As an educator, I know the "requirements" for Kindergarten. These are the items that they want all 5 year olds to know at Kindergarten screening time. Because we have chosen not to send our children to a formal preschool, I knew that the responsibility for readiness would fall into my hands.
When I began looking into a preschool curriculum for our oldest child, I was very discouraged and overwhelmed. What I was looking for was a simple Biblical curriculum that incorporated phonics, math, and song. Many sites I found cost money. Others were so involved that there was no way I could do them and stay sane! I felt the curriculum tried to cram too many Biblical and educational items into a 36 week period. Without the consistent review time, I feared true learning could not occur. Also, there was no way my active child was going to sit through 2-3 hours of "school" a day. Being a one-income-family, I found that I did not have the resources nor the time to prepare all of the crafts and go on the field trips suggested for a week.
I knew that I wasn’t the only mom looking for a simple curriculum that allowed a child to still be a child. With my husband's support, I felt lead to pursue a curriculum that would give our children a solid base of Bible, phonics, math, and song. So, I began creating my own curriculum using my education background, classroom experiences, and life with our children. I thought about the requirements for Kindergarten and what my child enjoyed doing. I took into consideration time available for preparation and the length of time my child could focus. I remembered that making things applicable and making sure to review was the key to true learning. Thus began the 3 and 4 Year Old Curriculum. ABCJesusLovesMe.com's first day on the world wide web was April 26, 2008.
After originally creating this website, I realized that I needed to take the website down a different path. In the fall of 2008, I added gross and motor skill activities as well as sensory and visual perception activities. It has been through speech, occupational, and visual therapy with our son that I realized that the curriculum were only geared to certain children. I wanted to expand the curriculum to encompass those children with developmental delays. You can follow our family blog - Our Out of Sync Life to watch how we are learning to raise a son with Sensory Processing Disorder and developmental delays.
I take no credit for anything on this site. God has blessed me with a wonderful extended family. During my primary years, I was surrounded by song, learning opportunities, and fun. Almost all of the ideas for this curriculum have come from my childhood. In addition, I can not tell you the number of times that an idea came that was so perfect I knew it couldn’t have been from any other source but the Holy Spirit. Any ideas that I have used which are not my own have been documented as such. Items on this site are to be used for teaching of young children and not sold. (Terms of Use)
The biggest compliment that you can give concerning this site and the materials on it is to forward it to a friend or loved one.
You will see both Amazon and Google ads on this site. I do pray that these ads will be an asset for you using this curriculum as links are available to supplement the curriculum.
What I have created, I believe is doable for anyone who desires to prepare a child for Kindergarten and for life with a solid education and Bible foundation. Because all of the materials on this site are free, I do ask that you use it strictly for immediate family use only. Any use beyond this without prior consent is using this site incorrectly.
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