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Preschool Curriculum Programs
The question is should you do some sort of preschool activities with the children in your care............. and, if so where do you begin? Many providers create their own preschool curriculums either from their own resources at home (preschool curriculum theme books) or from materials they find online or a combination of both. One of my favorite resource books to use is the Mailbox Magazine and books. There are many places to find great preschool materials online. One of my favorites is of course my own Step By Step Preschool Theme Pages. Another favorite of mine is the Preschool Sublist of the Provider's Playground email list. The preschool theme sites listed here are all pages I visit frequently for ideas. Organizing a preschool program can be very time consuming so many child care providers opt to purchase a packaged preschool curriculum kit. Listed below you will find links to the most popular packaged kits. I'd love to hear from you! If you've used any of the below curriculums or know of one I've missed, let me know. I'd like to include your comments, good or bad, regarding your experience with packaged curriculums. Email me at janalyn686@yahoo.com
What I'm using this year! I get many inquiries as to what curriculum I am using each year. This year, for the third year in a row, I've decided to use KidCrafters Preschool Program. With KidCrafters you can join a Buying Group and get the program for as little as $25 per month. KidCrafters is great because it is the same price regardless of the number of children you plan on teaching. You choose any one of 3 cycles (different themes) and you will be shipped the entire year (Sept - May) all at once. You will receive a CD plus a nice reference book for each month. You simply print out the activities you are interested in from the CD. There is enough material to last more than one year! KidCrafters also has 4 seasonal literacy programs (winter, spring, summer and fall). For all of us book lovers out there, these are awesome.
great company, ships CDs only
excellent customer service
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"I've known the owner for a long time and have purchased a little of this curriculum in the past. She has good customer service and quality curriculum. Best thing is she is a provider herself." ~~ submitted by Jana in Ohio
"Love it, it is very affordable and creative. I like how she has everything sorted by Themes, the site is very easy to navigate. She is great about special requests, I once needed a few more BINGO boards created and she sent them within 24 hours." ~~ Submitted by Terri in MN
"I can almost always find the printable I'm needing for the theme I'm using! Great craft ideas also." ~~ Submitted by Chelsea
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"It's $15 a month to download 4 weeks of lesson plans and related materials (worksheets, games, songs, readiness activities.) I like it because it is theme based and it features a letter of the week. I have to supplement with other stuff and sometimes I don't like their crafts, but all in all it's pretty good." ~~ submitted by Jane
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"Poor customer service and very slow shipping. On more than one occasion I received my package late (after my preschool program began) leaving me with no planning/organization time. This was despite ordering very early." ~~ Submitted by Jana in Ohio
"Was curious about this one after the bad reviews. Their website is very cute. But like you'd said, my package was received late. All the craft materials were purchased from Oriental Trading - something I could of done myself." ~~ Submitted by Chelsea
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"Cheap and you get what you pay for, poor quality." ~~ Submitted by Terri in MN
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"I ordered their materials and must say it was far below my expectations. What I received what a yellow folder with several zeroxed copies of possible projects -- they were very light (obviously copies of copies), the alphabet letters were strange -- for the letter A they chose the word "airplane" the "a" sound is not even used in that word, the phonogram "ai" is what creates an "a" sound, very poor choice. Overall it was most certainly not worth the $22.45 I paid for it -- Finally, most of the stuff I received, I could have downloaded myself from various "free" pre-school sites. Hope this helps." ~~ submitted by Debbie in Arizona
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"I used this program for years! It is only on a 2 year rotation, so I got a little bored with the themes that seemed to repeat themselves. Other than that, they ship you everything you need! Lots of colorful papers for the kids. I love all the rhymes, fingerplays and the provider materials. They also have great customer service. And you can order for only 1 child instead of the 3 most companies normally have as a minimum." ~~ Submitted by Chelsea
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"Very cheap. Was just printables that I could of found myself. It did provide a curriculum book for the month though." ~~ Submitted by Chelsea
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"Very cute, open-ended crafts, quality materials and great customer service, quick shipping, professionalism." ~~ Submitted by Jana in Ohio
"I have used them for over 5 years and I like it but it seems like the past few years the kids have been bored and maybe the program is not what it used to be." ~~ Submitted by Terri in MN
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"The home school one I tried 2 months ago and only for 1 month. I wasent happy with that one at all. I had to do all the cutting out and the pictures and things were very blah." ~~ submitted by Kristi
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"Excellent customer service, literature-based. Though I have never actually tried this curriculum, I've seen samples. This would be a top-choice curriculum for me to try." ~~ Submitted by Jana in OH
"I love the Ittybittybookworm curriculum, its downloadable online, and on cd, its a literacy based curriculum, I like it because I print what I need, dont' always have the same amount of children and with the pre packaged, you have to order so many and you never know how many kids you will have from day to day:)" ~~ Submitted by Sandy in FL
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"Great company and good customer service. This is a packaged kit with cute crafts. It's been many years since I used Mother Goose. I found I had to keep adding a lot of materials to it to round it out." ~~ Submitted by Jana in Ohio
"Used for a few years, in general I thought it was a good program but it is gotten too expensive for me." ~~ Submitted by Terri in MN
"I used Mother Goose for 6 months but even tho I loved their graphics and everything was so nice I felt it was more theme based and wanted more academic." ~~ Submitted by Kristi
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"Love it! Excellent! Very well organized, always have it at least three weeks before needed. Children love doing all the activities and crafts.Lesson plans and all materials are included. Very happy with it." ~~ Submitted by Linda
"This is the program I used last year & am continuting to use this year! The kids and I love this program! They provide all the materials and all pages are printed in color, so it's great for those kids that don't really enjoy coloring. Lots of very creative crafts also. And at least 3 papers for the kids to do each day. The program is also on a 3 year rotation, so no getting bored!" ~~ Submitted by Chelsea
"Then I finally tried a new one and when I opened it I knew after the first 5 days that I looked at I was impressed. It is Star Brite. I will be sticking with this one for awhile." ~~ Submitted by Kristi
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