What's the basic curriculum for pre-k?

Question

ABC's

Numbers

Colors

Writing

Shapes

What am I missing? I've decided to homeschool for Pre-K.

Thanks

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Answer 1

Read, read and read.  As you read, you will find so many things that you can study together.  The library is full of books, so you don't even have to spend money, except for gas money to go to library.

After you read a story, discuss it.  Draw pictures about the story.  Discuss any unfamiliar words and make sure she/he understands.  Great way to increase vocabulary.  Some stories will spark your imagination as to how to make the story even more interesting.  Some books even have suggestions for  activities to go along with the stories.

Answer 2

You can get most of what you need for pre-k by going to walmart or other store like that and buying work books for math and phonics  or beginning reading for that age group for only a few dollars or you could look into a more comprehensive program. A good place to start would be a ciriculum search sonlight.com, schooloftomorrow.com and others are out there. But you seem to have a few of the basic skills down

Answer 3

there are many curriculums for preschool.  As a preschool teacher at a nationally recognized school we use "The Creative Curriculum"  There are many areas of development including socio-emotional, cognitive, small/gross motor skills, reading and phonetic awareness.  Try to google the creative curriculum and see what the program looks like.

Answer 4

Activities involving memory, sorting, comparing, contrasting, motor skill development, etc. are really good for pre-k age. Also art, music, and lots and lots of exploring and experimenting.

Answer 5

You have a pretty good academic curriculum if you are covering the things you said, but don't forget to do it all in creative ways to give the child a chance to learn things like cutting and pasting, painting, coloring.

Teach Social studies, (community helpers, children from around the world, etc.)

Also get things to sort and classify, like Attribute Blocks.

A great book for preschool Science is "1 2 3 Science".

Go to the Library and look for books on Early Childhood Education and you should find lots of stuff.

Go to http://www.rainbowresource.com and look at their early learning stuff.

Answer 6

They get tested prior to entering pre-k, to see what there knowledge base is. Then they decided from there if they need extra help in any areas.

Most importantly-must be potty trained!!