 | Picture Book Activities : Fun and Games for Preschoolers Based on 50 Favorite Children's Books by Trish Kuffner
Buy used from: $12.68 This very much resembles the Five In A Row curriculum, however, I found this book to have more ideas and more titles than Before FIAR. This will actually be the base of what we do day to day with other things added in. We will focus on one picture book each week and do accompanying activities daily.
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 | Learning Resources Calendar and Weather Pocket Chart
Buy new: $39.99 We will use this daily, putting the date in its slot and then counting the dates from one, learning what day it is and checking the weather.
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 | The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers (Little Blessings Line) by Crystal Bowman
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.84 This is one of the best age appropriate devotionals I've come across. We use this daily, its very easy to understand.
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 | The Toddler's Busy Book
Buy new: $9.95 This book is full of wonderful learning ideas from cooking to art to holiday activities - a great resource for mom to have on hand to fill in with!
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 | Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities To Occupy 3-6 Year Olds by Trish Kuffner
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.61 More great ideas!
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 | Arts and crafts for all seasons
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $11.72 Mailbox Magazine books are full of great ideas! I also want to get "Arts and Crafts A to Z", "Best of the Mailbox Arts and Crafts" and "Seasonal Fun for Busy Hands". (found at a teacher store) We have a TON of art supplies and lots of free play with different art media, but DD also enjoys completing projects.
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 | First Art : Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos by MaryAnn F. Kohl
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $8.84 This is a great resource for fun process oriented art experiences.
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 | I MADE IT! PROCESS ORIENTED ART FOR KIDS PRE-K
Buy new: $9.95 This is a book with lots of fun ideas in it as well. We plan to have a balance between directed art "projects" and free form, play with art media, do whatever you like art.
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 | Lauri SCHOOL OF FISH Crepe Rubber Puzzle 12 pcs Textured
Buy new: $9.98 Children have to look closely at the pieces of this puzzle to determine where they fit. This helps with later reading skills - noticing the difference between "b" and "d". Lauri toys are made in the US and they even sell replacement pieces. (part of MFW preschool also)
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 | LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Magnetic Alphabet Set
Buy new: $14.99 We have this on our refrigerator available for use at any time. I like that the magnets are encased and therefore cannot pop out of the letters and pose a choking hazard for younger kids.
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 | LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Lowercase Letters Expansion Pack
This set helps with lower case letter recognition and provides more letters to spell out words.
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 | Travel Magna Doodle (Colors May Vary)
The Magna Doodle travels in the diaper bag with us and gets lots of use. I draw shapes and letters for my daughter or she draws things herself.
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 | FISHER-PRICE Games MATCHIN' MIDDLES
Buy new: $16.95 We have this game and several other flashcard sets, etc available for play. Most homes have at least a few things along these lines already.
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 | Memory Game - Dora the Explorer Edition
Buy new: $12.99 This set is divided into three colors so you can play with less pieces. My daughter loves matching and sorting them.
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 | 50 Counting Bears with 5 Cups
Buy new: $7.98 Counting Bears are a staple at our house! DD loves sorting them into their matching colored cups and counting them. Ours are from WalMart.
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 | MightyMind regular Edition
Buy new: $15.19 We have not used this yet but it was listed by Sonlight curriculum.
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 | Haba Cash Register Wooden
Buy new: $40.49 This will be a birthday gift this summer along with a table and chairs and a shelf to display play food for playing store. We will sell play food for whole dollar amounts and use wooden coins or something for dollars. ie "this watermelon costs 4 dollars, can you give me 4 please?" ...count out 4 coins. I have had a blast making play food from felt for this purpose.
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 | Eat Healthy, Feel Great by William Sears
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $3.93 We love Dr Sears around here! This book is great for teaching healthy eating.
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 | Live Butterfly Pavilion
Buy new: $22.69 I'm looking forward to this, just waiting for warmer weather! Once we purchase the kit, its my understanding that we can send off for the butterflies as many times as we'd like to (with payment each time). I plan to do this each year for awhile.
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 | Plant (EYE KNOW) by DK Publishing
Buy used from: $0.17 We are planning a garden this summer. This book has some great pictures of a plant showing the roots and how it grows.
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 | Singable Songs For The Very Young: Great With A Peanut-Butter Sandwich by Raffi
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.74 We love Raffi, easy to listen to, fun songs. We have many other cds that we listen to often and enjoy, including classical music. A set of musical instruments and a piano are essential in our home as well.
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 | Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good for You!: All About Staying Healthy (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.29 This is part of a series, a great addition to our regular reading time as well as useful when studying specific subjects. They are more for an older preschooler, but that just gives us time to collect all the different titles. Each book is written in fun rhyme but packed full of information.
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 | A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World by Emery Bernhard
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.48 This is a wonderful book that gently introduces babies from all around the world being carried.
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 | Global Babies by The Global Fund for Children
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.62 This is a board book for a young child, but the pictures are gorgeous and you can add in discussion about the pages as you read.
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 | Teach Me Spanish (Paperback and Audio CD): A Musical Journey Through the Day by Judy Mahoney
Buy used from: $6.86 This is a fun cd to listen to and learn from.
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