Could someone please give me some good names and resources for home schooling for kindergartners?

Question

THank you!!

Answer 1

I used Learn at Home K, by McGraw-Hill. I avoided the pre-boxed curriculum, because it was too expensive. The workbook I used is laid out in 36 weeks of lesson plans, broken down by day. It has recommended reading lists and other projects. I used it with my oldest, and now I'm using it with my middle child.

Answer 2

You could try Five in A Row.
It is a Unit Study book that lists good children's books. Then you read the same book daily for a week (hence the title) Then there are many activities you can do throughout the week to study different subjects based on the book. For instance, you could read The Story of Ping (a book about a duck that lives with his family in China on the Yhangtzi River) So, for science you could study ducks. For Social Studies you could Learn about China and life living on the river. For art, you could observe the illustrations in the book and practice drawing water and movement in water. You could take a field trip that week to some location where you could feed ducks and or China Town if there is one in your area or eat at a Chinese Restaurant. My kids have enjoyed these activities and this Unit Study approach to learning.

Answer 3

We didn't use any "formal" curriculum for K (except Saxon Math). All we did was focus on phonics/reading, math, and a few science experiments thrown in for fun. There are lots of great phonics programs out there, you just need to find one that works for your family.

Here are a few names:
Hooked on Phonics
Explode the Code (workbooks, available at Rainbow Resource)
Reading A-Z (online)
The Phonics Game
AlphaTales

You should just browse the Phonics section of Rainbow Resource's website - lots of good stuff there.

Answer 4

I have homeschooled my 15 yr old from K - highschool. I also homeschool an 11 yr old a 7 year old and a 5 year old. I have tried several different schools and I like A Beka for Kindergarten. I also use The Phonics Game until they get confident in reading. For the older years I prefer Acelerated Christian Education or ACE. They teach the children to teach themselves and also to set and meet goals. I don't like ACE for pre K or K

Answer 5

My mom used A Beka for us as kids (kindergarten or so) and then used a mix of other sources for later classes. She liked A Beka because it had a very solid reading/writing base on which we could develop other skills.

Answer 6

It's possible to invest lots of time and money trying to find ways to show your children how to learn and boost their reading skills. Is difficult to instruct a small child how to see, and actually engaging them to see is challenging in itself. But it does not have to be like that when you got the aid of this program https://tr.im/PXKX5 , Children Learning Reading program.
With Children Learning Reading you will show your child how to separate sounds and break phrases in to phonemes, a vital thing when your kid is merely understanding how to spell.
The reading program from Children Learning Reading program makes it easy for children to read quickly and precisely, from simple words to sentences until they learn to learn stories.

Answer 7

Alpha Omega has a good program. You can get it from any Christian book store.

Answer 8

Sonlight is good if you like the literature-based approach. www.sonlight.com

Calvert is also good but more expensive. http://www.calvertschool.org/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=CES1512