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I mentioned in another post that I was going to order a few subscription boxes to supplement our homeschool. Even though we don't begin formal lesson until the children are around six, they've really been driving me crazy underfoot these days. Call it cabin fever, or what you will but they are desperate to learn along side their older sisters. And to be honest, I've lost all my craftability. The more we've added to the brood, the less time I've had to create any sort of preschool curriculum.
Enter, The Preschool Box!
Everything you'll need to help your littles along in learning the ABC's and basic math is in this little box! The Preschool Box contains instructions for four weeks of lessons, with a minimum of 16 activities. Also included are, Letter Cards, Number Cards, Printables, Craft Supplies, Stickers and even a little board book for reading. You simply need to supply the glue and scissors, crayons and pencils. Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!
Some super fun activities included gluing beans to a letter B card, using beans or Cheerios instead of pom poms to count and sort for math. The girls played with play dough to create the numbers 0-5, and painting dots with Q-tips for the letter D worksheet.
Here's Ellie sorting out the correct number of 'gumballs' then gluing them to the gumball machine. Some of the learning activities included for letter A-D are identifying the letter, letter sounds and writing.
The girls absolutely loved playing hide and go seek with all the letter cards. Since we've received the box, they ask me every. single. day. to play! Of course, my Darling. Of course.
Even my two year old loved participating with all the craft projects.
Here's Hazel placing the number cards in numerical order. One of the games to go along with this is to place Velcro dots on the back, then have the girls close their eyes and feel the cards, guessing the correct number by touch, not site. Brilliant!
Pros:
- The lessons are all mapped out for me. The instructions are clear and easy, and best of all, I didn't have to think of them! They did the work for me.
- Everything is included. All the crafts supplies, paint, play dough, sequins, etc. is all bagged up and ready to go.
- My girls loved the box. Not once did they say they were board. In fact, they begged me to "Do School"
- With the exception of the consumables, I can use this box, for-everrr! So when my youngest gets a little older and want to learn, I'll have some supplies already on hand for her.
- The Preschool Box donates a portion of every subscription to Rafiki Africa Ministries, an orphanage in Uganda. {LOVE}
Cons:
- I have three littles who are all about 15-18 months apart, but the box is more suited for a single child. Thankfully we worked it out where each of them would do half an activity, and they other could finish. If I would offer one suggestion to The Preschool Box is that they offer a sibling add on, or additional child add on for a minimal charge when ordering. For example, extras could include more copies of the tracing sheets and letter crafts. Other than that, The Preschool Box is fabulous!
Right now, The Preschool Box is offering you all $5 off for you to sign up for a subscription, using the code 5PRESCHOOL at checkout! They have monthly, quarter, half year and full year subscriptions. You can also read more about The Preschool Box on their blog for more preschool ideas.
I'm so glad I took the plunge and ordered from The Preschool Box. It's been a blessing to both my girls and I to have everything planned and supplied. How about you? Have you had any success with The Preschool Box?
ps. I was not paid for this review, nor was I given a free kit. This is my own honest to goodness review of this delightful subscription box.
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