Homeschool Preschool Curriculum Choices for 2020

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I did not begin 2020 considering homeschool preschool curriculum choices.

My daughter is 3 and I typically don’t have any desire to start formal teaching before age four…and even then it is sporadic and incredibly flexible.

However, part of homeschooling requires listening to the desires of your children and responding accordingly.

My 3-year old is so different from her older brother in many ways.

He would play outside all day long without a thought of learning to read, while she BEGS for school and wants more or to “do it again!”.

I just want to premise this by saying that I am NOT a fan of piling academic responsibilities on our toddlers and preschoolers.

It is entirely unnecessary and has the potential to do more damage than good.

However, if you have a child like mine who asks to do school and be taught how to read, you may find our preschool curriculum choices of interest.

We do these for all of about 10 minutes 3-4 days per week.

Understanding Your Homeschool Preschool Goals

When choosing homeschool curriculum it is so important to measure that up to the homeschool preschool goals you might have.

For us, the main goal was that she was having fun.

I didn’t want anything that would steal her love of learning or make it any kind of chore.

There is a time where learning may not always be fun and yet we have to do it anyway (hello high school!) but that certainly should not be in preschool.

The preschool curriculum options that I decided on for her were actually what we were going to begin next year, but I had most of it on hand anyway and so we just went with it.

Aside from having lots of fun, the only other thing I intend to work on with Annie is teaching the letter sounds. That’s it.

And I don’t care if she hasn’t mastered them before she’s five.

The joy is in the journey and I know she’ll get them eventually. There’s no pressure and she’s having a blast.

Our Homeschool Preschool Curriculum Choices for 2020

I’ve listed several curriculum choices below but what you need to know is that we don’t ever do all of them every day.

I usually pick one or two things and use those depending on where she’s at with her learning and what she feels like doing.

It isn’t complicated. I haven’t spent time planning it out. We go with the flow.

And honestly, I can’t believe I just typed out those words because “Christine” and “go with the flow” are not words that are ever usually put together, except as a reprimand.

Ha!

Oh! How homeschooling changes us.

Well, enough rambling, here are our homeschool preschool curriculum choices for 2020.

The Good & The Beautiful Level Pre K

I used this curriculum with my son and we both really enjoyed it.

You’ll find that it is thorough while also being light and so much fun.

It is beautifully presented and really full of goodness.

I’ve done a review of The Good & The Beautiful Level Pre K here in this post.

Some things that I particularly enjoy are the games that come along with it, the picture study that is included, and the open-and-go nature of it all.

I’m not big into doing crafts with my kids and many homeschool preschool curriculum choices have a lot of that in them.

There are a few very basic ones in this curriculum but nothing major at all. Most of it is just cutting and pasting.

The games really are fun and an easy way to reinforce the concepts taught in the book.

Once she has completed this, we’ll move onto the Level K Primer just as I did with my son. That is equally as good though not filled with the games that Pre K offers.

Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool

I’ve done an overview of this preschool curriculum option on my Youtube Channel (you can watch it below).

When Annie first began showing interest in doing some school work, I happened upon this completely free homeschool curriculum.

It is a wonderful option for parents who do not have much of a budget for homeschooling, or if you have a young child that is interested in learning but you’re not wanting to spend a fortune on curriculum just yet.

We’ve enjoyed the fun activities that they offer and the lightness that is included.

It isn’t heavy or intensive and you can pick and choose how much or how little you do each day.

Masterbooks Math Lessons for a Living Education (Level K)

I chose Math Lessons for a Living Education from Masterbooks to do with my daughter next year when she’s four.

However, the lessons are light enough for her to be doing now. In fact, she often asks to do more than one lesson per day.

My advice with Masterbooks (and any homeschool curriculum for that matter) is to look through the assessments before purchasing books for your kids.

In many cases, the levels do not correspond with grade level and quite frankly, homeschooling is not dictated by that.

If I had chosen the Math for Level K for my son, he would have FLOWN through it.

However, it is perfect for my 3, almost 4-year old.

At the beginning of each lesson, there’s a story about twin brother and sister Charlie and Charlotte.

The story talks about a math concept in real life.

The next 5 lessons then go over that concept.

It has a Charlotte Mason inspired approach but is not purist in her approach.

I’ve enjoyed the fact that it is light and very much open and go.

You can find it here.

Let’s Play School

Finally, a month ago I subscribed to the Let’s Play School subscription as well as purchasing their Let’s Play and Learn ABC’s kit.

I love the concept of this company because it goes off of the research-based idea that children learn best through play.

The subscription and learning kit are full of fun games that don’t feel like school at all.

I typically pull out games that go over the concepts Annie is being taught in her other curriculum simply for reinforcement.

She loves it and I’m so glad I went ahead and signed up for the subscription.

We get new games every month and they all have a fun theme to them.

Conclusion

What preschool looks like in your home may be entirely different from ours.

You may not do preschool at all and that is totally fine!

However, I hope that if you’re looking for curriculum options that the information above is helpful and not overwhelming.

This stage of your child’s life is so incredibly fleeting.

If my kids are occupied playing imaginary games outside, I do not call them in to sit down and “do school”.

Why would I do that when that is exactly what they’re already doing?