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Preschool Curriculum (Ages 4-5)

By age 4, I actually start requiring my child to follow instructions and actually pull out their workbooks when the “teacher” (aka: mommy) asks them too.

Most of their learning will still be very flexible, with a lot of flexibility for them to be able to choose what they want to work on, but at this age I begin to introduce a little more structure to their learning, and a little more emphasis on sitting quiet in class and following the teacher’s instructions, too.

Preschool School Zone Workbook

Preschool School Zone Workbook. This is my favorite workbook for preschool-age children. I usually start my kids out with this book when they are 3 years old, but I let them work through it entirely at their own pace (not even necessarily in order, I just let them look through the book and pick out whichever page they feel like working at the time). I also don’t pressure them to finish the book in a single year, most of my kids take 2 years to go through this book, and I’m totally fine with that!

By the time my child is 4 (almost 5) years old, they can pretty much do this book on their own without any help. And I usually start introducing them to Kindergarten level workbooks at the same time – also allowing them to work at their own pace.

Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Kindergarten Workbooks

Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Kindergarten Workbooks. Even though these books are geared specifically for Kindergarten, I like to introduce them to my children right around age 4 (or shortly before they turn 5). Because my kids have already had experience using the School Zone Preschool workbook, they usually find these books very easy to start using.

The main difference between these books and the School Zone Preschool workbooks, is that with these I really do enforce the rule that they have to do the pages in order. With the preschool workbook I’m totally fine with them picking and choosing which pages they want to work on, and doing them completely out of order. But with these Kindergarten workbooks, I begin establishing the idea that they can’t just skip around the book doing whatever they want, they have to actually do the pages in the order given.

Of course, because I am introducing these book a year earlier than they usually would be introduced, I am still totally fine with my child working at their own pace. So if they only feel like doing one page that day, that’s fine. Or if they want to keep going and do 4, 5, 6, pages in a day, I’m fine with that too. The child gets to pick how MANY pages they do, as long as they are doing them in the correct order.

Reading Eggs “Starting Out” Mini Book Box Sets (for Kindergarten)

Reading Eggs “Starting Out” Mini Books Box Sets. These “Starting Out” books are meant to be used along side the Reading Eggs Kindergarten workbook. In fact, at the end of each lesson in the workbook, there is an “assigned reading” activity, where the student is supposed to read one of these mini books.

There are four of these “Starting Out” box sets that go along with the Kindergarten Reading Eggs workbook:

>> Starting Out Reading Mini Books - Pack 1

>> Starting Out Reading Mini Books - Pack 2

>> Starting Out Reading Mini Books - Pack 3

>> Starting Out Reading Mini Books - Pack 4

Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Program

Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Program. I absolutely love this online learning program! As a homeschool mom with four kids, being able to log my kids on to this independent learning program has felt (to me) a lot like adding a second teacher to our classroom; an assistant teacher, of sorts.  

When I need to work one-one-one with my older students, I can get the younger ones set up with this online learning program, and I know that they will be occupied and learning at the same time – and my time is freed up to give the attention I need to the older students.

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