Pre-K Fundamentals · Ages 3–5

Introduce preschool concepts in a fun & engaging way.

Four weeks of story-driven lessons where your child helps a stranded alien, a gnome, and a worm named Leif. Print it, open to today’s page, grab your materials, and go.

  • Built by a former elementary teacher
  • Instant PDF download
  • Print at home, reprint forever
What’s included

Four weeks. Four little adventures.

Twenty-two daily lessons, one page each. Your child isn’t practicing shapes, they’re helping a stranded alien get home or a gnome bring color to their garden. That’s the whole trick, and it’s why it sticks.

Cosmo, the shape-shifting alien from Week 1
Week 1 · 5 days

Cosmo’s Shape Hunt

A shape-shifting alien is stranded on Earth, and he needs your child’s help learning our shapes to power his ship home.

Covers: circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and pentagons.

Briar the gnome from Week 2, Color Hunters
Week 2 · 6 days

Briar’s Color Hunters

A gnome’s garden has lost every last bit of its color. Your child hunts the colors down one by one to bring it back — then builds a bouquet to keep.

Covers: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

Leif the worm from Week 3, Critter Counters
Week 3 · 5 days

Leif’s Critter Counters

Leif can’t remember how old he is. You’ll meet all his bug friends while he tries to figure it out.

Covers: numbers 1–10, taught five different ways.

Grandpa Leif and his airplane from Week 4, Letter Learners
Week 4 · 6 days

Letter Learners

Letters come flying in behind Grandpa Leif’s airplane. Learn each one and a secret message starts to appear.

Covers: C, A, N, D, O, I, T and the letters in your child’s own name.

How each day works

Four steps. About 15 minutes.

Every day is a single page, printed front and back. That’s the whole system.

  1. 1

    Set up

    The materials are listed at the top of the page. Most days it’s three or four things. Peek the night before and you’re set.

  2. 2

    Read the story

    One short page. You read it out loud, your child finds out what today’s problem is and who needs help.

  3. 3

    Do the activity

    Hands-on, right there on the page. This is where the actual learning happens.

  4. 4

    Flip for the ending

    Turn the page over and continue the story. That flip is the part they’ll ask for tomorrow.

Rea, smiling outdoors in her garden

@reashomegrown

Hi, I’m Rea!

Before I was a mom, I was an elementary teacher. Now I stay home with my little one, and every single weekday we do “school time”. Learning our letters, hunting for shapes, counting colorful bugs, and making a mess.

This bundle is that same time, packaged up for you. The actual lessons, run with my own preschooler, curated for anyone to do!

Why it works

Four weeks built the way preschoolers actually learn.

Hands before symbols

Early learning happens by touching, molding, and moving. So every skill starts in their hands — shaping letters from playdough, digging numbers out of the sand, giving ladybugs their spots. The thinking follows fast.

A reason to care

Your child is practicing, they just don’t feel like they are. They’re rescuing a gnome’s garden and throwing a worm a surprise party. Wrapping a skill inside a story they care about is what makes it stick at this age.

You’re the guide

Every page walks you through it: what to set up, what to say, what to ask at the end. Those steps aren’t random, they follow the same methods I used in the classroom. You get to be the guide beside your child without ever wondering “how?”

Brief on purpose

Each day runs about 15–20 minutes, because that’s how long a preschooler’s focus really lasts.

The whole bundle

22 planned days are waiting for you.

Instant download · Print & reprint forever

Not ready? Take Week 1 free — all five days, no catch.

Questions parents ask

Before you buy

What age is this actually for?

Ages 3–5, with the sweet spot around 3.5 to 5. If your child can sit for a short story and hold a crayon, they’re ready. A younger sibling can usually tag along for the hands-on parts.

Do I need any teaching background?

None at all. That’s the whole point. Every page tells you what to set up, what to say, and what to ask at the end. If you can read a story out loud, you can teach this.

What exactly do I get, and how do I get it?

A PDF, delivered to your inbox the moment you buy. Inside: a parent intro guide plus 22 daily lesson pages, designed to print front and back on a regular home printer.

How much prep is this really?

A few minutes most days. Each page lists its materials right at the top, so the honest advice is to peek at tomorrow’s page tonight.

Do we have to do it in order, five days a week?

Nope. The weeks stand on their own, so you can start with whichever one your child is most excited about. Skip a day, repeat a favorite, take a week off. It’ll still be there.

What if my child loses interest halfway through?

That’s not a failure, that’s a preschooler. Their focus is still growing, and a short happy try beats a long forced one every single time. Stop, come back to it later, and give yourself grace.

Can I reprint it for a second child?

Yes — it’s yours to keep and reprint as many times as you need for your own family. Run it again with a younger sibling in two years if you like.

Start the adventure

Four weeks of mornings, already planned. No teaching degree, no screens. Just you, your child, and about fifteen minutes a day.

Pre-K Fundamentals $14.99 · 22 days · instant download