Here are some resources we’ve found helpful in the very early years (Preschool/Kindergarten/First Grade).
Crafts (art, science, fine motor skills, literacy)
Kumon First Steps Workbooks – scissor skills, mazes, puzzles, letters
Kids Create! (Laurie Carlson)
Reading
Winnie the Pooh series
Beatrix Potter series
The Original Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright)
The Children’s Book of Virtues (ed. William J. Bennett)
A Child’s Garden of Verses, (R.L. Stevenson, ill. by Tasha Tudor)
Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury
Biscuit Storybook Collection, (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Bible
Leading Little Ones to God (Marion Schooland)
Science
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm and The Year at Maple Hill Farm (Alice and Martin Provensen)
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children
Nature Log Kids, Bird Log Kids, Bug Log Kids (Deanna Brandt)
The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook. (Clare Walker Leslie)
Geography/History
Books on Countries/Cities around the world: This is series (M. Sasek)
Discover the World Alphabet Books (geography series, one for each letter)
Music
Meet the Orchestra (Ann Hayes)
Famous Children series (Ann Rachlin)