Kindergarten Curriculum
What is Kindergarten Curriculum?
A kindergarten curriculum usually bundles five or six pieces: a phonics or early-reading program, a math program (often manipulative-heavy at this age), simple printing or handwriting practice, read-alouds and early literature, and some mix of science, nature study, and social studies done lightly. Religious programs add a Bible or catechism component. Total seat-time in a well-paced K curriculum is somewhere between 60 and 120 minutes a day — far less than school.
The popular options span the philosophical spectrum: The Good and the Beautiful K, Sonlight K, My Father's World K, Memoria Press Junior K, Oak Meadow K, Blossom and Root, plus a la carte combinations like All About Reading 1 + Singapore Earlybird + Handwriting Without Tears. Online accredited programs (K12, Power Homeschool, Acellus) exist for K but are usually overkill for the age and skill set.
How to Learn Kindergarten Curriculum
Keep it short and protect play. The single biggest mistake new homeschoolers make is replicating school at home for a five-year-old — four hours of seat work, a planner, transition bells. Most kindergarten skills (letter sounds, counting to 100, basic addition, listening to a story and retelling it) can be taught in two short blocks before lunch with the rest of the day free for play, walks, projects, and reading aloud.
A few specifics. Phonics is the priority — if you have to drop something on a bad day, keep phonics. Math at this age should be almost entirely hands-on (counting bears, base-ten blocks, dice games) before worksheets; many curricula push to paper too fast. Read aloud daily, well above the child's reading level — this is where vocabulary and comprehension are built, not in their own decoding practice. And if your child is not ready to sit and learn at 5, that is information, not a problem; the academic ground covered in K is easy to make up in a six-week stretch at 6.
Kindergarten Curriculum Resources
Spectrum Writing Workbook, Kindergarten
LIFEPAC Kindergarten 2-Subject Set
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LeapFrog Epic™ Academy Edition
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K5 Online with Books
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Daily Learning Drills, Grade K
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LeapPad Ultimate
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LeapFrog Kindergarten Learning Kit
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Complete Homeschool Curriculum - Kindergarten
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Kindergarten Learning Resources
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Smart Starts Kit, Grades K-1
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Kindergarten PDF Workshsets
Set of printable worksheets and workbooks for teaching kindergarten math, reading, sight words, and much more....
Kindergarten Curriculum
Homeschool Pop is proud to present our Kindergarten curriculum videos! This is our smallest collection (at this point) but will continue to grow soon :)...