As a mom, a business owner and a former educator, I have had lots of
experience finding things on the Internet that help me to make my life
a bit easier.  I’ve looked up recipes, scared myself to death on WebMD
and entertained my preschoolers with great worksheets and crafts
printed off various websites.  Why purchase a book of preschool
resources for 4.95 at the supermarket ( or for 9.95 at the teacher
resource store) when I can create my own preschool book with a ream of
paper and a pile of ink cartridges?

 When you search for preschool resources and/or homeschooling
resources, you know that you run into a lot of sites that charge you
for membership.  Take it from me, some of these school sites are well
worth the money you would pay for a year, so be aware that some of the
sites you visit may have fees that range from a free will donation up
to 20/year.  In addition, I caution you from sites that are nothing but
ads for preschool toys and food.  Better to pay a few dollars for great
content rather than be visually assaulted by blinking banners and
popups!  Plus I don’t like creepy clowns and crazy cartoons meant for
preschoolers either!! I prefer quiet sites that don’t have a lot of
fluff!

Preschool resources:

Preschool handwriting and alphabet sheets  - http://www.first-school.ws/theme/handwriting.htm

Make your own Prek-Sheets (I wasn’t too thrilled with this site, but try it for yourself)  http://www.softschools.com/grades/prek.jsp

Online and printable - My little ones love http://www.starfall.com 
- the little cartoons are really cute and not too scary.  Watch out
with the younger ones  - my 2 year old doesn’t like the bear and the
alligator.

Create your own preschool handwriting sheet:  http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/handwriting/handwriting-practice.html (This
is great for my 5 year old - he is so thrilled that I print out a sheet
with his name!  He says it’s just like playschool!)

This site is really good, but it is 35.00/year BUT it has a lot of preschool stuff for free and even more if you pay.  http://abcteach.com/

Work on fine motor skills:  http://www.tlsbooks.com/preschoolfinemotorskills.htm

I hope this helps some of you with those little ones during the summer months!