play safe! be safe! is a multimedia fire safety education program created especially for children ages three to five. It was developed by BIC Corporation in cooperation with educators and fire safety experts. October is Fire Safety Month, and we encourage you to talk to your students about ways to prevent fires and about ways [...]

Barnes & Noble Bookstores is now offering a Kids’ Club that offers rewards and special offers for children ages 12 and under.  There is a reward program based on the kids’ products that you purchase at the store, but there is much more: Birthday Presents: Free cupcake or cookie for each of your children’s birthdays [...]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/ If you don’t have time or energy to get to the library for storytime, now you can enjoy it online right where you are! What a great gift for those families with multiple age groups!  Gather those young ones in your lap (and the older ones will probably gather too), and watch a short [...]

Help your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl & Mouse Educational Software.   Early reading software—phonics software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story.  All of it FREE!  Free online USA maps, world maps, map of Europe, map puzzles of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many more.  [...]

So, that ends our discussion of recommendations for preschool/kindergarten—-”Wait!  What about social studies, history, science, grammar, foreign language, and physics?” OK, you are right.  We don’t want to have children who don’t understand the laws of physics or don’t know what a “president” is.  This is actually the fun part!  At this age, it is [...]

As we look at the needs of most PreK-K students, we have discussed Handwriting and Reading, and today we are going to focus on math skills.  As with all the activities/curriculum I have introduced, I must emphasize again that you should take each subject slowly and consistently.  At this age, there is no reason to [...]

Starfall offers a FREE online phonics course for teaching letters and reading.  The site is very interactive and offers fun graphics and games to incorporate what is being taught.  Perfect for supplementing your reading program, or you can use it as your curriculum.

Each Tuesday I am sharing resources that I recommend for PreK-K, and last week I discussed a Handwriting curriculum.  In the Three R’s (reading, writing, and arithmetic), one goal is to get your child on the right track as far as reading goes. I have personally used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy [...]

Handwriting Without Tears is a wonderful introduction to handwriting and to the “school” table as well!  Whenever a mom of a 4 or 5 year old asks me what they should do to get their child on the right start for education, this is one of the first things I recommend. The workbooks and hands-on [...]

Bible Story Printables offers a wonderful resource for Bible curriculum and supplements for your homeschool studies.   The site offers games, coloring, crafts, and minibooks for study of Scripture.