We had a bulletin board where I displayed the letter, color, shape<\/a>, and number of the week and cute little things related to the week’s theme. I had fun with preschool, y’all!<\/p>\n When my niece joined us, we simply didn’t have room for all that, but I didn’t want her to miss out on the fun we had learning those things. I needed something portable that I could pull out while she was here and put away at the end of each day.<\/p>\n I decided to combine the idea behind our writing center<\/a> and the math mini-offices<\/a> that I used with Josh and Megan. I thought it turned out really well and I must have been right because Josh and Megan were both upset that I didn’t make anything like that for them. The fact that we put the same stuff up on a bulletin board didn’t matter to them at all.<\/p>\n Our portable preschool learning center featured a spot for shapes, letters, numbers, and colors. Typically, I changed the letter weekly, the number every other week, and the shape and color once a month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I included photos of items whose name started with our letter of the week. Until we got to higher numbers (and ran out of room), I used the number of photos of each item that corresponded with the number we were working on. So, for letter C\/number two, there would be two cats, two cars, and two cookies, for example.<\/p>\n I used removable glue dots<\/a> so that I could easily change the letters, numbers, and other features as needed, and I made it look pretty with border I found at the Dollar Store. I cut the letters out of the border with my handy-dandy Sizzix die cutter<\/a>.<\/p>\n I used printables from a variety of sources, but following are the primary sites that I used. I’ve also added a couple of new sites that weren’t available back then, but which I absolutely love for preschool printables, activities, and ideas.<\/p>\n Letter of the Week<\/a> – This is the site that I used for the majority of Josh and Megan’s preschool education. The Preparatory Curriculum for ages 2-4 is what we used.<\/p>\n Letter of the Week from Confessions of Homeschooler<\/a> – I also really love this Letter of the Week curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler. It makes me wish her kids had been older than mine.<\/p>\n Mama’s Learning Corner<\/a> – Lauren has tons of fabulous printables for preschool and early elementary. This link goes to the preschool materials, but if you have older kids, be sure to look around.<\/p>\n ABC Snacks<\/a> – I always loved pairing a themed snack with our letter of the week. These ideas from All About Learning Press make it easy. Easy is good!<\/p>\n DLTK-Kids<\/a> – This is the site where I got many of my printables along with ideas on activities to go with different letters and numbers.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Preschool-Learning-Center.jpg\")
<\/div>\nMaking a portable preschool learning center<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nOnline resources for preschool<\/h2>\n