I could not survive my first year of homeschooling a preschooler without these things!
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Curriculum, Worksheets, & Activities
Play-Based Learning Toys & Apps
Books
For The Classroom
Curriculum, Worksheets, & Activities
When you're new to homeschooling, it can be hard to know where to start or what to teach so your little one gets a well rounded education. These are a great starting point: an open-and-go curriculum and lots of engaging activities.
My toddler loves coloring these while listening to the ABC Adventures podcast
Alphabet Trace & Color Workbook
Play-based, secular curriculum that will help your preschooler learn phonics, counting, shapes, colours, and more!
Meadowlark Learning: Preschool
The most beautiful play-based activities to add into your preschooler's morning basket. Each month focuses on a different theme.
Full Year of Morning Basket
Beautifully designed homeschool printables to help teach your preschooler learn the alphabet, shapes, colors, and numbers
Simple and easy for Little minds wanted to build a relationship with God. My toddler absolutely loves our morning devotion time. You can also purchase colouring sheets to accompany.
Tiny Truths Little Lights Devotional
Coloring sheets to accompany the Tiny Truths Little Lights Devotional. Especially if you have a really young Little, this is an engaging way to keep their attention to devotional as you read through.
Tiny Truths Little Lights Coloring Pages
Play-Based Learning Toys & Apps
For preschool, the best way to foster a love of learning is through play! These are some of our daughter's favourite learning toys
Our favorite game for teaching the alphabet, letter recognition, and phonetic sounds.
Alphabet Matching Memory Game
It always leaves the whole house in giggles! Great for teaching counting, numbers, and following directions
Acorn Soup
Free, engaging, and educational screen time. My toddler loves the mini games thast teach letter sounds the most
Khan Academy Kids
Our 2.5 year old began learning to read CVC words because of this app!
Reading.com
So many educational cards! Our daughter listens to them while she colors or is completing a longer activity
YOTO Player
My toddler loves these! Pair an episode with a letter coloring sheet for a screen-free activity
Podcast: Quentin and Alfie's ABC Adventures
Books
Resource books are a great foundation for special themed unit studies or to any questions your curious little learner may have about the world.
A great foundation for nature unit studies
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature
A great foundation for ocean unit studies
Ocean Anatomy: Curious Parts & Pieces Under Sea
A great foundation for teaching your pre-k about farms
Farm Anatomy: Curious Parts & Pieces of Country Life
A great foundation for creating nature unit studies
Nature Anatomy: Curious Parts & Pieces
A great foundation for teaching your preschooler about food
Food Anatomy: Curious Parts & Pieces
A great foundation for teaching your preschooler about wildlife
Wildlife Anatomy: Curious Lives & Features
A great foundation for teaching your preschooler about insects
Insect Anatomy: Bees, Beetles & Butterflies
A great foundation for teaching your preschooler about birds
Bird Anatomy: Curious Lives of Feathered Creatures
A beautifully-designed book that would be great to use as the foundation for a flower unit study
The Big Book of Blooms
For The Classroom
The absolute essentials for your home classroom
The weekly layout is PERFECT for lesson planning! If you love digital planning and have a tablet, these planners are the absolute BEST!
2026 2027 Academic Elegant Planner - Digital
If you prefer a physical planner, The Happy Planner is also a solid choice with a similar weekly layout (just not as in-depth compared to the digital planner I linked) for lesson planning. I've been a fan of the Happy Planner for over a decade.
Teacher Planners - The Happy Planner
The perfect way to organize all of your homeschool curriculum, craft supplies, and more.
Rolling Storage Cart with 14 Drawers
Jumbo crayons are great for toddlers' small hands as they build the motor skills to write and color
24 Beeswax Jumbo Crayons
The best printer if you'll be printing curriculum and lots of worksheets. Ink lasts so long, saving you money in the long run!
Epson EcoTank Wireless All-in-One Printer
I found it easier to teach my daughter with markers before crayons. These are always so affordable that they are easy to replace.
Crayola Markers
We practice cutting skills a few times a week. These helped me feel confident she wouldn't hurt herself while also actually cutting paper.
Toddler Scissors
Get the PURPLE ones because it makes it easier for Littles to see where they are putting glue on the paper
Elmer's Purple Glue Sticks, Washable
Perfect for preschoolers because the tabletop is similar to a whiteboard. Its easy to clean and offers lots of space for both learning and toys.
