I'm Ready to Learn | Journeys of Imagination | Hideaways in History | Animals and Their Worlds
 Children Around the World | The American Story I | American Crossing 1 | American Culture | All American I Set
All American II Set | The American Story II | High School American History | Adventures in the Sea & Sky
 Quest for the Ancient World Quest for the Middle Ages | Quest for Royals and Revolution

Program for Preschoolers - #RDY - $215 Value for $175
OR, Save Even More & Purchase with “Journeys of Imagination” Full Set for $359

 

This program gives you the basics for a 1-2 year discovery of basic readiness skills. It covers four fun-filled themes: At the Farm, In the Garden, At the Pond & In the Zoo. Add your own picture books or our "Journeys of Imagination", which follows generally along with these themes, for a wonderful preschool experience.

NEW! Ready to Learn Guidebook RDY-101 $80
A 36-week schedule that’s simple and gets you on your way to an easily-paced day for your youngest learners. This comprehensive guidebook includes alphabet and reading activities such as making word puzzles or making alphabet crowns. Math activities are also included that get young learners counting, adding and subtracting. The guide schedules all these resources and you’ll find the activities will blend in easily between the other learners in your household. Includes library book suggestions that will accent weekly study topics. A set of student workpages and activity helps is included for one student. WP Exclusive. Click here to see a sample of this program guide.

Make-a-Letter Hands-On Pack RDY-201 $39
Do-dads and ticklers and all kinds of manipulatives will get your preschooler working to sort by commonalities, distinguish initial sounds, find certain colors and other attributes, add and subtract with manipulatives, form letters, increase his letter recognition skills, and much more. WP Exclusive.

Sing! Play! Create! RDY-202 $13
Little ones will enjoy the four themes of fun learning in this book -- At the Pond, In My Garden, At the Zoo, and On the Farm. Games encourage social skills, taking turns, and respect for others. Songs with familiar melodies encourage verbal awareness, while great crafts help kids express themselves."

Art Starts for Little Hands RDY-203 $14
Theme-based art projects help little learners build letter, shape and color recognition and motor development.

Letter-by-Letter Blank Book RDY-204 $8
Your guide includes letters to paste in this book and fun art ideas to help students create a one-of-a-kind letter book.

Young Learner’s Bible Storybook RDY-401 $18
These 52 Bible stories each teach a Bible truth and include learning fun like counting, shapes, colors, and opposites.


SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES


Farmer Boy RDY-601 $ 9
Complete Zoo Adventure RDY-602 $17
One Small Square: Pond RDY-603 $8
One Small Square: Backyard RDY-604 $9
These four titles support the four themes of RTL. Farmer Boy takes students inside the inner workings of farm life, while the Complete Zoo Adventure acquaints students with zoo animals. Pond and Backyard investigate these two habitats in detail.

Additional Student Pack RDY-901 $29
Set of b&w and color workpages with blank book.


Skills Presented in "I'm Ready to Learn"

Many of these skills are revisited throughout the year.


Logic & Thinking Skills or Readiness Skills
  • Sorting
  • Sequencing
  • Categorizing
  • Tactile Awareness
  • Guessing & Conclusions
  • Print Concepts and Writing Left to Right
  • Same & Different, Comparisons
  • Telephone Skills
  • Fine Motor Skills
Language Skills
  • Rhyming
  • Distinguishing Syllables
  • Letter Sounds - A to Z (You can pair this with just our Phonics Cards (#LA-201) or the whole Pre-K/K Basic Phonics LA program for even more phonics instruction)
  • Distinguishing First-Letter Sounds in Words
  • Sound Discrimination
  • Blending Sounds
  • Separating Sounds
  • Sound Manipulation
  • Beginning Handwriting
  • Recognizing Typed Letters
  • Word Building
  • Beginning Sight Words - am, can, see, and, are, a, at, is, go, like, here, my, you, the, dad, mom, I, to, me, we, look, love, was, said
  • High Frequency Words
  • Recognizing Word Meaning
Math Skills
  • Counting 1-3, 1-5, 1-10, 1-13, 1-19
  • Number Names
  • Number Recognition, increasing in speed
  • Writing Numerals
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Calendar
  • Time & Clocks
  • Liquid Volume
  • Measuring, in inches, feet and yards
  • Judging Distance
  • Shapes: Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Oval
  • Pairs
  • Arranging in Order
  • Money & Cost - Pennies and later, Nickels
  • Beginning Addition
  • Beginning Subtraction
  • Number Manipulation
  • Story Problems

Perhaps you’d like to see our other Preschool Program, “Journeys of Imagination,”
which adds reading to this program.