It appears to be something light and flowery (no pun intended) to begin introducing science concepts when the kids are so young. I love the more heavy du...
The Good and The Beautiful Science
These chapter books are my daughter's FAVORITE!!! I love them so much because not only are they magical and entertaining, but each book focuses on a science topic with actual experiments being held inside the pages! We often replicate the experiments...
Zoey and Sassafras
Mystery Science is a fantastic online program that lets you choose your child's grade - then gives video recommendations for what to learn that day. Not only is there videos, but also discussion questions and activities that could be printed out if n...
Mystery Science
WE LOVE THIS KIT!!!! So many exciting experiments that are low mess, easy cleanup, and quick.
Doctor Jupiter My First Science Kit for Kids
Art Elective
Glitterbombers subscription is so well worth the price! I think as my daughter ages, we will use it more and more. They have a wide range of already created art projects, divided into age/ experience level - ready for you to introduce to your child! ...
Soul Sparklettes Art
Extras that we love!
Our beloved magnetic chalkboard! We love this for our magnetic letters especially!
4 THOUGHT Magnetic Chalk Board 24x36"
I cannot say enough good things about the Yoto player. This is my single favorite purchase I have ever made for my family. Well loved, we never turn it off!
Yoto Player