Unit Studies

Heart of Dakota's Little Hands to Heaven preschool program features simple daily plans that will give you a special learning time with your preschooler!

Thirty-three units are based on stories from the Bible and are filled with ideas to get kids moving, exploring, and playing in a meaningful way. Each unit has a theme centered on Bible characters (e.g. "Young Joseph," "Jonah Tries to Run") with the activities coordinating with the daily Bible stories. A complete program, this course covers letter recognition, formation, and sounds; early math skills; art; dramatic plays; finger plays; music; and more. The quick and easy activities require little or no preparation and use only common household materials and a Bible (a list of recommended additional resources is below). Units are broken down into days. Every day's lesson has easy-to-follow instruction boxes with a key idea for each topic. Patterns, reproducible activities, and other components are also integrated throughout.

Lesson plans are written so you can use the program with multiple ages at the same time.

The following books are NOT included, but are recommended for the following age groups:

Treehouse Story School: Preschool is a gentle, literature-based preschool curriculum that invites children to learn through the themes in stories they love. Each week will focus on a picture book, inviting children into connection and learning through music and movement, play-based narration, alphabet and number play, motor skills, practical life development, crafts, and baking together.

It would be a great fit for your toddler or preschooler if you are looking to incorporate multi-sensory, play-based learning while introducing them to timeless stories. From toddler through upper preschool, this curriculum can be used year after year as you dive deeper into beloved, classic stories your family will cherish.

What's included?

• Bound Curriculum with weekly grids, daily lesson plans, hand rhymes, recipes, and handcraft instructions, 272 pages
• Storytelling Cut-Out Pieces with hand-painted watercolor character illustrations, 34 pages
• Number Cards, 0-20
• Alphabet Cards, uppercase and lowercase, A-Z

Bound Curriculum:

• 272 pages, double-sided
• Heavy weight matte paper
• Wire-coil bound
• Matte laminated cardstock cover
• Printed in the USA

Storytelling Cut-Out Pieces, Number Cards, Alphabet Cards:

• 44 pages, single-sided
• 100# cover weight cardstock
• Printed in the USA

This hard copy purchase also includes the digital files sent to the email address you use to check out. Each download includes:

• Full 32-week curriculum, 272 pages
• Storytelling Cut-Out Pieces, 34 pages
• Number Cards, 0-20
• Alphabet Cards, uppercase and lowercase, A-Z

The study is a compressed .zip file that contains folders with the curriculum, Storytelling Pieces, and Number and Alphabet Cards.

The Magic of Childhood is a 52-week Christian homeschool guide designed to nurture your preschooler’s natural curiosity through play-based learning, nature exploration, and spiritual growth. With weekly themes ranging from seasonal nature studies and animal habitats to weather observation and learning about community helpers, this guide offers a flexible structure for families who want to enrich their child’s early years with nature-based learning. Each week’s unit includes a faith-filled devotional; five theme-based picture book recommendations, and 30-word vocabulary list. The easy-to-follow weekly schedule will help you plan and organize activity ideas for early literacy, counting, and number sense. Beautifully illustrated vocabulary, letter, and number flash cards include six words that match the theme of each unit. With weekly themes covering every season of the year, the units can be completed in any order that fits your family’s and child’s interest. 208 pages, spiral-bound hardcover and flashcard pages packaged in a gingham-patterned storage box. Ages 3 – 5.

Please Note: This product is a first edition, and while we've noticed a few minor typographical errors, they do not affect the usability or clarity of the guide.

Each day, you'll find a Bible reading with a short commentary and discussion questions, a suggested picture book to read, and engaging activities in three categories:

Also includes hand-painted watercolor nativity elements that you and your child can use throughout the study.

It's never too early to introduce your children to Jesus, the true meaning of Christmas. More than anything, I pray this guide points them to Him. 

A Picture Book Preschool was created by the Homeschool Compass to help you savor your child's early years while enjoying beautiful songs, stories, and activities together. Perfect for ages 3 to 5, this program has 26 units, one for each letter of the alphabet. In each unit you will find a recommended list of picture books; a folk song, nursery rhyme, or poem; worksheets to practice handwriting, phonics, and number skills; hands-on activities such as crafts, recipes, and science experiments; and coloring pages. With over 250 pages of printable, developmentally appropriate activities, this program will give you a strong start to your homeschool journey as you build healthy rhythms to grow on in the years to come. Reproducible for in-family use only.

The Sonlight Pre-K program, Exploring God's World, is designed to bridge the gap between the Sonlight preschool program and the early chapter books and academics of Sonlight A - perfect for ages 4-5. This level gently expands learning time from primarily picture books into gentle teaching. Pre-K includes delightful imaginative literature while starting to develop your children's knowledge of the real world.

Pre-K includes many fiction titles that are nicely illustrated, but the number of words per page increases significantly and expands to include collections of short stories. Children also start to learn about history and how to express the concept of time.

The Pre-K Science books teach children about the months of the year, farm animals, the four seasons, simple machines, and more. The humanities are introduced through the study of famous art and a book of poetry illustrated by Eric Carle.

Developing the Early Learner Volumes I-IV is a series of four carefully sequenced workbooks that are designed to help your children build motor skills (useful for handwriting), visual skills (useful for letter recognition and reading), auditory skills (important for following directions and listening to great books), and comprehension (understanding those great books).

The Pre-K Instructor's Guide includes resources for teaching all Pre-K subjects, including: a full schedule; teaching helps; memory exercises, nursery rhymes, poems, songs, and activities; and more. Each week includes 5-6 additional hands-on activities that coordinate with the reading.

Estimated daily time for the Pre-K Exploring God's World Program: Student and Parent: 20 mins to 1.5 hrs. Ages 4-5. Covers 36 weeks of instruction.

This kit includes:

• Pre-K Instructor's Guide: Exploring God's World
• 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible
• People by Peter Spier
• Stories from Africa
• Things People Do
• The Gods Must be Angry
• Then and Now
• New Toes for Tia
• First Thousand Words
• Dr. Seuss' ABC
• American Tall Tales CD by Jim Weiss
• The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book
• Milly-Molly-Mandy Story Book
• Stories from Around the World
• Eric Carle's Animals, Animals
• Children's Book of Virtues
• A Child's Book of Art
• Uncle Wiggily's Story Book
• Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?
• What's Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew?
• How do you Lift a Lion?
• How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
• Why Do Tigers have Stripes?
• What's Under the Sea
• The Berenstain Bear's Big Book of Science and Nature
• The Year at Maple Hill Farm
• Developing the Early Learner Volume I, II, III, IV

Study God's miraculous creation of the world with All Creation Sings!
This is a family-style, 7-day unit study on the creation account in Genesis. Each day
you'll find:

• Scripture reading
• Family devotion with discussion questions (and answers)
• Picture book recommendations for preschool and elementary ages
• A science-related activity or link
• A craft
• A simple snack recipe
• A daily activity sheet

  This unit study is recommended for pre-K through elementary school, but older siblings
  can certainly join in! There's something here for everyone.

  This would make a perfect at-home VBS. Invite another family from your
  neighborhood, grab a few picture books and supplies, and learn about creation
  together. While this is a 7-day study, you could choose your favorite activities and
  double up on two days to make it a 5-day study.

Designed to be used with children ages 2 through 4, Before Five in a Row is a rich treasury of classic picture book lessons and creative ideas that help you gently, consistently prepare your children for the lifelong adventure of learning. This bestselling volume is the foundation for inspired learning through great books and future studies with the entire Five in a Row curriculum.

Before Five in a Row is divided into two parts. Part One contains hundreds of simple ideas and activities developed around 24 of the finest books ever written for young children. You’ll find delightful activities built around such wonderful classics as The Runaway Bunny, The Carrot Seed, Corduroy, Caps for Sale, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, The Snowy Day, Katy No-Pocket and Blueberries for Sal. Each unit provides creative ideas and enjoyable activities designed to cultivate joyful intimacy with your child while building vital learning-readiness skills.

Part Two is a rich resource filled with specific ideas designed to help you prepare children for learning through simple, everyday activities. You will also find ideas for bath time, bedtime, in the kitchen, at the grocery store, and much more—information and inspiration to help you maximize these precious years, guiding and preparing your children well for their future academic journeys.

Special features include a new design with updated illustrations, Animal Classification Cards that help children develop simple, enjoyable classification skills, and Story Disks and a Storybook Map that provide hands-on fun and prepare your child for later studies with More Before Five in a Row and Five in a Row Volumes 1-8.

Before Five in a Row is the perfect introduction to the joys of parent-directed learning in a few moments each day!

*Story Disks (Color & Laminated) are sold separately*

Before Five in a Row uses these living books which must be purchased separately:

• The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gag
• Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack
• Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
• The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom
• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodinka
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins
• If Jesus Came to My House by Joan Thomas
• Jenny’s Surprise Summer by Eugenie Fernandes
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
• Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
• The Little Rabbit by Judy Dunn
• My Blue Boat by Chris L. Demarest
• Play with Me by Marie Hall Ets
• Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field
• The Quiet Way Home by Bonny Becker
• The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Yellow Ball by Molly Bang