Free Pre-K curriculum · Ages 4 to 5
Pre-K 4 (ages 4 to 5): the free year, week by week
What your learner will do this year: hear and find letters and sounds, write some letters of their name, count to 20, know numbers 0 to 10, and practice shapes, sorting and patterns, all through short play-based activities.
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See the Pre-K 4 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 letters and sounds, Tuesday math, Wednesday explore, Thursday make and move, Friday story and review. About 15 to 20 minutes of table time a day, in short blocks, plus a read-aloud, the song of the week and lots of play outside. For a sample week and a day-by-day plan, read how to homeschool pre-k: a simple weekly schedule.
The Pre-K 4 year map
| Unit | Weeks | Letters | Math | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Me and my family | 1, 2, 3, 4 | my name, s, a | Counting to 5 | My body and my senses |
| 2. Friends and feelings | 5, 6, 7, 8 | t, p, i | Numbers 0 to 5; more, fewer, same | Faces and feelings |
| 3. Healthy me | 9, 10, 11, 12 | n, m, d | Shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle | Washing hands, food, sleep |
| 4. Home and helpers | 13, 14, 15, 16 | g, o, c | Counting to 10; numbers 6 to 10 | Tools at home |
| 5. Animals | 17, 18, 19, 20 | k, e, u | Sorting and AB patterns | Where animals live |
| 6. Plants and food | 21, 22, 23, 24 | r, h, b | Longer, taller, heavier | Seeds and growing |
| 7. Sky and weather | 25, 26, 27, 28 | f, l, j | Above, below, beside, between | Sun, clouds, rain, day and night |
| 8. Water, sand and moving things | 29, 30, 31, 32 | v, w, x | Counting to 20; making 5 | Sink or float, push and pull |
| 9. Ready for kindergarten | 33, 34, 35, 36 | y, z, q | Review: numbers 0 to 10 | A practice school day |
Ready for kindergarten
Unit 9 is a practice school week. Along the way, check in with the free kindergarten readiness checklist. When your learner starts kindergarten, the free placement test finds the right starting point. It adapts to your student.
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 4 Full Year
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The whole Pre-K 4 year in one print-ready book: 36 weeks of parent plans, printable pages, activity cards and songs for ages 4 to 5, with a clickable table of contents, page numbers and parent answer notes. 309 pages.
See it in the storeQuestions parents ask
Many 4 year olds name a few colors, talk in sentences of 4 or more words, tell what comes next in a familiar story and hold a crayon with fingers and thumb. 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 one letter or 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.
Yes. The year map gives the order, each week page gives the plan, and the PDFs give the printables. It is free to use at home or in a classroom, with no caps, no card and no ads. A free adult account is needed only to download the PDFs.
No. Each week comes as a color PDF and a black-and-white PDF made from the same pages. The black-and-white version uses outline pictures, so it is low ink and doubles as a coloring page. You can also do every activity with no printer at all.
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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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