Free preschool curriculum · Ages 3 to 4
Pre-K 3 (ages 3 to 4): the free year, week by week
What your learner will do this year: talk and listen, hear their own name and a few letter sounds, match and name colors, count to 5, find circles, squares and triangles, and build hand skills, all through short play-based activities of about 5 to 10 minutes.
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See the Pre-K 3 year map · Not sure of the level? Take the 3-question Pre-K 3 or Pre-K 4 picker
The daily and weekly rhythm
Monday talk and listen, Tuesday math, Wednesday explore, Thursday make and move, Friday story and review. About 10 to 15 minutes of table time a day, in short blocks, plus a read-aloud, the song of the week and lots of play outside. Letters are for hearing and noticing only: your learner's own name, and one letter sound about once a month.
The Pre-K 3 year map
| Unit | Weeks | Talk and letters | Math | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Me and my family | 1, 2, 3, 4 | My name, family words, feelings words | Counting to 3 | My body and my senses |
| 2. Friends and feelings | 5, 6, 7, 8 | Playing together, m | Colors: name and match | Faces and feelings |
| 3. Healthy me | 9, 10, 11, 12 | Body words, s | Counting to 5 | Washing hands, food, sleep |
| 4. Home and helpers | 13, 14, 15, 16 | Home words, b | Big and small, long and short | Tools at home |
| 5. Animals | 17, 18, 19, 20 | Animal words, p | Sort by color or kind | Where animals live, what they eat |
| 6. Plants and food | 21, 22, 23, 24 | Garden words, t | Circle, square, triangle | Seeds and growing |
| 7. Sky and weather | 25, 26, 27, 28 | Weather words, f | In, on, under, next to | Sun, clouds, rain, day and night |
| 8. Water, sand and moving things | 29, 30, 31, 32 | Moving words, d | AB patterns | Sink or float, push and pull |
| 9. Look how I've grown | 33, 34, 35, 36 | Growing words, h, my name | Review: count to 5, more and fewer | Growing and changing |
Next: Pre-K 4
Unit 9 looks back at the year. When your learner is about 4, names a few colors and talks in sentences of 4 or more words, move on to Pre-K 4, also free. Not sure? Use the 3-question picker. Curious about development? See developmental milestones by age.
Your next step
Next: start Pre-K, week 1
Free activities for this week, about 10 minutes each, with printable pages.
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Pre-K 3 Full Year
$19.99. One-time purchase, no subscription.
The whole Pre-K 3 year in one print-ready book: 36 weeks of parent plans, printable pages, activity cards and songs for ages 3 to 4, with a clickable table of contents, page numbers and parent answer notes. 309 pages.
See it in the storeQuestions parents ask
At 3, learning is mostly talking, playing and using the hands: back-and-forth talk, who, what, where and why questions, matching colors, counting a few objects and drawing a circle when shown how. Every student grows at their own pace, so use these as things to practice, not a test.
There are 9 units of 4 weeks. Each week has a talk-and-listen focus, one math skill, an explore activity, a make-and-move activity and an original song. Week 4 of every unit is a review and show-me week with a parent notes page. One letter sound comes about once a month.
Yes. The year map gives the order, each week page gives a short plan, and the PDFs give the printables. Activities take about 5 to 10 minutes and use household supplies. It is free at home or in a classroom, with no caps, no card and no ads.
Pre-K 3 is for ages 3 to 4: talking, listening, colors, counting to 5 and hand skills, with letters by sound only. Pre-K 4 is for ages 4 to 5 and adds letters and sounds, name writing and counting to 20. The 3-question picker helps you choose.
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UpOnly Learning Pre-K is general education, not medical advice. If you have concerns about your learner's development, talk with your pediatrician. In an emergency, call 911.
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