Top 11 Best Preschool Curriculum Choices for Homeschool
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It’s no secret, I absolutely love homeschooling preschool. The ages of 3-5 are so fun. Kids are eager to learn, full of wonder, and amazed by the smallest of God’s creation. Because every family is different, a preschool curriculum that works for one may not work for another. Because of that, I’m sharing 10 of the best preschool curriculum for homeschool. I’ve pulled together a variety of options here, some are complete and some are subject specific. Hopefully you find a preschool curriculum that will work for your homeschool!
Top Preschool Curriculum Programs
- My Father’s World All Aboard the Animal Train
- My Father’s World Voyage of Discovery
- Little Hands to Heaven
- We Choose Virtues
- Before Five in a Row
- The Good and the Beautiful Preschool
- Horizons
- Oak Meadow
- Winter Promise
- The Peaceful Press Preschool
- A Year of Playing Skillfully
Christian Preschool Curriculum Options
I’m going to start with my favorite Christian preschool curricula. If you want to instill Christian values in your children, choose one of these early learning programs.
My Father’s World All Aboard the Animal Train for 3 Year Olds
I use My Father’s World homeschool curriculum for my older children and I am a huge fan of all of their options. They make preschool specific curriculum beginning with an entire year just for three year olds to help you lay a solid foundation for learning.
Here’s a brief overview of All Aboard the Animal Train
- complete preschool curriculum
- includes multi-sensory activities
- developmentally appropriate
- step-by-step instructions
All lessons are Bible based and you do not need to add anything to your preschool curriculum. Your child will learn about 12 different animals through stories, finger plays, and more. Lessons are completed within 60 minutes a day. If you’re looking for an everything is done for you curriculum, All Aboard the Animal Train is a great choice!
Price – $349.19 for Deluxe Package or $288.60 for Basic Package
My Father’s World Voyage of Discovery for 4 Year Olds
My Father’s World makes a separate homeschool preschool curriculum for four year olds called Voyage of Discovery that can also be used in preschool classrooms. Here’s a quick look at it:
- Complete Pre-K Curriculum
- Bible Stories and Activities
- Hands-On Science
- ABCs and Numbers 1-10
- Shapes, Colors, and Sequencing
- Fine Motor and Visual
- Lessons last 60 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 32 weeks
As with all of My Father’s World curricula, you do not need to purchase anything else.
Price: $343.70 for deluxe and $251.80 for basic
Little Hands to Heaven
While I’ve never used Little Hands to Heaven, it has been recommended to me several times. It is Bible-Based and chock full of unit studies. Bible stories begin with Creation and go through Paul’s missionary stories. Children work on preschool readiness skills such as letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, early math skills, fine motor skills, and large motor skills.
There are 33 units and open and go daily lesson plans. Children are introduced to new finger plays each week, a wide variety of Bible based activities related to the lesson, and lots of songs.
Price: Package resources range from $95.13-$101.08.
We Choose Virtues
I have raved about We Choose Virtues for years. It is my go-to curriculum for teaching good habits and virtues to my younger children. While not a complete curriculum, it is perfect when you are putting together your own resources. I have used the parenting cards along side almost every preschool curriculum we have tried.
We Choose Virtues teaches these 12 virtues:
- Diligent
- Attentive
- Forgiving
- Helpful
- Perseverent
- Honest
- Obedient
- Gentle
- Patient
- Content
- Self-Controlled
- Kind
If you are wanting to instill character in your children, We Choose Virtues a great place to start!
Price: $19.99 for parenting cards.
More Homeschool Preschool Curriculum Options
Before Five in a Row
Before Five in a Row is another curriculum that has been recommended to me mostly because of my love of literature. Use Before Five in a Row with your children who are ages 2-4. It is to be used as “a gentle start that is not a curriculum but instead a collection of discussion and play-based lessons to do for 10-15 minutes 2 or 3 days a week.” So, you aren’t getting a full curriculum here, but lots of book and activity ideas.
Price: $49.00
The Good and the Beautiful Preschool
If you’re looking for more workbook style curriculum, The Good and the Beautiful is a good place to start. Here’s what’s included with TGTB preschool curriculum.
- Helps children ages 3 and older to recognize numbers and letters and learn the sounds of the letters.
- Gives children practice with fine motor skills
- Teaches colors, shapes, counting, rhyming, sorting, order of events, and more
A new preschool curriculum is set to release in August 2021. One of the reasons I moved away from TGTB is that they are always changing their curriculum it seems. The new edition will include 90 lessons.
Horizons Preschool
The Horizons Preschool Curriculum from Alpha Omega Publications is a series of workbooks designed to introduce preschoolers to formal learning and is a hit with preschool teachers. This particular set includes two workbooks and 180 lessons. You will find a detailed teacher’s guide with daily activities and each lesson includes Scripture and a biblical theme that includes social studies, language arts, story times, arts and crafts, and more!
Price: $149.95
Oak Meadow
Oak Meadow has released a new preschool curriculum, Preschool Play: Seasons of Wonder. This course is designed to introduce families to the fundamentals of learning. The curriculum is play-based with each month full of stories that are combined with songs, games, poems, crafts, and activities.
Price: $151.00
Winter Promise
Winter Promise’s preschool program, I’m Ready to Learn, is an open-and-go curriculum focusing on preschool skills such as phonics, counting, and crafts. The teacher’s guide includes a 36 week grid schedule. Also included is a student page pack, interactive kit, and a letter by letter blank book.
Price: Physical Package: $159.00, eBook Package: $124
The Peaceful Press
The Peaceful Press Early Learning Preschool Bundle is a literature and project based curriculum. It includes a parent guide, printable pack, and recipe book. Areas of focus include: read aloud, phonics, counting, fine motor skills, gross motor skills for physical development, practical life skills, and art skills.
Price: $44 for the digital version
A Year of Playing Skillfully
A Year of Playing Skillfully is a wonder-based school year curriculum designed for children ages 3-7. Themes and character traits are introduced with the curriculum, along with several skills for meaningful learning experiences.
Price: starts at $159.00
Create Your Own Homeschool Preschool Curriculum
I just had to include this option because it is my favorite. With so many resources available, creating your own preschool curriculum for homeschool is easy to do. In fact, I have a free course on creating your homeschool preschool curriculum, and I use My Homeschool Preschool Planner to put it all together!
Price: $12.99
Resources to Help You Plan Your Own Homeschool Preschool Curriculum
Aside from the We Choose Virtues parenting cards I mentioned above, I have found three interesting books I will be using to help me plan activities each week for my preschool and kindergartner this coming school year!
Math Play
Math Play is such a cute book. It includes 80 ways to count and learn, so you can plan math activities and help your children with math skills such as counting, sequencing, numerical recognition, pattern identification, manipulating shapes, and measuring.
Teach the Alphabet
My own eBook, Teach the Alphabet includes 20 different alphabet activities to teach your kids letters and sounds. It’s perfect when you need some quick activities, and the activities are easy to implement!
Price: $7.00
Mudpies to Magnets
I was very excited to find Mudpies to Magnets because it is a science preschool curriculum. Science is probably most of my kids’ favorite subject, so having activities to do with my youngest children is awesome.
“224 hands-on science experiments and ideas with step-by-step instructions delight and amaze children as they experience nature, the human body, electricity, floating and sinking, and more. Children participate in projects such as making a tornado in a jar, creating constellations and growing crystals.”
I love having resources like this on hand when making my preschool lesson plans for young children!
More Homeschool Preschool Resources
Need more homeschool preschool resources? I have you covered!
We recently moves to the states and cannot believe how expensive pre school is! A week costs the same as a whole month in my country! So decided to keep her home for a bit. Please can you explain co-op to me? What is it a s where will i find it in my area? Much appreciated
Hi Barbara. A co-op is usually a group of homeschooling families who get together once a week or so and offer different classes for the kids. We’ve been a part of co-ops where parents were expected to teach a class, and also a part of drop off co-ops. Reach out to someone in your local homeschool community to see what they offer. I hate to say Google it, if you aren’t already plugged in to your community, but that is how I found out about local homeschool groups in all of the places I’ve lived.