Preschool Curriculum

• Size
• Colors
• Shapes
• Numbers
• Reading Readiness
• Alphabet
• Position and
  Direction
• Time
• Listening and
  Sequencing
• Motor Skills
• Social-Emotional
  Development

Game Types

• FELT BOARD STORIES
• FILE FOLDER GAMES
• PUPPETS & PAPER DOLLS
• ACTIVITY &
  COLORING SHEETS
• BINGO & MEMORY GAMES
• LDS QUIET GAMES
• MOMMY AND ME
• DOT TO DOT AND MAZES
• LACING CARDS
• ONLINE GAMES & ACTIVITIES
• DOMINOES & FLASH CARDS
• TOYS & GIFT IDEAS
• BOOK SUGGESTIONS & REVIEWS

Holidays

• Valentine's Day
• St. Patrick's Day
• Easter
• Mother's Day
• Father's Day
• 4th of July
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas

Themes

• Animals
• Baker
• Bees
• Butterfly / Caterpillar
• Dental Health
• Dinosaurs
• Family
• Farm
• Fire Safety
• Flowers
• Frogs and Pond
• Health / Nutrition
• Ocean
• Penguins
• Pets
• Polar Bears
• Snowmen
• Space
• Squirrels
• Transportation
• Travel, Train
• Weather
• Zoo

MORE THEMES

Arts & Crafts

• ARTS & CRAFTS
• MASKS

Music & Rhymes

• MUSIC
• NURSERY RHYMES
• AUDIO STORIES

Preschool Resources

Book Suggestions

Learn to Read

Teach your child to read with any of the following great products:

MORE IDEAS

Preschool Resources

Discounted Toys

Find more great toys for kids at the My Preschool Store.

Book Suggestions

Here are some great books that are full of activities and ideas for toddlers and preschoolers!

Toy Reviews

Favorite Websites

KidsSoup

This site is full of awesome resources for preschoolers. There are several different themes and each theme has craft ideas, activities, games and other resources. For access to all of the printable resources, it's only $2.15 a month!

StarFall

When my daughter was 2 1/2 years old I taught her how to use a mouse. I then set her loose on starfall.com. It is full of learning activities for kids. My daughter knew all of her letters and sounds long before she was 3, thanks to this site.

Starfall also has Learn-to-Read phonics books that you can purchase to help your child's reading skills develop even further.

Other Preschool Websites

Learning Activities

ALPHABET

Before entering Kindergarten a child should:

• Know what a letter is and is familiar with the alphabet.

IDEAS FOR TEACHING THE ALPHABET

1. Purchase a pack of magnetic alphabet letters from the dollar store. As you're going through the alphabet with your child start with one letter at a time. Show your child the "A" and have him put it on a cookie sheet. As your child gets older have a child find each letter that you name and put it on the cookie sheet.

2. I would suggest purchasing "Sesame Street ABC's complete set of 26 books ". There is one board book for each letter of the alphabet. The books tell a story that use several words that start with the letter in the title. I have read these to my two year old so many times that I have them all memorized. My two year old now knows several of the letters from reading those books.

3. Make FILE FOLDER GAMES to teach your child her ABCs.

• Bright and Sunny Letters (PreschoolPrintables.com)
• Icy Igloo Alphabet (PreschoolPrintables.com)
• Pumpkin Patch Alphabet File Folder Game (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Circle Alphabet File Folder Game (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Shamrock Alphabet File Folder Game (ChildCareLand.com)
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4. Here are some more TOYS & GAMES for teaching the alphabet.

5. Here are some FELT BOARD STORY ideas.

• Alphabet Caterpillar - What Letter Comes Next?

6. Here are some great TABLE AND FLOOR GAMES you can make.

• Alphabet Train (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Scarecrow and Corn Alphabet Match (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Hat and Mitten Alphabet Match (floor/table game) (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Heart Alphabet Memory Match Game (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Ladybug Alphabet - Circle Time (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Alphabet Puzzles (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Apple Alphabet Puzzles (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Tulip Alphabet Clothesline Sequence and Match (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Alphabet Sequence Chain (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Alphabet Floor Domonoes (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Penguin Letter Sequence (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Letter Puzzles (ChildCareLand.com)
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7. Here are some CRAFTS you can make for ABCs.

• Alphabet Buddies (DLTK-Teach.com)
• Preschool Education Ideas - Letter A (PreschoolEducation.com)

8. Read your child a LOT of BOOKS and make your own.

• Alphabet Word Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Turkey Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Snowman Alphabet Puzzle Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Penguin Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Teeth Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Dinosaur Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Pom Pom Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Ghost Alphabet Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Fall Learning Friends Letter Tracing Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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9. Make some flash CARDS with your child.

• Balloon Alphabet Cards/Ring Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Apple Tree Learning Friends Alphabet Puzzles (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Turkey Filled Alphabet Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Holly Letter Tracing Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Santa Alphabet Match Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Flower Alphabet Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Spider Alphabet Clothes Pin Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Pumpkin Letter Tracing Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Candy Alphabet Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Shamrock Letter Tracing Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Play Dough Alphabet Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Bee Letter Tracing (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Sea Shell Writing Skills Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Letter Hide and Seek (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Gingerbread Filled Alphabet Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Shamrock Pre-Writing Skill Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Flower Letter Tracing Strips (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Ice Cream Cone Writing Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Dinosaur Letter Tracing Cards (ChildCareLand.com)
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10. Here are some letter MATS that you can make.

• Ghost Letter Mats (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Christmas Bulb Letter Matching Mat (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Gingerbread Alphabet Mats (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Gingerbread Letter Matching Mat (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Fall Corn Letter Mats (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Ornament Alphabet Match Mat (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Ladybug and Leaf Alphabet Mat (ChildCareLand.com)
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11. Make an alphabet MATCH BOOK.

• Christmas Bulb Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Flower Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Spider Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Umbrella Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Snowman Alphabet Match (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Heart Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Raindrop Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Fish Alphabet Match Book (ChildCareLand.com)
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12. Play GAMES with your child.

• Mitten Alphabet Board Game (ChildCareLand.com)
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• Alphabet Recognition Games (KidZone.ws)
• Learning Letters Games & Fun (PreschoolEducation.com)
• Writing Letter Games (PreschoolEducation.com)
• The Active Alphabet (universalpreschool.com)

13. Teach your child her ABCs online by playing this online computer game, The ABCs Zoo . It goes through the alphabet and gives an example of a zoo animal that starts with each letter. My child loves it because it's something different and fun.

14. Here are some Letter WORKSHEETS.

• Free Preschool Letter Worksheets (TLSBooks.com)
• Hidden Letter Worksheets (KidZone.ws)
• Learning Letter Sounds (KidZone.ws)
• Pre-Printing Skills Practice (KidZone.ws)
• Custom Tracer Pages (KidZone.ws)
• Alphabet Activity Pages (TeachersandFamilies.com)
• Worksheet Games (BillyBear4Kids.com)
• Under 5s Alphabet Activities (underfives.co.uk)

15. Here are some alphabet COLOR PAGES.

• 26 Alphabet Coloring Pages (TLSBooks.com)
• Alphabet Coloring Pages Plus Tracing Letters (TLSBooks.com)
• Letter Tracer Pages (KidsRCrafty.com)
• Letter Printouts: A to Z (EnchantedLearning.com)
• Alphabet Coloring Book (Alphabet-Soup.com)
• Alphabet Coloring Pages (coloringbookfun.com)
• Winnie the Pooh alphabet colouring pages (geocities.com/homeschoolingnz)

16. Here are some DVDs you could get for your child to watch to help him learn his abcs.

17. Here are some alphabet BATH TOYS.

18. Here are some ideas from other WEBSITES.

• Alphabet Ideas (EverythingPreschool.com)
• First Alphabet Activities (First-School.ws)
• Alphabet Ideas (PreschoolEducation.com)
• Activities for Every Letter of the Alphabet (Alphabet-Soup.net)
• Alphabet Activities (123Child.com)
• Alphabet Fun (stormpages.com/cozycottage)
• Alphabet Activity Theme (preschoolrainbow.org)
• Lots of Alphabet Activities (hummingbirded.com/abcs)
• Stories, coloring pages, dot to dots, activity sheets etc. for each Letter (edhelper.com)
• Alphabet Activities (akidsheart.com)
• Alphabet Activities (ccb_themes.tripod.com)
• Ideas for Learning Alphabet (littlegiraffes.com)
• Alphabet Activities (kidschalkboard.com)
• ABCs at The Virtual Vine (thevirtualvine.com)
• Alphabet Activity Theme (preschoolrainbow.org)

19. Here are some online JIGSAW PUZZLES.

• 4 and 6 Piece Jigsaw Puzzles Online of Alphabet Pictures. (akidsheart.com)