Here are some of our favorite learning resources for preschoolers, parents and learning! It’s a work in progress – check back often!
TV – pretty much, keep all screen time under 2 hours a day and steer clear of mainstream TV; it’s too violent and provocative. For more info and research, check out The Elephant in the Living Room.
- Super Why
- Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
- Mister Rodger’s Neighborhood
- Blue’s Clues
- Dora
- Bob the Builder
GAMES & TOYS
- Wall Pops Kids World Map (it a decal and you can write on it with dry erase!)
- Peg-it Number Boards
- Melissa and Doug Children of the World Floor Puzzle
- Share, save, spend bank (Mudpuppy in the City Bank)
- Uno – the card game
- Kid-size yoga mat
- Primary Science Set by Learning Resources
- Gears! Gears! Gears! by Learning Resources
- Art supplies in a shoe box (some ideas: non-toxic / washable paint, chubby paint brushes, colored and white paper, glue stick, preschool scissors, glitter, large sparkles, colored tissue paper)
ONLINE GAMES AND APPS
MUSIC
- Music with Sara
- Sing with Senor
- Lo Mejor de Columbia by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (instrumental Spanish)
- Songs for Children in Spanish by Elena Pa Travesi
- The Hokey Pokey – Learning with Action Songs by Fisher Price
BOOKS FOR KIDS
- Fire! Fuego! Brave Bomberos by Susan Middelton
- A Ver el Mundo Nos Vamos by Margaret Wise Brown
- Sali de Paseo (I went walking) by Sue Williams
- Mis Amigos by Taro Gomi
- We All Sing with the Same Voice by J. Philip Miller
- The Earth Book by Todd Parr
- The Thankfulness Book by Todd Parr
- The Family Book by Todd Parr
- I Spy books of all kinds and themes
- Alpha Block by Christopher Franceschelli
- Richard Scarry’s ABC Word Book
- Richard Scarry’s Find Your ABCs
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
- Wipe Clean Workbook Tracing and Pen Control by Rodger Priddy
BOOKS FOR PARENTS
- Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
- The Elephant in the Living Room: Make TV Work for Your Kids
- Little Girls Can Be Mean by Michelle Anthony
- Wild Things by Stephen James (about raising boys)
- World Peace and other 4th Grade Achievements by John Hunter
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
- NurtureShock: new Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
