Preschool Curriculum and Themes

Preschoolers love learning. They learn simply by being involved in the world around them and having fun while doing it. There are so many ways to make education fun for preschoolers. Choose things that your preschooler is already interested in. These resources will help you to plan a successful home-based preschool program or a preschool program for a classroom setting.

Featured Preschool Weekly Curriculum

Preschool Weekly Curriculum - Bugs and Butterflies
Preschoolers are intrigued by all of the creepy crawling things in the world around us. The Bugs and Butterflies preschool theme provides preschoolers with the opportunity to learn hands on about the role that insects play in our world.

Preschool Weekly Curriculum - Under the Sea
Create a underwater wonderland in your preschool classroom with this preschool weekly theme. Teach preschoolers about the amazing world that lives under the sea with open ended art, science, and math activities.

Preschool Weekly Curriculum - Dinosaurs
Get preschoolers excited about learning with this hands-on theme. Included are ideas for circle time activities, arts and crafts, math and science, music and movement and pretend play. Dinosaur books that are appropriate for the theme are recommended.

Preschool Weekly Curriculum - Dental Health
Help preschoolers to understand the importance of good dental health with this weekly preschool theme. Hands on science activities will help preschoolers to understand what will happen to their teeth if they do not practice good dental hygiene.

Preschool Weekly Curriculum - All About Me Week 1
Preschool Weekly Curriculum - All About Me Week 2

Featured Preschool Education Themes

Preschool Theme - Autumn
Autumn is filled with so many new things for preschoolers. School is starting up again, the weather is getting colder, and the leaves are changing colors. Help preschoolers experience all of the wonderful things the changing seasons have to offer with this hands-on autumn preschool theme.

Preschool Theme - Signing Hands
The Signing Hands Preschool Theme introduces preschoolers to American Sign Language and the deaf culture. Preschoolers will learn what it means to be deaf and how they can use sign language to talk with their hands.

Preschool Theme - Bugs and Butterflies
Preschool Theme - Under the Sea
Preschool Theme - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet
Preschool Theme - Valentines Day
Taking Care of Teeth - Preschool Dental Health
Rock Through the Alphabet - A is for Apple
Preschool Theme - Dinosaurs

Featured Product for Preschool Teachers

The Mailbox Magazine - Preschool Edition
The Mailbox Magazine is a fantastic resource for preschool teachers. It comes out 6 times a year and provides wonderful open-ended activities for preschoolers. Each issues comes with a membership to the Mailbox Magazine website where you can find printable patterns, calendars, newsletter templates and much more. A pop-out file folder game related to one of the themes comes ready to use in each issue. This magazine provides more resources than most curriculum books and I would highly recommend it for all preschool teachers or homeschooling preschool parents. 

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15 Tips to Make Preschool Craft Time Fun
Here are some tips on how to make craft time fun and easy for the entire family, including ways you can prevent excessive messes, have quicker clean-ups, and avoid conflicts. Craft time is more entertaining when you take measures to simplify the work beforehand.

Preschool Science Experiments - Age Coins with your Preschooler
Have you or your preschooler ever wondered why coins change color over time? With this fun and easy preschool science experiment, you and your preschooler can actually speed up that process. Using this preschool science experiment, you can create 'pirate booty' for your pirate-loving preschooler.

Preschool Color of the Week
Is your child having difficulty identifying one or more colors? Has s/he not quite mastered the art of using scissors? This educational preschool activity will help your preschooler master both of these skills and have fun in the process.