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Preschool at Home
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items Want to homeschool your toddler but don't know where to start? I was a preschool teacher for 7 years and have some great suggestions for you. Trust me, this is going to be fun!
Sections
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Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Art
Materials
Literacy
Focus on teaching through the letters in your child's name first. At this stage, we want to expose our students to phonics and letters constantly.
Building letters is not only essential for identifying them, but it also helps with pre writing skills.
SYNARRY Wooden Alphabet Puzzles for Kids 3-5
Love love love these audible flash cards. Such a good reinforcement for students learning letters and phonics.
QuTZ ABC Learning Flash Cards for Toddlers 2-4
We're not trying to get our preschoolers to spell with this tool, but building words with them and helping them connect letters to meaning.
KMUYSL See & Spell Learning Educational Toys
How should you introduce letters to your child? You should start with their name. Names are the best tools when beginning to teach letters and phonics.
Fat Brain Toys Wooden Personalized Name ...
The illustrations on these cards are fabulous. Not to mention the larger size of the flash card itself.
SpringFlower Sight Words Flash Cards with ...
Mathematics
At this stage, we want to teach our students what numbers 1-100 are, but only manipulate numbers 1-10. The main takeaway is that students acknowledge that numerals have meaning and we use them to count.
Great visual for preschoolers to connect numerals to their meaning.
Finger Counting Math Toys, Homeschool Supplies ...
Useful for identifying shapes and colors, but also developing those fine motor skills.
Dailyfunn Montessori Toys Color&Shape Sorting ...
LOVE these beanbag tools. I would use these all the time in my classroom and come up with all sorts of games and songs.
Educational Insights Shapes Bean Bags
Classic manipulatives for a reason. Students love the bears and they stay engaged during the activity.
Bmag Counting Bears with Matching Sorting Cups
Great for identifying a wide variety of shapes and developing spatial awareness skills.
3 Bees & Me Wooden Pattern Blocks - Montessori
Science
Science for this age is really just introducing topics of curiosity to your child. It should mainly focus on their very familiar environment (human body, nature, observable forces, etc.)
Busy books are fantastic for kinesthetic learners. Age-appropriate and durable, I really like this tool for teaching preschoolers human anatomy.
Freebear Montessori Busy Book for Kids, Human Body
I would have loved a science set like this as a teacher. Life cycle kits were coveted among the teachers, specifically in our nature unit.
Eforcase Wooden Montessori Life Cycle Tray ...
Great earth science kit for a great price! It's hard to find such affordable science kits.
STEM Toy Rock Science Kit Geology Mineral ...
Students really engage with this tool and you can buy/collect more samples for them to look at depending on what you're studying at the time.
GeoSafari Jr. My First Kids Microscope Toy
Great introductory kit to force and motion that gets students curious about friction and ramps.
STEM Force and Motion Activity Set
Art
Let art be creative and child-led. No product art here, please!
Love brushes like this for process art!
READY 2 LEARN Textured Art Tools - Set of 4
These cups are LIFESAVERS. Do yourself a favor now and get them before you have paint everywhere.
U.S. Art Supply 10 Piece No Spill Paint Cups
Activity pages to develop those fine motor skills.
Snip Snip! | Art & Craft Activity Kit (ages 3-7)
Love giving students different texture mediums to work and be creative with.
WATINC Farm Animals Felt Story Board Set 3.5Ft ...
Reinforce shapes knowledge, develop fine motor skills, and let students create process art. Win-Win-Win.
12 Pieces Geometric Stencils Template Set
Materials
Teaching materials you will want to include in your learning space not only for the educational purposes, but also for your sanity.
Visuals, even in the homeschool setting, are vital for reinforcing knowledge.
Lilias 18 Themes Educational Posters for Toddlers
Very important to have an alphabet chart somewhere visible for your student.
36 Pieces ASL Alphabet Line Bulletin Board Set ...
Trust me, you will want to laminate everything not only for the durability during the activities, but also to save your materials for future use.
Scotch Thermal Laminator, 2 Roller System
Everything should be labeled in your child's learning environment with words and pictures. This keeps the learning space organized, but also develops your child's understanding of letter/word meanings.
Odaro Q30 Label Maker Machine with Tape, Mini ...
You'll use these way more than you think and it will preserve activity sheets for future use.
SUNEE 30 Packs Oversized Dry Erase Pocket Sleeves