Curriculum for 4 Yr Old

http://www.k12.com/ (a Home school program. Many schools use this as well)

www.starfall.com

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/roundtheworld_eng_la...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/numbers/chi.shtml
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.php
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/flood.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactive...
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/capital-letter-1...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

http://www.carsondellosa.com/cd2/default.aspx (a resource/store for school supplies and learning materials).

My husbands aunt is a teacher in Kindergarten and she says some of the most prepared kids she sees for reading are the ones that watch the leap frog Dvds. The Leap Frog "The Letter Factory" Is great -- it teaches the letters and the phonetic sounds. We have The Letter Factory, Word Factory, Leap Learns to Read.. and Math Circus. My son started Kindergarten ahead of many kids who went to pre-k and was on of the first reading, simply because we read to him a lot and I only let my kids watch videos or shows with some value. (No Spongebob in my house) We also have a few education video games. Like the Reader Rabbit series and Jumpstart.

I also purchased the Deluxe Hooked on Kindergarten kit. (By the Hooked on Phonics people) I have a child thats 3.5 now.. since she's a late birthday she won't get to start Kindergarten until she's 5.5.. She's *so* eager to learn like her big brother, I got that and some workbooks for her. We're going to just "play school" and work on her letters at first.. going from there.

You'll get lots of ideas from other moms, so I don't want to go there. But please be aware that too much focus on academics really can backfire and squelch a child's natural love of learning, so whatever you do, I hope you'll make sure your daughter considers it fun.

Keep in mind that your daughter will be taught what she needs to know, in small, appropriate steps, in preschool. If she's too far ahead of the curve, she may get bored and uncooperative. I've seen it happen a few dozen times in young families I know.

At your daugter's tender age, play, play, and more imaginative play is her most important "work." This is where all aspects of her future self blossom in balance: continued development of motor and verbal skills, the first inklings of ethical and social observations, practice with emotions, and learning about self-control and delay of gratification, and gradually becoming part of the larger community.

I hope you will google "the importance of play in young children" for quite a bit of recent research. Play should never take a second seat to academics during the preschool years.

I use www.letteroftheweek.com it is used from birth-5 year olds so it should help

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my son likes starfall and pbskids as well. we have some workbooks, but don't use them nearly enough.

creative montessori learning is great too.
http://chasingcheerios.blogspot.com/

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