Preschool Complete

 You asked, we answered....Preschool Complete is here!

Homeschool Complete is now developing a preschool program following the model of our grade-level programs. Packed with engaging, hands-on activities, this curriculum caters to the interests of a preschooler. The lessons and activities integrate kindergarten readiness skills within all of the subject areas.

Our Complete Preschool Program with daily lesson plans prepares your child for entering kindergarten in either a homeschool program or a traditional school program with our unique, fully-planned, playful preschool program. 

Purchase Preschool Complete: Fall Edition now either as the unit version or bundle version. 

Here is a sample lesson for our Preschool Complete: Fall Edition.

Preschool Fall Activities

Materials:

• Old socks
• Needle
• Thread
• Items to decorate puppets: material scraps, buttons, yarn, google eyes, etc.
• Permanent marker
• Pumpkin
• Pumpkin carving kit or carving knife
• Large spoon
• Large bowl
• Baking sheet
• Salt
• Butter
• The Bear Detectives: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin, by Stan Berenstain

Language Arts/Math/Science/Art:

• Read The Bear Detectives: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin, by Stan Berenstain. Discuss the following with your child.

• What clues did the Bear Detectives use to find the pumpkin? (the wheelbarrow track, a pumpkin leaf, the first-prize ribbon, pumpkin seeds, a pumpkin smell)
• Papa Bear and Snuff found things that were not the pumpkin thief. What did he find? (He found a cow, three pigs in a pigpen, a scarecrow in the field, a haystack, and a hen in a barn.)
• What color is the first-prize ribbon? (It is blue.)
• Count the number of lessons in the detective book. (four) Name them.

• Lesson one: Look around for tracks on the ground.
• Lesson two: Look for another clue.
• Lesson three: Look before you leap.
• Lesson four: Use your nose.

• Where did the Bear Detectives find the pumpkin? (Mrs. Ben cooked it into a pie.)

• Make sock puppets, and have the child retell the story.

• Use socks and decorate them with material scraps, buttons, yarn, google eyes, etc.

• Involve the child in pumpkin seed sensory play.

• Have the child describe the feel of pumpkin seeds.

• Draw a face on a pumpkin using a permanent marker.
• Carve the pumpkin.
• Have the child help pull the seeds out of the inside.
• Ask, “What does it feel like to you?” Help the child use creative adjectives to describe the feeling (gooey, slimy, slippery, etc.)

• Cook pumpkin seeds.

• Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups raw pumpkin seeds
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted

• Directions:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Toss the seeds in a bowl with salt and melted butter.
• Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Stir occasionally.

Music:

• Explain to your child that another name for fall is autumn.
• Sing “Autumn Leaves" to the tune of “London Bridge.”

                Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.

                Autumn leaves are falling down all around us.

                Use a rake and rake them up, rake them up, rake them up.

                Use a rake and rake them up with your muscles.

                Make a pile and jump on top, jump on top, jump on top.

                Make a pile and jump on top, it is autumn.