Today on The Modern Homeschool Podcast, I'm sharing some fun kinder curriculum ideas. Whether you want to build your own curriculum, an open and go curriculum, or no curriculum at all this episode is for you! I will share my best tips and tricks for homeschooling kinder and how I homeschooled my son in kinder and my daughters in the early elementary school ages.

Some Homeschool Kindergarten Ideas:

Kindergarten Magical days playing outdoors, imagination, reading together, playdough and art.

My Favorite Art Supplies: https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/art-supplies-for-kids/

Simple Curricula we used and loved: The Good and Beautiful, handwriting, Lightning Literature

Books we LOVE: Frog & Toad Little Critters Ramona Owl at Home Beatrix Potter

Watercolor Books: https://amzn.to/4jym1T1, https://amzn.to/44NRufv, https://amzn.to/44cAmQr, https://amzn.to/42B3n77,

My Episode: Starting Kindergarten? Homeschooling is a Magical Option

My Episode: Sensory Play for Homeschool

My Episode: Homeschool Schedule for Kindergarten

My Episode: Gardening Gifts for Kids

My Episode: Build Your Own Literature Studies in 5 Easy Steps

My Episode: Plan your Homeschool Year in 4 Easy Steps

Living Book List: https://themodernhomeschool.com/living-books/

My Art Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/amysarttable

A sample schedule could be: Breakfast, Read Aloud, Art Activity, Maths, Outdoor Play (Sensory, Dough, Rice, Nature), Rest, Snack, Walk, Read, Make Dinner Find more by downloading a free chapter of my book (via pop up on homepage), The Modern Homeschool

Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: https://amzn.to/40pdqeP

The Read Aloud Family: https://amzn.to/3WwBDMA

Sight Words Kinder: https://amzn.to/48g0km4

Sight Words Pre-K: https://amzn.to/48pcYiM

First Little Readers Level A: https://amzn.to/3UuO2jX

First Little Readers Level B: https://amzn.to/3A8eWaB

Bobs Books Set 1: https://amzn.to/4fobJT3

Bobs Books Set 2: https://amzn.to/3NI7q9g

Handwriting From TGTB: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/pre-k-8-curriculum/handwriting/

Handwriting From Handwriting Without Tears: https://amzn.to/3CfRxV2

Math From TGTB: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/collections/math

Abc Mouse: https://www.abcmouse.com

Reading Eggs: https://readingeggs.com

Art Journaling, Favorite Journals linked here: https://a.co/d/b8Za4dE

How to Help a Struggling Reader at Home:https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/how-to-help-a-struggling-reader-at-home/

Consider Building Literature Studies, more information on this topic here: https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/build-your-own-literature-studies-in-5-easy-steps/

Favorite Books: Little Critters: https://amzn.to/48t5hbb, Berenstain Bears: https://amzn.to/3NQIEUt

Arteza Art Journals, Watercolor Set

Playdough Recipe, Sensory Rice Recipe

The Good and Beautiful Language Arts: Absolutely phenomenal that this mom developed this curriculum and is sharing it for FREE! You can check out the website and download the pages to use with your child. 

Link to Stanford Study on Kinder Age:

https://cepa.stanford.edu/news/waiting-start-kindergarten-can-be-good-kids-study-says

Link to Benefits of Outdoor Learning & Play:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1353829214000379?via%3Dihub

Link To Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles:

https://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/20Principles.html

Link to Montessori Principles:

https://www.dailymontessori.com/montessori-theory

The Modern Homeschool Website for Free Homeschooling Resources:

https://themodernhomeschool.com

Check out my new book here:

https://amzn.to/4dYhBlD

My Instagram for All things The Modern Homeschool:

http://www.instagram.com/the.modern.homeschool

Link to my episode: A Literature Based Approach to Homeschooling:

https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/a-literature-based-approach-to-homeschooling/

Link to my planning printables:

https://themodernhomeschool.com/homeschool-planning/

More on how I plan here:

https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/the-modern-homeschool-podcast-plan-your-homeschool-year-in-4-easy-steps/

All My FAVORITE Art Supplies Here: https://themodernhomeschool.com/podcast/art-supplies-for-kids/