FREE Preschool Curriculum Week 27, The Farm

This week we are taking our preschoolers to the farm! There will be fun outdoor games, crafts, and read alouds to help you celebrate this theme.

The letter of the week is “Y”, and it is the last letter we will be introducing to our preschoolers. Can you believe we’ve covered all 26 already? In math we review some of the fundamentals that we’ve learned this year like shapes, patterns, measurements, and more.

The field trip this week is to a local farm, which was one of my favorite things to do with my girls when we lived on Long Island. As always, there are a lot of fun and educational activities to sift through below. And, it’s completely up to you on whether or not you choose a handful or do them all.

Let’s dive into week 27…

Pre-K Homeschool Week 27 Free Resources

Here are some of the free resources I gathered from across the web to pull together our week 27 farm theme:

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Math Activities for Preschoolers

Practice counting to 100 by 1’s each day this week.

Grab a deck of cards (remove all face cards to start) and play war to work on comparing numbers.

Play the dice addition/subtraction game. Simply grab a pair of dice, one for you and the other for your preschooler to roll. And, add/subtract the two numbers.

Print out these farm animal tangrams from Life Over C’s (email required).

Have your preschooler create shapes with playdough or on a geoboard. You can have them do this on their own or make it a fun game by calling out the shapes for him/her to make.

Count and graph farm animals with this free download from Kindergarten Worksheets.

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Fine/Gross Motor Skills

Here are some activities to develop your preschoolers fine and gross motor skills this week:
Play catch

Puzzle Time – check your local $1 store for puzzles with 12 or more pieces

Sort beads into a muffin tin

Head outside and play hopscotch

Test your preschoolers fine motor skills with this hole punch game.

Language Arts

Introduce the letter “Y” – show your preschooler the capital and lowercase letter “Y”, and introduce the sound of this letter. Next, have your little one try to create the letter “Y” on a playdough mat or geoboard. Watch the letter “Y” on Starfall.

Letter “Y” phonics and writing practice (Daycare Worksheets)

Letter “Y” phonics review (Flashcard Fox) – build your preschoolers vocabulary by sharing the “Y” words on these flashcards. Make sure to print out two sets to create a memory game.

Try this “Y” is for yarn craft from Kids Activities Blog.

The sight words this week are “to” and “two”. Kindergarten Mom has a great free printable to introduce these sight words to your preschooler.

**Remember to read 1 level C book with your child each day.

Read Aloud Books:
The Farm That Feeds Us, Nancy Castaldo
Sleep Tight Farm, Eugenie Doyle
A Home in the Barn, Margaret Wise Brown
Morning on the Farm, Sabrina Ehlenberger
Farming, Gail Gibbons