Affordable Curriculum

[MarinaVanessa]

Try looking on Pintrist, it has lots of interesting and free curriculum ideas. Also New provider, consider becoming a registered member and joining the "Providers in Training" group (both are free).

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Also a VERY inexpensive curriculum is Preschool Palace. It's a curriculum for 3-5 year olds that only costs like $10 for the whole year (no summers). It's a cheap way to start off (they used to be free but just started to charge) and it's a download so you get it immediately.

This can work as a guideline for you to help you get started and then you can change any of the activities and difficulty levels to suit your DCK's needs. This is how I do it anyway. It's a good starting point then I use free activity ideas from pinterest and other websites to replace activities that I don't like or that I feel the children won't like.

[LK5kids]

Yes this.

Also a VERY inexpensive curriculum is Preschool Palace. It's a curriculum for 3-5 year olds that only costs like $10 for the whole year (no summers). It's a cheap way to start off (they used to be free but just started to charge) and it's a download so you get it immediately.

This can work as a guideline for you to help you get started and then you can change any of the activities and difficulty levels to suit your DCK's needs. This is how I do it anyway. It's a good starting point then I use free activity ideas from pinterest and other websites to replace activities that I don't like or that I feel the children won't like.

This is awesome! Thanks!

[sunlight]

My favorite preschool curriculum is Early Start Fun Learning. It is pre-packaged. In my busy daycare with mixed age groups it just works for me. It is about $45 a month and I buy for two age groups. The 2-3 and the 4-5. It is not quite as "pretty" as Funshine Express but it is cheaper, and shipping is super affordable. It contains everything needed. It even contains evaluations and updates for parents, a monthly news letter, recipe etc. In the past I did try downloading from the internet and found great sights that offered that. But, the cost of ink to print everything every month was not cost effective.

One of my daycare moms is a preschool teacher for Head Start and they use Creative Curriculum. All that is is a large book with ideas and what my state requires for curriculum. They still have to plan each and every lesson, and provide all the supplies for it. It is still worth looking at for ideas!

Best wishes in your choice!

[Jack Sprat]

I just ordered Early Start. It was the cheapest that I saw, and like another poster said its cheaper then printing everything. Excited to get it started.

[iluvlearning]

New Option

It is so hard to find a curriculum that is not expensive. I looked and looked. I tried most of the ones out there. Then last spring, I found a new curriculum called Gee Whiz Education. It is very affordable and delivered via the web. I really like that I can print what I want and view what I want on the computer. I also like that now I only have to buy one curriculum for all my ages (infants-school-age). There are lots of great curriculums out there but I really like this one a lot. Good luck!