MHSNR - Resources: Preschool and Kindergarten

Resources
Pre-school and Kindergarten
2 - 6 years

Preschool (preK) and Kindergarten are also called "Early Childhood Education"

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Books
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Recommended reading list
Parent educator books on the PDC - preschool, kindergarten
Please also check out the philosophy section below.

Choices
Host, umbrella schools, parent developed curriculum, unschooling, etc.
This is just a sampling, more can be found using a search engine.

Arabesq Academy (M)(P)(K)
Abbington Hill School (K)
Calvert School (K)
Clonlara (K)
Kinza Academy (M)(K)
Laurel Springs (K)
Live Education (Waldorf)(K)
Oak Meadow (P)(K)
Parent Developed Curriculum preschool | kindergarten
Royal Academy (K)
Unschooling (P)(K)
See also philosphies (below) and types of homeschooling.

Magazines
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Find homeschooling specific magazines here.

Teacher/Parent
- Early Childhood Today
  Scholastic
- Instructor
  k- 8, Scholastic
- Mailbox - Preschool Ed
  Education Center Inc
- Mailbox - Kindergarten 1st Grade Ed
  Education Center Inc
- Preschool Playroom
  Redan, Inc
- Practical Pre-school
  Step Forward Publishing
- Teaching Pre K-8
  Early Years Inc
- Teaching Tolerance
  k- 12, Southern Poverty Law Center
Child
- Babybug
  toddlers 6 months to 2 years, Cricket Magazine Group, literary
- Click
  ages 3 - 7, Cricket Magazine Group, science
- Humpty Dumpty's
  ages 4 - 8, Children's Better Health Institute, literary
- Ladybug
  ages 2 - 6, Cricket Magazine Group, literary
- Weekly Reader - Kindergarten
  Weekly Reader Publishers, current events/social studies
- Wild Animal Baby
  ages 12 months - 3 years, National Wildlife Federation, science
- Your Big Backyard
  ages 3 - 7, National Wildlife Federation, science

Philosophies

Montessori
Scholatic Guide to Preschool Philophies (relevant for kindergarten)
Fröbel (inventor of kindergarten)
Books:
- Inventing Kindergarten
  by Norman Brosterman
  Harry N Abrams, publisher
- Slow and Steady Get Me Ready
  by June Oberlander
  Xulon Press; 4th edition
- The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
  by David Elkind, Ph.D.
  Perseus Publishing; 3rd edition
- Summerhill School : A New View of Childhood
  by Alexander S. Neill
  St. Martin's Griffin; Revised edition
- How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)
  by John Caldwell Holt
  Perseus Publishing; Revised edition
- How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)
  by John Caldwell Holt
  Perseus Publishing; Revised edition
- Learning All the Time
  by John Holt
  Addison Wesley Publishing Company; Reprint edition
- Opening Your Child's Nine Learning Windows
  by Cheri Fuller
  Zondervan Publishing Company
- Every Child Can Succeed: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style
  by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
  Focus on the Family Publishing
- Discover Your Child's Learning Style:
  Children Learn in Unique Ways--Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success
  by Mariaemma Willis, Victoria Kindle-Hodson
  Prima Lifestyles
  
  Please read Scholastic's philosophy definitions (above) before proceeding. Many homeschoolers discover they enjoy early childhood education and go on to become teachers in institutions. Here are books to delve more deeply into the educational philosophies of early childhood.
- Waldorf Schools: Kindergarten to Early Years
  by Ruth Pusch
  Mercury Press
- Understanding Waldorf Education : Teaching from the Inside Out
  by Jack Petrash
  Consortium
- Waldorf Education: A Family Guide
  by Pamela J. Fenner
  Michaelmas Press
- You Are Your Child's 1st Teacher
  by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
  Celestial Arts; Revised edition
- Authentic Childhood:: Experiencing Reggio Emilia in the Classroom
  by Susan Fraser, Carol Gestwicki
  Delmar Publishers; 1 edition
- Bringing Reggio Emilia Home:
  An Innovative Approach to Early Childhood Education
  by Louise Boyd Cadwell, Lella Candini, Lella Gandini
  Teachers College Press
- Bringing Learning to Life:
  A Reggio Approach to Early Childhood Education
  by Louise Boyd Cadwell, Carlina Rinaldi
  Teachers College Press
- Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years
  by Judy Harris Helm, Lilian Katz,
  Teachers College Press
- Engaging Children's Minds : The Project Approach
  by Lilian G. Katz, Sylvia C. Chard
  Ablex Publishing; 2nd edition
- The Power of Projects:
  Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms-- Strategies and Solutions
  by Judy Harris Helm, Sallee Beneke
  Teachers College Press

Websites
These are just a few, search the web to find more.
Links will open in a separate window.

Preschool
- Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central
- The Perpetual Preschool
- Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood Special Educators
- Ask The Preschool Teacher
- A to Z Teachers Stuff
- Preschool Education.com
- Our Seeds (M)
- Muslim Homeschooling Families -- preschool curriculum
- Welcome to Preschool
- Preschool Homeschool (C)
- ABC Home Preschool
- Preschool with June Oberlander - Homeschool World (C)
- Homeschooling Adventures
- Homeschool Preschool @ About
- Scholastic Resources
- Enchanted Learning
- Preschool A to Z
- Nature Sound Studio
Kindergarten (preschool sites often overlap with Kindergarten)
- Our Seeds (M)
- Homeschooling Adventures
- Scholastic Resources
- I Teach Kindergarten
- Kindergarten Connection (C)
- Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for KINDERGARTENS
- Enchanted Learning
- Kindergarten.com
- Getting Students Connected - Kindergarten
- Kindergarten Lesson Plans
- Kindegarten Math
- Homeschool Kindergarten @ About
- eTAP
- Kindergaten A to Z
- Homeschool Kindergaten (M)
- Nature Sound Studio

This is a resource guide of some (but not all) resources available on the web.
For more resources use a search engine like google.

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7/9//2004