Treehouse Story School: Preschool

Starting your gathering time with music and movement is a wonderful way to help children release energy before sitting down to listen to a story and participate in activities. Each book has a coordinating:

• Hand Rhyme: Each day of the week you will lead your children in the hand rhyme. You can follow the lyrics and directions on the hand rhyme sheet in each week’s plans and/or play the YouTube video to follow along.
• Music: Each day of the week, you will play the songs from the week’s playlist. The songs in the Spotify playlists are broken down into four-week increments. The songs for each week are either related to the themes in the story or general early learning songs. Encourage children to sing along, dance, experiment with various instruments, and use play scarves.

Storytime is the foundation of each day’s lessons. Every day, you will read the week's picture book aloud, then bring the story to life by playing with your child using the hand-painted watercolor Storytelling Pieces and any additional props from the Storytelling Basket.

This early form of narration helps children develop the habit of attention, deepen their understanding of the story, practice language and sequencing skills, and build a foundation for both oral and written narration.

Each week provides simple, hands-on activities for children to practice letter recognition, formation, and letter sounds. The learning begins by focusing on the letters in your child's name, making the experience personal and meaningful, and then progresses through the alphabet in a carefully planned sequence.

Alphabet learning is supported with the Story School Alphabet Cards and the Beginning Sound Box–a simple game using household items to reinforce their phonics learning.

Throughout the curriculum, your child will be introduced to and begin to recognize and form numbers 0-20 using the Story School Number Cards. This is reinforced along with other age-appropriate early math skills such as sorting, counting, grouping, identifying shapes and colors, and exploring basic addition concepts. The skills are presented in a gradual, developmental sequence, with regular review incorporated to reinforce understanding. Each week includes kinesthetic activities to help your child actively engage with these concepts. 

Each week, you will engage your children in activities that promote important life skills such as self-care, kitchen tasks, and basic home repairs. You will also introduce activities designed to strengthen fine motor skills, such as lacing, squeezing sponges, and using spray bottles. These intentionally planned activities help build finger strength in preparation for developing a proper pencil grasp. Some activities align with the themes from the week’s story, while others are more general, providing a well-rounded approach to skill development.

You will conclude each day’s lesson with a hands-on project, activity, or simple recipe that relates to the themes of the story. Some of these activities will emphasize geography, nature, or science, helping to connect the themes to the wider world and nurturing a love for learning.

Fridays are dedicated to gathering for a Read-Aloud Tea Party. Each week’s plan includes a suggested recipe to make for the tea party. You can find suggested books related to the weekly themes in the Book Basket list provided in each week’s preparation sheet. 

Each week you’ll find a field trip suggestion related to the week’s story. You can schedule this in during an afternoon or weekend for the weeks that work for your family.

This file is a digital download and will be delivered electronically to the email address you use to check out.

• 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. For best results, we recommend you print using Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free application.

Bound Curriculum:

• 272 pages, double-sided
• 70-lb. weight matte paper
• Wire-coil bound
• Matte laminated cardstock cover
• Printed in the USA on a commercial grade printing press

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

• 44 pages, single-sided
• 100# cover weight cardstock
• Printed in the USA on a commercial grade printing press

This will guarantee your curriculum is of the highest quality and can be used for many years. All hard copies ship in 7-10 business days.

All hard copy purchases also include the digital files sent to the email address you use to check out.

Due to the nature of digital downloads, we cannot offer refunds on any digital products. All digital download sales are final.