Engage — Play — Teach — All Things Preschool @ Home
Hi! I’m Sarah, author, and creator of the curriculum you will find here at the Preschool Homeroom.
Preschool Homeroom was born out of a passion for spending the first five years at home with my son, engaging with him in activities, and the desire to get him Kindergarten-ready.
Born of a Desire to Savor the Moments
Many mothers asked me in those early years if I was planning to send my son to preschool. I just wasn’t excited about doing that though. As an older mother, I am very aware of just how fast the years would go, and I wanted to keep my son home with me. I am all about savoring those precious moments, knowing that one day he will be packing his bags and heading out into this great big world.
Home We Stayed and Home We Learned
I determined to keep him home with me and teach him myself during those preschool years. Since I had been a credentialed teacher in previous years, I already had an idea of what he needed to be learning, and how to go about teaching those things. Things like:
- Number and letter recognition
- Numerical and Written Number Matching
- Letter sounds and phonetics
- Site words
- Fine motor skills necessary to write letters, numbers, names
- Pattern Recognition
- Pattern Matching
- Foundations of Mathematics
- Counting Up, Counting Down
- Less Than and Greater Than
- Cutting and basic scissor safety
- Stapling and basic stapler safety
However, I didn’t want to just stop there. In teaching him, I incorporated some of his own ideas and developing interests into what we were doing and in doing so, I was able to make the learning process fun and engaging.
We eventually started doing: science and discovery activities, sensory activities that allowed me to also teach him letters, numbers, and phonics. Additionally, we explored our community and much of the nature that exists around our city. I took my son out to see farms, animals, lakes, rivers, creeks, grasslands, wetlands, museums, observed ponds, and trees, studied the seasons and weather patterns, caught tadpoles, farmed caterpillars, and learned about lifecycles and more.
Eventually, I realized it was time to start putting all the learning activities we were doing on paper. That is when Preschool Homeroom was born!
Welcome to Preschool Homeroom!
Preschool Homeroom is full of resources and curricula that will help you facilitate learning in and around the comfort of your home for your preschoolers. The curriculum you will find here is:
- Suitable and adaptable to ages ranging from 3-6. (The exception is the STEM curriculum, which can be adapted for older kids as well).
- Activity-based since preschoolers learn best with hands-on instruction, modeling, engaging with and interacting with the information.
- Complete with key terms for both parents and children,
- Learning objectives
- Supply lists
- Step by step instructions for each activity
- All the necessary activity cards and/or sheets
- Special notes for parents on how to facilitate each activity
- Ideas to facilitate discussions with your preschoolers
- Ideas for notetaking and record tracking when necessary.
Anything you purchase here at Preschool Homeroom is digital and downloadable in PDF format. This makes things simple and convenient for you to access the lessons and activities in the format you prefer. Whether you print as you go, print and organize in a binder, spiral bind for easy and accessible page-turning, or simply access each lesson and activity directly from your tablet, computer, or phone, you get to decide.
Browse. Click. Explore.
Below you will find the Preschool Homeroom curriculum and resources.
Let the Fun and Learning Begin!
Questions? I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the Preschool @ Home curriculum. Please contact Sarah at [email protected].