My 3 year old does a preschool program with her babysitter everyday, but she is new here and is having a hard time finding places to buy preschool lessons at affordable prices. Does anyone know of any stores where teachers shop for their curriculum in Colorado Springs?
Mardel and School Crossing are both great places to buy all kinds of curriculum and any other teacher stuff that she may need.
How great that your babysitter includes preschool activities for your little girl!
Teacher's Pet, School Crossing, and Mardel all have Preschool curriculum here in town. However don't forget the many online resources that you can use for free, some of them have worksheets and coloring book pages, art project or entire curriculums to follow just for preschoolers (just too many for me to list here). You can also download curriculum from ebay written by teachers straight to your computer. There are also several companies online that write curriculum for preschoolers such as Sonlight (which is literature-based) and Horizon(which is more workbook based), or Timberdoodle (which doesn't write curriculm but packages what it considers the best available materials by age groups).
But the most important activity to do with any child is read, read, read good children's literature there are books available to help you choose good children's literature such as the Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease and Honey for a Child Heart by Glady's Hunt. The library even has weekly storytime for young children and babies.
Good Luck,
Julie