Penny’s Top Preschool Picks:

Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: Play More, Memorize Less

Words Their Way: Letter & Picture Sort for Emergent Spellers

Phonemic Awareness: Playing with Sounds...Reading Skills

Count on Math: Activities for Small Hands and Lively Minds

Science Is Simple: Over 250 Activities for Preschoolers

Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn! Enriching Movement Activities

Learn to Move, Move to Learn

The Instant Curriculum

The Big Messy Art Book

More Good Reading:

Children’s Play: The Roots of Reading
Teaching Montessori in the Home: Preschool Years
Teach Me to Do It Myself: Montessori Activities
How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way

The Preschooler’s Busy Book
The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood
Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities (ages 3-6)
Giant Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for 3-year-olds
Kitchen Table Play & Learn
Preschool Success
What Your Preschooler Needs to Know
Activity Books 1 & 2 to “What Your Preschooler Needs to Know”

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children
Playful Reading
Literacy Through Play
Alphabet Art
Math in Minutes: Easy Activities for Children Ages 4-8
Preschool Math
Science Play: Beginning Discoveries for 2 to 6-year-olds
My Five Senses by Aliki
 

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