What Your Preschooler Needs to Know

What Your Preschooler Needs to Know

Four-year-olds ask a lot of questions, and What Your Preschooler Needs to Know gives families a read-aloud approach to exploring many of them together. This illustrated anthology brings together the core knowledge many educators believe helps prepare children for kindergarten through stories, poems, songs, activities, and conversation.

Inside are 109 selections covering a wide range of subjects designed specifically for preschool-aged learners: History introduces children to people, places, and events through stories and simple activities.

Science explores topics like light, air, water, animals, and the natural world through photographs, questions, and hands-on exploration.

Music includes classic songs and musical activities that encourage movement and participation.

Poems and Rhymes build listening skills, vocabulary, rhythm, and early language development.

Visual Arts introduces children to artwork while encouraging observation and discussion.

Stories and Fables provide read-aloud opportunities while allowing parents to decide what best fits their family.

Throughout the book, sidebars provide conversation prompts, activities, and ideas that help children connect what they are learning to everyday life.

Because the material is divided into short, manageable selections, families can read a little each day, focus on one subject at a time, or simply follow their child's interests.