Complete List of Free Preschool Curriculum for Homeschool
Many families want to homeschool their preschoolers, but don’t want to spend a ton of money on a formal curriculum. The great news is that there are many free options available. Here are my favorite options for free preschool curriculum for homeschoolers.
Free Preschool Curriculum Options
ABC Jesus Loves Me
36 weeks – Religious – Bible Stories, Reading, Fine and Gross Motor Skills
Each week’s lessons focus on a different Bible story, song, and verse. Lessons also include activity ideas to help kids learn about colors, shapes, and animals.
Suggested reading books, songs, and poems are included with each lesson. This curriculum incorporates review every 6 weeks.
Easy Peasy All-in-One Preschool
34 weeks – Religious – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
The main focus of this curriculum is preparing kids to learn to read. Each week, preschoolers will learn a new letter of the alphabet.
Each week’s lessons also include an animal-themed story that corresponds to the letter of the week. An extensive workbook is available that goes along with the lessons. Individual lessons from the workbook can be printed for free, or the whole workbook is available for purchase.
Encompass Preschool Curriculum from Cornerstone Confessions
26 weeks – Religious – Reading, Math, Bible Stories, Gross and Fine Motor Skills
This curriculum is 26 weeks long and is designed to be used 4 days per week. The lessons include monthly themes, a letter of the week, and poems and Bible verses to share.
This curriculum includes a wide variety of unique hands-on activity ideas. The activities give kids plenty of practice with gross and fine motor skills. They also help reinforce the themes and concepts for each week.
God’s Little Explorers from Motherhood on a Dime
28 weeks – Religious – Reading, Math, Bible Stories, Life Skills
God’s Little Explorers is a 28 week comprehensive free preschool curriculum. Each week’s lessons introduce a new letter of the alphabet and focus on a theme and a weekly Bible story.
Each lesson also includes a number to focus on throughout the week. The lessons are full of hands-on activity ideas for preschoolers to try. “Busy bag” ideas are also included so that preschoolers can work independently on activities that are related to the week’s theme.
Joyful Heart Bible and Rhyme from Hubbard’s Cupboard
38 weeks – Religious – Reading, Math, Bible Stories, Music, Fine Motor Skills
This curriculum is designed to be used 3 days per week for 38 weeks. Lessons plans include ideas for reading, math, and Bible activities that focus on a different Bible story each week.
A detailed daily planning sheet for each week is available to download. These plans include lots of additional activity ideas for each lesson.
A second year of this curriculum, called Joyful Heart Character, is also available.
Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum from Brightly Beaming Resources
38 weeks – Secular with optional Bible story – Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, etc.
Letter of the Week is a popular free preschool curriculum that focuses on learning one new letter of the alphabet each week. Activity suggestions that tie in with the letter are included for a wide range of subjects.
This curriculum also includes a review week built into the schedule every 6 weeks.
13 different levels of free curriculum are available for kids from birth to age 11. Additional free preschool curriculum options include Sound of the Week and Story of the Week.
Letter of the Week from Confessions of a Homeschooler
26 weeks – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
Letter of the Week is a free preschool curriculum that includes a lot of hands-on activity ideas for each letter of the alphabet. Each week, kids learn about a new letter.
This curriculum is available for free through individual blog posts. It can also be purchased as a convenient downloadable bundle.
Preschool Post Free Preschool Curriculum
39 weeks – Religious – Bible Stories, Reading, Fine Motor Skills, Music, Science, etc.
In this free preschool curriculum, each week has a letter of the week, a preschool theme, and a Bible story or topic to focus on.
The lessons include lots of ideas for hands-on activities, reading books, and crafts. Printable lesson plans are helpful for organizing to teach this curriculum.
Raising Rock Stars from 1plus1plus1equals1
26 weeks – Religious – Bible Stories, Reading, Fine Motor Skills
Raising Rock Stars is a Bible-based free preschool curriculum. Kids learn a new letter of the alphabet through themed activities each week.
This curriculum includes lots of unique craft ideas that correspond to the letters and Bible stories. It also includes suggestions for music to listen to throughout the week.
Reading the Alphabet from This Reading Mama
31 weeks – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
Reading the Alphabet is a 31 week full preschool curriculum that focuses primarily on early reading skills. It is designed for preschoolers who already know the names of the letters and letter sounds.
Each week, families focus on one letter of the alphabet. In addition to phonics and reading, kids practice cutting and gluing, tracing, handwriting, and counting.
Read to Me and ABC Preschool Curriculum from Walking by the Way
26 weeks – Secular – Reading, Fine Motor Skills
Read to Me and ABC is a 26 week letter of the week curriculum that focuses on a different read aloud book each week. Craft projects and activity ideas are also included.
Each week’s lesson also includes a lapbook for preschoolers to make.
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Free Preschool Curriculum for Reading
Ambleside Online
Flexible – Secular – Reading
Ambleside Online is a free resource for Charlotte Mason homeschool lesson plans. The site includes an extensive read aloud book list for “Year 0,” which is the time before a child starts formal Charlotte Mason homeschooling at age 6.
Progressive Phonics All-in-One Reading Program
Flexible – Secular – Reading and Handwriting
Progressive Phonics is a free printable curriculum for teaching kids to read using phonics. Sequential readers teach alphabet letters and phonics concepts.
Each book also has printable worksheets available to help reinforce the concepts that kids are learning. Kids can also practice printing with accompanying handwriting books.
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Free Preschool Curriculum Printables and Ideas
ABC Printables from Homeschool Printables
Flexible – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
This site is a great resource for free printables to use with any letter of the week preschool curriculum. The printables and ideas are organized by letter of the alphabet.
The site also includes ideas for read aloud books and links to blog posts with more resources for each letter.
Lesson Plans from Everything Preschool
Flexible – Secular – Reading, Math, Art, Music, Fine Motor Skills
This site includes one week free preschool curriculum plans for seven different themes. The plans include hands-on activities, music, books to read aloud, crafts, cooking ideas, and more.
The site also includes a directory of activity ideas for each letter of the alphabet.
Preschool at Home from Little Family Fun
Flexible – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
This site explains how to create your own preschool curriculum following a weekly or monthly theme. You can also find links to activity ideas for several common preschool themes.
Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans from First School
Flexible – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
This site includes a directory of activity ideas for preschoolers, organized by themes. Many of the lesson plans are also available in Spanish.
A directory of free printables is also included. These resources are organized by subject.
Zoomin Moving Alphabet from Royal Baloo
Flexible – Secular – Reading, Math, Fine Motor Skills
Moms of truck lovers! This site includes a huge downloadable printable pack for each letter of the alphabet. And each one is themed with a different truck!
The downloads include practice identifying and writing each letter. Kids can also work on math and fine motor skills with these activities.
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