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Homeschool Preschool Curriculum

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Homeschool preschool curriculum, 6 categories to get you started!

Homeschooling the preschool years doesn't need to be expensive. Check out this post on how I created a homeschool preschool curriculum!

Today I am going to share the curriculum plans we used for the preschool years, ages 5 and 3 for our daughters. All for free! Our curriculum consisted of our goals for the preschool years, and the types of activities our daughters enjoyed.

Homeschool Preschool Curriculum

Letter of the Week

In 4k, Harley really enjoyed the letter of the week theme, so I am used that to reinforce some things for her and begin more formal schooling for Bear. The letter of the week entails concentrating on one letter and it’s sound and words that begin with that letter.

Related Reads:

  • All our Letter of the Week work!
  • How to Homeschool Preschool: A Step-by-Step Guide

Crafts/Messy Fun

Along with the letter of the week I am planning on doing 2 letter related crafts a week as well as sensory activities. They LOVE sensory play and I am fortunate that I don’t mind a mess. I am not so crafty (thank god for Pinterest) but I plan on doing some with the girls to see if they enjoy it and what kind of medium they like working in best. I use my Pinterest boards to organize all my homeschool ideas and activities.

For More Info!

  • 15 of our favorite sensory activities!
  • Sensory Activity Pinterest Board!

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Literacy

Neither of the girls are reading yet, but we do have daily read alouds, reading time, and trips to the library. It’s so fun to see what kind of books they enjoy. Harley literally flipped her lid (much like this) when we found a My Little Pony comic book at the library! She hasn’t really seen a comic book before so she was enthralled by all the illustrations and all her favorite Ponies.

Read alouds are so important at this age! They allow children to fall in love with books and stories without having to do the hard work of reading themselves. I know it can be really hard to do ALL the reading ALL THE TIME, but it is so worth it. The video below really sums it up nicely.

Practical Skills

One of the goals my husband and I had discussed when we decided to homeschool, was teaching our kids real life skills. We plan on implementing this with cooking and nature time.  I am going to make more of an effort to cook with them, especially Harley. My husband does what he calls “man training” (I don’t know. I don’t ask) with the girls on the weekends. Fishing, hiking, tracking, archery. I’m not against any of these things, I just take advantage of the empty house 🙂

Dig Deeper:

  • 10 Chores Any Kid Can Do
  • Nature Walks: Not just a walk in the woods
2 girls and their dad examining the bark of a tree.

Dog Walking

This may sound a little strange but another daily activity we do is walking our two dogs Maggie and Tank. We go for about a mile walk (weather dependent). I include this in my curriculum because the girls ask a lot of questions along our walk and we usually get some good discussion out of it. We go by a pond so we may talk about that, or the weather, or they may just run the whole way and get some exercise. Every day is a little bit different

We also use it is a confidence building exercise. Maggie is a 55 pound German Shepherd mix and Tank is a 130 pound Newfoundland. Learning about and handling these dogs is an awesome exercise in patience and responsibility.

2 sisters each walking a dog. One is walking a newfoundland and the other is walking a German Shepherd mis.

Field Trips

Some of our field trips include: the pumpkin farm,  UW Badger volleyball game, and a trip to Old World Wisconsin’s Homeschool day.  

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  • Our favorite fall field trips.
  • Our favorite parks in Wisconsin.

And there you have it. A brief outline of what we included in our homeschool preschool curriculum. Sensory play, outdoor play, and sit down work all combine to make for a fun preschool experience.



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