For parents of 3 to 5 year olds
Preschool at home, planned down to the day.
36 weeks of short, hands-on lessons — open the week, print, sit down together.36 weeks of short, hands-on lessons your child will actually want to do. You open the week's plan, print the pages, and sit down together for about 20 minutes. Everything else is already done.
One payment · everything included
100% screen-free36 weekly lesson plans14-day money-back guaranteeColour + Black & White editions · US Letter & A4
Everything you get
Three books, one guide, the whole year.
Book 1
Months 1–3 · 264 pages
All About Me, Animals, Food & Healthy Me. Letters A to I, numbers 1 to 9, colors, big and small, shapes.
Book 2
Months 4–6 · 265 pages
Weather, My Community, On the Move. Letters J to R, numbers 10 to 18, days of the week, patterns, positions.
Book 3
Months 7–9 · 236 pages
Plants & Nature, Celebrations, Space. Letters S to Z, counting to 20, adding and taking away, life cycles, sorting.
Parents' Guide
48 pages
The year at a glance, a simple daily routine, printing tips, progress trackers, a graduation certificate and all 36 weekly plans.
813 pages in total. Instant PDF download in a Colourful and a Black & White Edition, each in US Letter and A4.
Why these years matter
The years before five shape the brain for life.
A child's brain does most of its growing before kindergarten — Harvard's Center on the Developing Child calls these years the foundation for all later learning. What builds it isn't a screen. It's hands, voices and back-and-forth: tracing a letter, snipping along a line, counting spoons, talking it through with you.
of adult brain size is reached by around age five
a day is the most screen time the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for ages 2 to 5
a day of hands-on learning together — no app, no ads, no autoplay
📵 A screen-free swap for tablet time
Real hand work. Pencils, scissors and glue build the fine-motor skills a touchscreen skips.
Talking together. Every page has prompts to say out loud — the back-and-forth that builds language.
Calm focus. One page, one task, no notifications. Attention grows a few minutes at a time.
Nothing to charge. Print tonight, hand them a page instead of a tablet tomorrow morning.
Sources: Harvard University Center on the Developing Child; American Academy of Pediatrics screen-time guidance for ages 2–5.
Sound familiar?
You've tried the free-worksheet route.
It's Sunday night. You have forty tabs open, a folder called “preschool stuff”, and a printer that's out of ink again.
Monday comes. Your daughter traces half a letter, asks for a snack, and the worksheet ends up under the couch. You wonder if she's learning the right things. You wonder if you're doing enough, or too much.
It isn't you. Nobody ever handed you a plan.
The plan
Built Brains Preschool is that plan.
A full preschool year, written in the order kids learn best, with every page ready to print.
It's in order
One letter a week, A to Z. One number a week, 1 to 20. Each week builds on the last, and every fourth week reviews what came before, so nothing gets skipped and nothing gets rushed.
It's short
About 20 minutes a day, five days a week. Long enough to make progress. Short enough to stop while your child still wants more.
It's hands-on
Tracing, cutting, sound hunts, mazes, counting real spoons at the table. Worksheets are part of the day, not the whole day.
Look inside a real week
Here's what Week 1 looks like.
Every week follows the same rhythm, so your child knows what's coming and you never have to think about what's next.
Monday
Meet the letter
A big A to color, the alphabet worksheet, and step-by-step tracing with start dots.
Tuesday
Hear the sound
Trace small a, trace real words, then hunt for pictures that start with /a/.
Wednesday
Count it
Write the number, fill ten-frames, count and graph. Real objects first, paper second.
Thursday
Build small hands
A letter maze, handwriting practice, cut-and-sort and scissor paths.
Friday
Create and play
Patterns, matching, a coloring page and a screen-free game with a quick check-in.
What your child learns
The skills that make kindergarten easier.
Reading readiness
- All 26 letters, capital and small
- Beginning sounds
- Tracing letters and simple words
- Letter recognition games
Early math
- Counting and writing 1 to 20
- Ten-frames and more or less
- Adding and taking away within 5
- Patterns, sorting and graphing
Fine motor
- Correct letter formation
- Scissor skills
- Path tracing and mazes
- Coloring inside lines
Their world
- Colors and shapes
- Days of the week and seasons
- Weather, plants and life cycles
- Feelings, family and community
Real pages
Clean, print-friendly worksheets.
Print them in color, or in black and white to save ink and give your child something to color. Tap any page to see it up close.
The honest comparison
How Built Brains stacks up.
Built Brains
- ✓Planned in the right order, all year
- ✓Minutes to print each week — no planning
- ✓Hands-on and 100% screen-free
- ✓Fits your family's schedule
- ✓One payment, yours to keep
Free worksheets
- ✕No plan — pages in random order
- ✕Hours of searching every week
- ✕Rarely hands-on
- ✓Fits your schedule
- ✓Free — but costs your evenings
Preschool program
- ✓Planned in order
- ✓No prep for you
- ✓Hands-on
- ✕Fixed hours and drop-offs
- ✕Often hundreds a month
A great fit if you…
- Have a 3 to 5 year old at home, in part-time preschool, or starting kindergarten soon
- Want structure without spending your evenings planning
- Prefer hands-on, screen-free learning
- Homeschool, or want extra practice alongside preschool
Probably not for you if…
- —You're looking for an app or videos
- —You don't have access to a printer
- —Your child is already reading and writing confidently
Get started today
Everything you need for a full preschool year.
Built Brains · complete curriculum
- Books 1, 2 and 3 (765 pages)
- Parents' Guide with all 36 weekly plans
- Progress trackers and certificates
- Free updates
- Use with every child in your home
One-time payment. Instant download. Nothing is shipped.
Try the whole first week. Keep it only if you love it.
Download everything and do Week 1 with your child. If Built Brains Preschool isn't the right fit for your family, email us within 14 days and we'll refund every cent. No forms, no questions.
Why we made this
A note from the team.
We build complete, ready-to-use learning systems at Built Brains. When we started talking to parents of preschoolers, we heard the same thing over and over: “I don't need more ideas. I need someone to tell me what to do on Tuesday.”
So we planned all 36 weeks. We put the letters in order, kept each day to about 20 minutes, and mixed the worksheets with cutting, counting and games so it never turns into a battle at the kitchen table.
Our hope is simple: that you get to spend these years enjoying your child instead of planning for them.
The Built Brains team
Is this the right level?
Pick the year that fits your child
Every curriculum is 36 weeks, planned down to the day. Go by what your child can do, not just their age: if most of the first weeks look easy, choose the next level. Preschool or Pre-K? Preschool is a gentle first year for 3- to 5-year-olds new to learning at home; Pre-K is the year before kindergarten, with letter sounds, first reading and numbers to 20.
- Ages 2–3Tiny Steps Toddler Curriculum36 playful weeks of colors, shapes, numbers and first words$27
- Ages 3–5 · you're hereComplete Preschool Curriculum at Home36 weeks, planned down to the day$37
- Ages 4–5Complete Pre-K Curriculum at Home36 weeks to kindergarten-ready — letters, first reading and numbers to 20$32
- Ages 5–6Complete Kindergarten Curriculum at Home36 weeks of phonics, reading, math and more — planned for you$37
- Ages 6–7Complete 1st Grade Curriculum at Home36 weeks of phonics, reading, writing, spelling and math — planned for you$37
- Ages 7–8Complete 2nd Grade Curriculum at Home36 weeks of reading, spelling, grammar, writing and math — planned for you$39
- Ages 8–9Complete 3rd Grade Curriculum at Home36 weeks of reading, word study, grammar, writing and math — planned for you$44
Questions
Answers to what parents ask most.
Children about 3 to 5 years old, the preschool and pre-K years before kindergarten. Younger children can start with the coloring, the big letters and the games, and grow into the tracing.
About 20 minutes a day, five days a week. Some days it'll be ten, and that's fine. The plan is built so you can stop while it's still fun.
No. Every week opens with a plan that tells you what to do each day in plain language, plus tips for the days that don't go to plan.
No, it's a digital download. You'll get the three books and the Parents' Guide as PDFs right after checkout, and we'll email the links too. Print one week at a time, about 20 pages.
No. You get a Colourful Edition and a Black & White Edition. The black and white one prints well on any home printer, saves ink, and gives your child pictures to color.
Yes. One purchase covers every child in your home. Print as many copies as you need. Please don't share or resell the files.
No. Built Brains Preschool is faith-neutral, so every family can bring its own traditions.
Email us within 14 days and we'll refund you in full. No forms, no questions.
Next Monday could be Week 1.
Download tonight, print the first week, and start with the letter A.
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