PRESCHOOL HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM FOR 3 YEAR OLDS | Favorite Preschool Resources

Today I'm sharing my curriculum plans for my 3 year old preschooler! I'll share the very first resources that I've been using with him since he turned 3, as well as the resources I plan to use in the upcoming "official" Preschool-3 year.
My video on my philosophy of what to teach a preschooler: • Teach THIS, Not THAT |...
0:00 Intro
0:28 Preschool Philosophy
2:45 Sonlight T
3:15 Purely Preschool units
7:59 Gentle + Classical Preschool
11:18 Preschool Math at Home
12:01 Morning Binder from Gentle + Classical
13:20 Favorite Manipulatives
15:23 Gentle + Classical Nature
Preschool Resources mentioned in the video:
Sonlight T
Purely Preschool: www.wheredyoulearnthat.com/sh...
(Spanish Edition) Puramente Preescolar: www.wheredyoulearnthat.com/sh...
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Preschool Math at Home (affiliate link): amzn.to/3StUvJU
Gentle + Classical Nature Volume 1 (affiliate link): shopgentleclassical.com/produ...
WELCOME //
I'm Rachel, a mom of two and the oldest in a family of 8 kids. I'm a second-generation homeschooler who is passionate about education. I'm originally from Michigan, but am living overseas. My two young boys and teaching homeschool lessons to my youngest sisters keep me busy, but I make time for writing and for making KZbin videos, too! On this channel, you can expect videos featuring books and homeschool curriculum, homeschool tips for hard days, our journey raising bilingual kids, and vlogs about the intentional adventure that our homeschool lifestyle allows! Subscribe to join our family here:
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[@StaceyYoder]

This video is full of interesting tidbits of great information. Helpful. Looks like lots of great choices.

[@SevenInAll]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kdwerner]

I always enjoy seeing your videos pop up in my feed every Sunday when we get home from church! 😊

[@SevenInAll]

Aww, thank you! I picked this time for releasing them because at least for me...Sunday afternoons tend to be the part of the week when I have a little more time to "chill" and relax. :)

[@Busybeeexplorers]

Thanks for sharing! We have a science we are finishing up now but I have been eyeing the nature program for next year! It looks great.

[@SevenInAll]

We have really enjoyed Gentle + Classical Nature!

[@HaileyCormier]

I’m so glad I watched your video. I will be looking into your curriculum more. I have a younger 3 year old who will be joining us next school year! ❤

[@SevenInAll]

Wonderful! Three year olds are something special!

[@faithfullyinfertile]

Preschool years are some of the best years! I love preschool-learning to read age. There is just something so special about those years.

[@SevenInAll]

So special! The immense wonder and curiosity--I know having big kids will be its own kind of special, but this is a special season of life.

[@rollingwiththerouses3918]

Okay now I'm gonna get the preschool at home book! I just finished the addition facts that stick with two of my kiddos and I think I'm switching to math with confidence for them because we just loved it.

[@SevenInAll]

Yes, I was very impressed by the Preschool Math at Home book...it's what got me hooked on Math with Confidence!

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

Sounds like a fun way of learning!!! We love using books, play and songs at this age!!! I have curriculums I love using with different kids!!! I can’t wait for my youngest to read her pre school books herself in a few years!!!

[@SevenInAll]

It is a very fun way to learn!

[@user-xe6qz1cy8k]

I've been looking forward to this video! My younger will be 3 in the fall, and I'm so excited to do preschool for all the same reasons. I've been coveting Kate Snow's book for a while and it's finally coming in the mail. 😁 I am going to try out a couple Purely Preschool units later this year. I want to see how far I can go adapt them into our minority language. 🤔

[@SevenInAll]

Yay for Preschool Math at Home! I'm curious to see how it goes with Purely Preschool being narrated in another language--I think for many of the activities it's doable.

[@Thehomebasedlife]

Preschool Math at Home and Gentle Classical Preschool are excellent! I used both of them with my eldest daughter. I can’t wait to go through them again with my youngest when she turns three this summer.

[@SevenInAll]

It's definitely a good feeling when you're EXCITED to go through a curriculum again with another child!

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

These selections look so fun!! Your little boy is having such a sweet year ❤️ Soaking up the preschool videos lol my last little preschooler will be three in November 😢I will be trying your Purely Preschool units! Right now we are doing Let’s Play School-My First School and enjoying that!

[@SevenInAll]

Oh awesome, glad you're going to be trying some Purely Preschool! Preschool is such a sweet and fleeting season...worth treasuring these moments. I love getting to see them begin to figure out the world around them.

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

@@SevenInAll It is so amazing to watch! Watching little people wonder at the world was highlighted in the new Modern Miss Mason book and it was truly captured for the magic that it is. I just love this phase and everything is new ❤️❤️

[@rollingwiththerouses3918]

Rachel, I am so glad you shared that they were doing the 15% off for spring. I looked into the oceans nature and then ended up buying preschool and kindergarten lol 😆 I'm so excited to start! I'm planning to start preschool in the next week or two and part of oceans in the summer. I love the idea of memory statement board. I diy a magnetic chalkboard two days ago for ours. I'm so sad I'm on my last preschooler and I just wanna soak it all up because it really it such a special time ❤

[@SevenInAll]

Oh, that's awesome!! I'm so happy to hear that! I have absolutely loved Gentle + Classical resources in our homeschool...excited that I get to do it again with my little guy.

[@rollingwiththerouses3918]

@@SevenInAll I like how you put all the morning pages in one binder. Did you print double-sided?

[@SevenInAll]

@@rollingwiththerouses3918 Yes, I printed double-sided so that there's just one sheet in each sleeve of the binder...I remember there were a few cut-out pages (there are some blue and yellow fish for a fish pond math activity)...so I would double-check to see if those have blank pages on the back...it's been a while since I actually printed it all out.

[@alchu11]

First of all, I'm very excited I have found your channel, thank you very much for all the tips and tricks you share! I have noticed you don't mention any curriculum from the good and the beautiful and got curious why not since many recommend it. Will be thankful for your input and look forward to more videos on preschoolers :)

[@SevenInAll]

I actually talk about it a little bit in my video about my preschool philosophy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWqZe4OLoptrpa8 I also have a few older videos on some resources from The Good and the Beautiful for older kids. The Good and the Beautiful's preschool workbook is a workbook primarily focused on learning the letters and numbers...those aren't my main priority for preschool. As I share in this video, my big priorities for preschool are big ideas, building a rich vocabulary, and skill-building (fine & gross motor skills, life skills, and relationship skills). Yes, I teach ABCs and 123s, but those aren't what I center preschool instruction around. I could use TGATB workbook for ABCs and 123s practice if I wanted to, but it would just be a little 'extra', not the core of our routine. That's my approach. :)

[@alchu11]

Thank you! I'll check those out for sure!

[@cyn8733]

Hi Rachel, I am so excited to purchase your Spring purely preschool unit and incorporate it with G+C. I am just not sure to purchase in English or Spanish as we are a bilingual home. However, everything regarding instruction is in English and it'll be fun to incorporate Spanish lessons. You are AMAZING!

[@SevenInAll]

Aww, thank you! I do have a free sample lesson available on my website, one in English and one in Spanish so that you can see the differences. Puramente Preescolar Sample Lesson: www.wheredyoulearnthat.com/freebies/p/puramente-preescolar-sample-lesson

[@cyn8733]

@@SevenInAll yes I downloaded it! Love how it's open and go. No prep work!

[@SevenInAll]

I didn't know about this new release yet when I filmed this video, but since filming, I discovered that Llamitas just released a new Pre-K Spanish Morning Binder...so now my plan is to add that Morning Binder into our routine for more Spanish practice. My idea at this point is to alternate between English and Spanish days--do the English Morning Binder one day, and the Spanish morning binder the next. If you want to see what the Spanish Morning Binder looks like, here's my affiliate link (get 10% off your purchase with promo code SEVENINALL ): seveninallfamily--llamitasspanish.thrivecart.com/morning-binder/

[@dianamangold8621]

Thank you for sharing this, very helpful! Could you please post more about the Where‘d You Learn That alphabet program? It looks like a good complement to AAR Pre-Reading. Also, silly question, but what markers do you use for page protectors with preschoolers? I find traditional dry-erase can lead to lots of smearing and frustration for this age group but wet-erase (at least where we live) are all too fine tipped. Do you have a recommendation?

[@SevenInAll]

I have a detailed flip-through video for Alphabet Adventures here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWnMqqmcgJujjZY That should give a good look at what it's like--lots of interactive alphabet fun! But of course I'm always happy to answer any more questions. As for dry erase markers--I use Artline Whiteboard Markers...they are the brand my teacher husband always uses in his classroom because they're reliable and are refillable with ink. Dry erase markers definitely never lead to "perfect" results but since the binder is mostly simple circling or drawing quick lines to match, with a little bit of letter tracing...we've never really had frustration with the dry erase.

[@bethanypeterson-wu1mh]

“Not a total Puddleglum” 😂 Adding this to my reasons I love watching your videos.

[@SevenInAll]

hahaha...there's an assortment of such phrases and references hidden in these videos...I talk like I grew up homeschooled....lol!

[@lisaroper421]

You are talking about not having extra manipulatives, and I just bought a few more... and tried so very hard to avoid getting more than would be helpful! 😅 But I was really tempted by that 100 floor chart. Hopefully my daughter really will enjoy hopping through her skip counting!

[@SevenInAll]

Hey--if they are actually helpful and actually get used--manipulatives are great! I just know myself...and manipulatives just aren't the thing that makes my heart sing. Gotta have some, of course...just not too many because I probably won't use them...

[@lisaroper421]

@@SevenInAll The jury is still out on my heart songs! Hopefully I read it right ;)

[@andrianatampei3013]

Rachel, could you link the binder you have or send a link here, for some reason I can’t find the right size. I really like the idea of putting the morning binder together like you did. The binders I find they’re 8.5x11 inch, and the pages are shorter than that. Thank you.

[@SevenInAll]

A4 is the paper sized used here, so I printed out the morning binder pages on A4, and then all the binders are A4 as well...I think as long as your paper size matches your binder size, it will work. Mine was purchased from a local bookstore and is the brand of that bookstore (PopBazic is the brand)...but it's pretty much something like this: www.lazada.com.my/products/a4-20304060-pages-pocket-clear-book-folder-transparent-documents-file-display-book-20304060-pages-a4-i2845997952-s13697615937.html?from_gmc=1&exlaz=d_1:mm_150050845_51350205_2010350205::12:15210038057!133416790750!!!pla-296624071193!c!296624071193!13697615937!250541117&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjbagBhD3ARIsANRrqEuwIwXcWJZFmLGrNIGplFGMjwzhnjksTnc83GrpRJvFOw8trWngEvUaAvqCEALw_wcB I got a 60-sleeve binder to have enough pages to keep it all in one.

[@juliequates9529]

Ok I think I'm sold on the preschool math at home for my 3 year old.

[@SevenInAll]

I wasn't sure I was going to go for it at first...but then I stumbled across a copy in a homeschool store, I knew it was scheduled with G+C Preschool...and I was glad I did!

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

Did you find the preschool T level of Sonlight to be worth it? I kind of wonder if we would blow through those books in a month but I also love the older levels so much I don’t want to miss something great!

[@SevenInAll]

It definitely would be possible to blow through the books in a month with book-loving little ones. Can confirm. I have Sonlight T because my mom had it from way back when...I just bought the guide and a few more books to update it (because more good books? Why not! Is pretty much my approach to life...lol). I love the book titles in this level, so many are very iconic classics for little ones....since I've actually had most of these books around the house for years, many of them we have read multiple dozens of times....but having the Sonlight schedule helps reduce decision-making for me at 6:30 in the morning when the boys are ready for eggs + storytime. So....if you have library access or if you already have built a collection of great picture books for preschool...it's not necessarily worth it. But if you're still building out your collection, there are lots of great books in level T.

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

@@SevenInAll Thank you Rachel! That is so extremely helpful. We do have a lot of books and a great library system which is why A-C are harder for our family to justify. I do find I need help with the pacing and having a plan helps because I plan way way way too much and I tend to read and not be able to come up with the simple hands on activities. I like Gentle and Classical but it’s daunting. Oh the drama in my homeschool head 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@homeschoollifemom]

How long approx would you say the G&C preschool takes? I looked at it and instantly fell in love but afraid that it might be too time consuming for my 4th child.

[@SevenInAll]

It is really not very time intensive. The daily core of it is: read 1 picture book, recite/talk about the memory statement cards, do a 5 minute math activity, and do a few pages in the morning binder. The schedule also suggests reading a story from a Bible storybook every day...and there are weekly simple handicrafts to do, which is probably the longest/most time intensive activity (but are still not overly complicated--we did most of them but not all of them last time around). Of course there are extras and add-on suggestions...but if you stick to the core, it doesn't need to take a lot of time. P.S. For me it was also pretty much "look at it, instantly fall in love," too. And I'm still in love with the program after going all the way through it with my 1st son in the past.

[@homeschoollifemom]

@@SevenInAll thank you! That’s very helpful! ❤️

[@nataliezevallos4202]

My 4 year old daughter primary language is Spanish. She does not speak English and understands it slightly. How can I go about homeschooling her in the English language. Is there a curriculum your recommend. I want her to be fully fluent in English and not fall behind

[@SevenInAll]

First of all, that's fantastic that you have given her that Spanish-speaking foundation! With very young children, learning a 2nd language often comes very easily. If she has had little experience with English so far, I'd start with simple additions: learning the phrases for daily routines (It's time for breakfast, put on your shoes, etc.), and add in English songs and reading aloud to her. You can play games with naming different items in the house in English and in Spanish. I don't know of curriculums specifically for teaching English to preschoolers, but hopefully that will give you an idea of a place to start! You could also think about using an English preschool curriculum to give you a framework of ideas...and then adapt it to help her learn the words being used in the books, songs, activities of that curriculum.