Barb Miller's List: Preschool

Helpful tips for parents to foster pre-reading skills in 3 - 5 year old children.

From how preschoolers think, to typical milestones in development for three-year-olds and four-year-olds, we've got preschool covered! Look here for information on learning to read and kindergarten readiness.

Starfall.com teaches children to read with phonics. The systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool,orkindergarten.

Highlights the emotional and physical care children need for proper development from the first few weeks of life through the challenging teen years. Pediatricians discuss the vaccines and medications infants need to build strong immune systems as well as mention how parental attention and touch stimulates the infant brain and promotes intelligence. Noting the obesity epidemic plaguing children--and the increase in type two diabetes among kids--the program discusses how parents can create opportunities for their children to enjoy physical activity without causing unnecessary stress and worry. The program concludes with a look at the social pressures affecting teens today and considers how adults can influence teens to stay away from drugs, alcohol, and reckless behavior.

The explosion of language in young children provides a dramatic illustration of the young brain at work. How do we learn to talk? How do we learn to read? In adults, most linguistic activity is restricted to the left hemisphere. However, very young children respond to language with the entire brain. But what happens when the brain is physically compromised? And what are the physical roots of language disorders such as dyslexia?

Preschool children want to touch, taste, smell, hear, and test things for themselves. They are eager to learn. They learn by experiencing and by doing. This University of Illinois site gives basic information on the growth and development of the preschool child.

High quality coloring pages and preschool skills worksheets to boost IQ plus printable kids coloring pages.

Wide variety of preschool coloring pages. Alphabet coloring pages available.

This Google site displays images of preschool craft ideas. Each photo is linked to a website that gives instructions and patterns.

Imaginative range of projects for pre-schoolers that include cutting, pasting, and folding. Many are educational as well as fun.

This site provides ideas for themed art activities, crafts, coloring pages. Favorite Friends category has templates for cartoon characters. Templates available in black and white or color.

Crafts for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and very young children.

PE Central presents a large number of Preschool lesson ideas for you to use in your physical education program. These ideas are from teachers around the globe.

Teachers.Net features thousands of free lesson plans and classroom ideas submitted by teachers. Browse lesson plans by category, grade level, or search by keyword, and discover how the Teachers.Net community can make lesson planning easier and more rewarding.

Come and visit the preschool themes and lesson plans below to find fun early childhood activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten. The preschool lesson plans include a list of materials needed, easy-to-follow instructions, crafts, printable activities, activity worksheets, coloring pages and related resources.

Free Preschool Lesson Plans, each lesson plan includes everything you need to teach a week long lesson to your children.

Great site for games, crafts, snacks or songs for theme related preschool lessons.

The causes of autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder, are still a mystery to doctors and researchers. Parents of autistic children describe the characteristics of autism and share warning signs parents may observe in their children. Doctors and therapists share information about different treatment options as well as the research that is currently being done to understand more about the disorder.

Autism is a neurological disorder that leads to problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, rigid behaviors, and poor social interactions. The program describes what life is like for autistic children, some of the early warning signs, and the resources available for autistic children.