Preschool / Kindergarten Homeschooling Curiculum?

My son (2 1/2) is the same way and we are planning on homeschooling so I've been gathering information to use, too. There's definitely a time factor on your end involved but I don't think you have to be crazy organized - especially at this age. I have a basket where I keep things I've printed out, dry erase markers, easy readers, etc. so when he asks to "do school" I just grab it and lay everything out.

Some of our favorites: Do A Dot markers. Traceable letters (You can find tons online to print off, but buy some page protectors and dry erase markers and you won't have to print over and over again - just print one and put it in the protector and use dry erase markers on it! They wipe right off!). Activity workbooks.

We love Starfall! There are a lot of free activities that we've been using for a long time, but since he started getting kind of bored with them I went ahead and subscribed for the year - now he has access to geometry, multiplication/division, lots of reading games, etc. He loves it! Not to mention, he's mastering some basic computer skills!

Also, PBSkids.org has a lot of good educational/fun games that are all free.

We made flashcards of sight words using this list: http://www.k12reader.com/dolch-word-list-sorted-by-freque... and he is having tons of fun playing with them. Within 3 days he had the first 13 words memorized and he read his first sentence from a Step 1 reader! (For ages 4-7.)

My other advice would just be to scour homeschooling blogs, specifically ones that post lots of things about activities for 4/5 year olds and don't let things (or people) hold you back just because certain things are recommended for kids older than your son. Follow his lead/interests.

Some good blogs are:
http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/
Tot School: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/tag/teeny-...
Tons others that I can't think of right now... just search - you'll find them!

I don't think you actually need a curriculum at this age. I would just continue to do what you are doing. I do use the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons to teach reading. You could start that if you wanted. For K, we also do handwriting, manipulative based math (Miquon math), and I give them a journal to write in daily. They actually draw pictures at this age and dictate to me what it is about, and I write it below the picture. It is adorable to see what they are thinking about, and fun to watch how their fine motor skills develop over the year. As they get better with writing and spelling, they start to write their own story below their pictures. Depending on the child, eventually they graduate to just the journal. These are not graded, but just for them to write. Please don't get bogged down with curricula at this age. Enjoy the days. Do crafts (if they like them), puzzles, coloring, read books, etc. They have YEARS of schooling ahead of them. This is the time to be a young child. They learn best by playing. (BTW, I am on year 14 of homeschooling, and am graduating my second homeschooler this year, with 4 more coming along.)

I haven't looked into it yet but abcmouse.com is always advertising specials.

Try starfall(dot com) for fun learning

And I found books AWESOME books at Barnes and Noble called "101 Things Every Kindergartner Should Know about _________ (i.e. Phonics, Math, Reading, etc)".

Also, the local schools should have a website/pamphlet listing the skills they expect for a child's age.

Good Luck!

dont forget the social aspect of preschool/kindergarten. free time is also very important for them to get creative and imaginative instead of just rote memorization of alphabets and numbers.

I am homeschooling my kids to and it is a great experience. I am currently using a mom made curriculum for my 4 year old. It is only $10 and you download it and can print off tons of activities to enjoy with your child. It is found at

www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com

Just beware once you get lost in the maze of homeschool blogs there is no turning back. lol

Good luck and have fun.