Preschool curriculum... Looking for what to teach...?

Question

I have a 3 yr. old /1 yr. old and I'd like to start teaching my 3 yr old things that he would learn in preschool.. He know's his ABC's and 123's and some shapes/colors... What else should he know or be taught... ? Any information is greatly appreciated..

Answer 1

Have him start to write his name as well. Look to see what he will need to know for kindergarten, and work towrd that. I know he is young, but make kearning fun like a game so he won't feel so pressured. Things will go better for him when he reaches kindergarten.

Answer 2

Skip the stuff that the preschool will teach--letters and numbers and sounds.  Leads to boredom. If he's really ready, he'll teach himself without your leading.

Shapes and colors are okay. Talk about things, emotions, movements, ideas. Give him lots of words to use. When he talks to you, add an additional idea or vocabulary word. Show him how you look up things or ask people about what you don't know. Let him see that learning things is something grownups do and are proud of--not just proud of knowing things.

Example: "Mom, see this bug." You, "Wow, that might be an arachnid, not just an insect." Him, "What's a ararcnid?" You, "It's a kind of bug." Then you get out the encyclopedia or Internet or bug book and check to see if his bug looks more like an insect--6 legs or an arachnid--8 legs.

Teach him to answer questions about a story. Who did what? Why does he think they did it?

Teach him to reason things out, to look for what he's learned when something doesn't work (Like when he climbs on something that falls over), and to take responsibility for fixing anything that breaks, spills, or comes undone while he's using it

Answer 3

Read, Read, Read to them....this has been a proven method for developing thinking skills and vocabulary. I have also heard that listening to classical music is a helpful educational tool.   If you can develop in them the love of learning you will have a great foundation.

Answer 4

s*x ed. Just kidding..

ABC's, 123k's, shapes, colors are plenty of things for a child that age.. You don't want him to be bored in preschool do you?

Answer 5

Go to these websites to get a few ideas, children are like little sponges of knowledge, they thrive on learning and spending time with mommy and daddy while doing it.  Teach as much as you can and let the schools adjust to their knowledge.

http://www.preschoolbystormie.com

ChildFun.com

www.childfun.com

House of Hugs

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valle...

Preschool Teacher

http://www.bv.net/~stormie/

Punky’s Child Care Chat

http://www.delphi.com/care/preschool/alp...

The Perpetual Preschool

http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/

The Preschool Zone – Resources for Early Childhood Special Education

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep...

PreschoolPlanning.com

http://members.xoom.com/Theme_ideas/inde...

Iteach345’s Page

http://hometown.aol.com/iteach345/page2/...

Parenting Preschoolers

http://www.jontay.com/parenting/

Murfun2 Preschool Curriculum Ideas

http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/hbadltsch/i...

Ask The Preschool Teacher

http://www.askthepreschoolteacher.com/

Mrs. B's Teacher Page

http://www.geocities.com/chinaadopting/2...

Core Knowledge - Lesson Plans - Pre-K

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/re...

Getting Your Child Ready For Kindergarten

http://www.vbgov.com/dept/yoo/docs/rtl20...



Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?

http://www.gospelcom.net/mops/features/k...



Kindergarten Readiness Checklist

http://www.preschoolerstoday.com/resourc...

Preschooler Today:  Is Your Child Ready For Kindergarten

http://preschoolerstoday.com/resources/a...

Sesame Workshop - Is Your Child Ready For Kindergarten?

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/ad...

Kindergarten Readiness Checklist

http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0...

Questions About Kids - Is My Child Ready For Kindergarten?

http://education.umn.edu/ceed/publicatio...



Mrs. Levin's Pre-K Pages

http://www.pre-kpages.com/index.html

Preschool Activities

http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/...



Preschool Activities

http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/preschoo...

Preschool Express by Jean Warren

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

Activities for Reading and Writing Fun - Early Years

http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/ear...



Miss Lisa's Theme Sharing

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres...

Lesson Plan Links

http://www.key-net.net/users/jackson/the...



Activity Idea Place

http://www.123child.com/



Preschool Education: Discover the Fun in Learning

http://www.preschooleducation.com/



Preschool by Stormie

http://www.preschoolbystormie.com/

Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum

http://www.letteroftheweek.com/



The ChildFun Family Website

http://www.childfun.com/



Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central

http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/

Pre-K Fun

http://www.prekfun.com/

Wee Ones

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meado...



Preschool Lesson Plans  and Preschool Themes

http://www.funlessonplans.com/index.htm



Mrs. Cox's Prekinder Class

http://www.prekinders.com/

Answer 6

your child is well on their way....he will learn alot in preschool that you yourself cant teach him... (im not meaning this badly but it just provides a different learning environment)

read to him....do physical activities with him play music get him into those kids of things too