2012 - 2013 Preschool

Morning Routine

Catholic Calendar

• Saint of the day

Morning Prayers

• Child's Treasury of Daily Prayers

Saint Stories

• Miniature Stories of the Saints

Composer Study

• Classical Kids: Collection
• Music Masters

Poetry

• A Child's Garden of Verses illustrated by Tasha Tudor
• A Child's Garden of Verses illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
• Poems to Read to the Very Young illustrated by Eloise Wilkin (I like the out-of-print 1980s hard cover book.)
• The Golden Book of Poems for the Very Young
• Holly Hobbie's Nursery Rhymes
• Mother Goose
• The Child on His Knees by Mary Dixon Thayer

Art

• Crayons
• Glue
• Paint and paintbushes
• Paper
• Play-Doh
• Scissors
• Other supplies as needed

Lakeshore Learning Curriculum - Washable Tempera

French

• Bonjour Les Amis!
• First Fun with French
• First Thousand Words in French
• Various French song CDs from my brother

History 

• D'Aulaire's biographies
• Other history picture books

Language Arts

• Montessori materials
• Ready Writer (found on Calculadders MasterPak 1)
• Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (maybe)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks (maybe)

Literature

• Aesop's Fables for Children: Includes a Read-and-Listen CD (Dover Read and Listen) illustrated by Milo Winter (We have an earlier hard cover edition of this book which did not include a CD.)
• A Treasury of Children's Literature
• Various picture books from our personal library and the public library

Math

• Montessori materials
• Lauri Shape and Color Sorter
  
• Number Flash Cards
• Lauri Number Play and Lauri Number Puzzle Boards and Pegs
  
• Counting with Numbers (We will also be using the other two preschool titles in this series.)
• Calculadders MasterPak 1 (the numbers practice sheet)
• Anno's Counting Book and other counting books
• 1-2-3 Coloring Book

Music

• Classical Music
• French CDs
• Raffi CDs
• Religious Music CDs
• Wee Sing CDs
• And more

Natural History

• Days on the Farm by Kim Lewis
• James Herriot's Treasury for Children (This title is also available as an audio book, but I suggest staying with the actual book. My children delight in looking at Ruth Brown's and Peter Barrett's illustrations.)
• My Little Book About God
• The Year At Maple Hill Farm and Our Animal Friends At Maple Hill Farm
• Other storybooks
• Butterfly Lifecycle (order caterpillars for Lent)
• Nature Notebook (maybe)
• Vegetable Gardening

Religion

• Bible Stories for Little Children
• Catholic Children's Treasure Box
• Chats with God's Little Ones
• Leading the Little Ones to Mary
• Fr. Lovasik books
• Tomie de Paola books
• The Angels' Alphabet by Hilda Van Stockum
• Saint Bernadette: A First Book for Little Catholics (and others in this out-of-print series)
• St. Catherine's Gazette

Field Trip Possibilities

• Beach
• County Fair
• Farm
• Flight Museum
• Mountains
• Science Center
• Zoo

Please note that these are simply some of the books and things that I hope to read to, use, or do with Elizabeth throughout the year. She is so excited to be learning like her brothers and sisters.