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Early Childhood & Preschool Resources

Singing helps children learn body parts, learn about lots of themes, and do different actions.  I have lots of songs on my Children Songs Page.  They like nursery rhymes, like action verses, and finger plays.  They love repetition.

Children also learn through play. They use their imagination to have fun and learn about themselves and what they can do as a person. Let your children play with things that you have around the house. For example, clothes, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, empty containers of baby wipes, boxes of all types, hats, books, old calendars, bean bags (where you have your child toss a bean bag into a decorated box), balloons (where you play with the balloons by kicking it around the house), and many more things that are safe for children to play with.

Children learn more if they are not forced to do something.  Most of the times (if not all) they will not want to do it.  Let them do what they enjoy to do.

Art: Do crafts that the children choose how they want their art project to look like.  Put out paints and different tools (cotton swaps, paint brushes, etc) out.  Let the child make his/her own creation (it will be different than any other childs work and you won't get bored at looking at the same thing that is on the wall).

Fun and Games: Children love to have fun and do lots of games.  Play with bubbles, have fun with tangrams (shapes), etc.  A child can learn science, math, and more from playing.  Integrate all subjects into one so children will have fun.

If you are trying to find a list of what your child or students should know at a certain age, go to Typical Course of Study.  I feel children learn when they are ready to learn something and you shouldn't push them to learn anymore if they are not ready to do so.  Use it as your guide but you don't have to follow it exactly (especially homeschoolers).
Also at Skills Lists By Michele Lewis (a homeschooler) has other recommendations for ages 2, 3, and 4.  She also has other resources for unpreschooling.

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Preschool Kidz Learning Materials & Resources
Preschool At Home For 55 Cents Day!

Horizons Preschool Curriculums


eBooks
Printable Game eBooks / Instant Books

QuickCraft eBooks
Full Set
QuickCraft eBooks are VERY POPULAR on our website.  It is for ages 1-8.  You can buy these as individual themes or as sets (which is cheaper).

Singing Games for Parachute Play eBook

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E-Book: Creating A Rich Environment and a Fun Place to Learn from TOS


Teacher Created Resources eBooks & Books

Magazines for Preschoolers & Magazines for Ages 3-7



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Educational Products & Resources
Zoobooks -- Board Books for Toddlers

Desert Blossom Learning -- Books & More Preschool and Early Childhood Resources
Safety Resources

Reciprocal Links 
Apples4theTeacher
Free interactive educational activities sorted by subject (ages 3-9) - math, science, social studies, language arts, creative arts, and foreign language. Talking books and games reinforce concepts and language skills (English, Spanish, Gaelic, Polish, American Sign Language).
Easy Fun School
Education Atlas - Online Map to Education, Online Degrees and Distance Learning
Free Download Music Resource site for people that want to download free music.  Hundreds of articles, newsletters and links to make it convenient and easy to download free music.  All these resources are FREE.
Letter of The Week Preschool Curriculum
Free Worksheets for kids (Preschool-fifth grade)
More links at: Reciprocal & Viewers Links.

Viewers Links
Aven's Corner Preschool games and activities for children with special needs New 1/14/10
Everything Preschool
We have thousands of ideas sorted by theme, alphabet, etc.  (Including coloring pages.)
KinderSite Project "Where kids play and teachers learn."
LessonSense
Free lesson plans, crafts, ideas, worksheets, printables and downloadable materials for kindergarten and elementary school teachers
Marys Curriculum Seeds
A free educational site that helps teachers K-3 bring their curriculum to life.
Natural & Waldorf Toys at Three Sisters Toys
Peekuboo
is an online library of FREE toddler and preschooler activities. It also has a neat, optional feature allowing you to share the stories and games while video-chatting. New 11/09/09

Preschool Express by Jean Warren
A free on-line activity newsletter for parents and teachers of young children by Jean Warren. Each issue contains, crafts, music, learning games, a day-by-day activity calendar and articles about how children learn.  She also have FREE patterns to download and activities to go with them.

More links at: Reciprocal & Viewers Links.

Printables & Other Resources
A Child's Place Themes (including printables), felt boards, charts & printouts, recipes, party ideas, and more.
A Kids Heart Holidays, Bible, Clipart, Greeting Cards, Sun Shine Room, For Teachers (including manuscript paper that you can type what you want and print it), Shapes, All Sorts, and more.
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Activity sheets and Project Helpers, Theme Units, Fun Activities, Links, and more.
abcschoolhouse: Freebies Stuff Activities, recipes, charts.
April's Preschool Activities Activities and printables and traceables (for the first two topics): Letters, Numbers, Shapes and Colors
Bry-Back Manor Lots of printables, coloring pages, holidays, garden fun (seasons), games (including holidays and books)!
Copycat Press Inc. Nature notebook, Valentine note, seminole doll, election page toppers, 3-D Fish, monkey manners with a moveable monkey, bunny letter, groundhog coin, turkey work holder, border page, shoe clues, poetry booklet (front page), valentine turtle tote, ancient Egyptian hieoglyphs, dog stuff (birthday certificate & lost tooth envelope), carp kite, field trip carryall, bird joural, and more will come.  These are wonderful for different holidays. I don't know if they will keep these there so go download what you like.
DLTK's Educational Activities
Eduplace.com: Shape Books
First-School Activity pages, crafts, printables, etc.
Free Worksheets.com Free worksheets, free software, activities, and more; including Ages 3-6 and Other Ages
Free Worksheets: preschool worksheets Big, Bigger, Biggest, How Many? - Count/write how many to 1-5 and 6-10, Trace and Color (shapes), Dinosaur Number practice - Numbers 1 - 5 & 6-10, Number recognition 0 - 3, Larger Number, ABC Maze, Number Match, Patterns (shapes), Alphabet Fun, Dino Numbers, Animal Mix-up, Cupcake Fun - Number recognition to 9, Dinosaur Same or Different, and Fishy Fun (shapes).
KidZone
KinderPrintables
LearningPage.com This site has pdf files, books, and more to download or to view on thier site.  You need to sign up to view most of these.
Planning (Oceans, Zoo Animals, Dinosaurs, Insects, & Spiders), Basic Sheets (Alphabet Worksheets), Theme Sheets: Funsheets, Murals, Cut Outs for math, language arts, science, and fundamentals.
Lessonplanz.com: Preschool Lesson Plans and Resources Book Activities, Dramatic Play Activites, Health and Nutrition, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, Thematic Units, Songs and Poetry, and Worksheets and Printable Pages including Coloring Pages
Oley School Misc. Worksheets It has a bear clock to learn to tell time and other worksheets.
Preschool Activities @ TeachersandFamilies Lots of themes!
Preschool Education
Preschool Lesson Plans, Activities, & Worksheets
Preston Online - Free Worksheets for English, Mathematics, and Science (Preschool through High School)
Sesame Street Workshop Coloring Pages
Scissor Skills These are cute!
TeachNow.com Free patterns everyday, free award maker, free downloadable book "Reading Activities for Fun" if you register, and products you can purchase.
Under 5's - Pre -school Education Worksheets Find worksheets under the different themes.  Other Worksheets: Alphabet, numbers, shapes, pencil control, counting, matching, and spot the difference.
Worksheets Unlimited
Zini Activity Pages This has different concepts that children can learn and they are for different holidays.


Themes & More
See Viewers Links.

A Home Away From Home - Preschool Curriculum Themes with Ideas and Crafts: Children Around the World, The Five Senses, and Birds.
A Kids Heart Holidays, Bible, Clipart, Greeting Cards, Sun Shine Room, For Teachers (including manuscript paper that you can type what you want and print it), Shapes, All Sorts, and more.
A World of Kindergartens
abcteach Free Activity sheets and Project Helpers, Theme Units, Fun Activities, Links, and more.
Acorn Academy
Activities List: Toddlers - Early Elementary Grades Art, songs, games, snacks, rhymes, and other activities 57 themes at this site.  Theme: Apples, Balloons, Bears, Bees, Bells, Birds, Boxes, Bubbles, Bunnies, Butterflies, Buttons, Cameras, Candles, Cans, Caterpillars, Cats, Circles, Clowns, Cookie Cutters, Corn, Cowboys, Dinosaurs, Eggs, Feet, Fish, Gingerbread People, Groundhogs, Hands, Hats, Hearts, Leaves, Lions & Lambs, Milk, Paper Plates, Peanuts, Pizza, Popcorn, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Rain, Reindeer, Rocks, Sand, Shadows, Shapes, Snow, Spiders, Stars, The Sun, Teeth, Trees, Turkeys, Water, Watermelons, Worms, Yarn, and, Zebras
Activity Idea Place: Activity Index  Themes (including holidays).
Alphabet Soup Thematic units, holiday units, games and activities for kids; teacher and parent resources; and crafts, humor and recipes for all! The thematic units include bears, zoo animals, Johnny Apple Seed, and dinosaurs.
Childcare and Beyond
Child Care Division of J & S Enterprises Themes, recipes, etc.
ChildFun.com Activities and printables!
Cozy Cottage: Monthly Themes & Ideas Dinosaurs, Apples, Colors, Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, Zoo, and Jungle Animals, Father's Day (could be used for Mother's Day too), Under the Sea  Adventure, All About Fish, Summer Ideas, Alphabet Ideas, December Holidays, Fall, Winter, April Showers Bring May Flowers, Spring Ideas, Let's Visit the Farm!, Math, Foods, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth of July, Pizza Anyone?, and Grandparent's Day.
Creation Kids - creative Christian curriculum for today's creative kids
De-Lite Creations @ Bry-Back Manor
Early Childhood Education Lesson Plans: Infant, Pre K through Age 7
First-School (English & Spanish Resources)
Has lots of activity pages, crafts, printables, etc.
FunSchooling: Unit Study Archives Based on: Literature, Geography, Science, History, Holidays, Music, and Others (Emergency Preparedness, Clocks & Time, Sports, & NASCAR).
Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central
Gryphon House Free Activities
Hummingbird Lesson Plans
Idea Box Activities, Seasonal, Games, Music and Songs, Recipes, Craft Recipes, Crafts, and More
Inside Kindergarten Goin' Batty!, Potato Day!, Great Groundhogs!, Quaint Quilts!, All Aboard!!! The Train Unit, Beary Fun Activities, Fun on the Farm!, I Love Ladybugs!, Mexican Christmas Unit, Mice Are Nice!, Proud to be Americans!, Pumpkin Potpourri, Space Unit: Exploring The Final Frontier, Spiders: No arachnophobia here!!!, Whatever the Weather, Wonderful Watermelon Unit
Iteach345's Page
kidsactivities Yahoo! Group Preschool-Kindergarten!
KidsbCool Preschool Themes & Recipes
Kindergarten Kafe
Kinderhive: Theme and Unit Ideas
KinderStartAnimal Friends, Learning Activities & Crafts, Food and Nutrition, Education / Daycare / Childcare, resources for parenting, and much more.
Kinder Korner
Links for Tots Learn to Read, Learning is Cool, and Coloring & Games
Little Giraffes: Mrs. Flanagan's Kindergarten
Love To Teach: Themes For K-3
Monthly Themes for Kindergarten: Themes and Book Ideas It has animals and it can be used for other early elementary grades.
Mrs. Petersen's Preschool Page: Thematic Units
Mrs. Ross's First Grade Class
Mrs. Williamson's Kindergarten Page - Units & Mini-Units
Perpetual Preschool
Pitter Patter
Preschool Activities @ TeachersandFamilies
PRESCHOOL by Stormie Monthly curriculums & activities and more.
PreschoolEducation.com LOTS of ideas for younger children; songs, fingerplays, coloring pages, and more.
Preschool Zone - Teaching Ideas for Early Chidhood Special Educators
SESD: Theme Links Seasonal And Holiday, All About Me, Transportation, Dinosaurs, Bears, Spiders, Animals, The Farm, Magnets, Nutrition, Apples, Senses, Fairy Tales, Circus, Colour, Friendship, Weather, General Science, Bus Safety, Fire Safety, Dental Health, and Crafts
Songs4teachers.com Poems, songs, and printables.
Step By Step Childcare Themes, songs, fun foods, science, games, links, and more.
Story Time
Sunshine Online Themes & Games
The Activity Cupboard - crafts for kids Animals, Autumn, Christmas, Bugs, Dinosaurs, Earth and Arbor Day, Easter, Halloween, Hanukkah, Musical Instruments, Spring , St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and Winter
More Ideas: Fun Science Experiments, Fun Snack Ideas, General Crafts, Gifts to make, Home Made Games, and Home Made Supplies
The Chalkboard: Early Childhood - Preschool and Kindergarten Education Teaching Activities
The Preschool Connection
The Virtual Vine


Activities & Games
101 Activities To Do With Your Toddler A list of things to do, the treasure chest (activities to do), fingerplays, songs & rhymes, treats, other resources, and links
Caring for a Toddler & Activities
LDS.org: Family Activities They have Learning Fun for Infants and Toddlers, Learning Fun for Preschoolers, and more.


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