I will start posting up lessons within the week, but for starters, here is a little explanation about how I am going to outline all my lessons and plans.
First, I will introduce a weekly theme. There are many important reasons to have themes in education. For the kids, it provides predictability, structure, and also a little variety. Kids need a routine that makes them feel like their lives aren't in chaos, but some predictable variety also spices things up just right.
The themes will include topics such as:
- Letter of the Week
- Number of the Week
- Shape of the Week
- Color of the Week
- Food of the Week
- Animal of the Week
- Specials and/or National Holidays
Mostly the themes will all be tied in together as well, like:
- Letter: A
- Number: 1
- Food: Apple
- Animal: Antelope
- Special: America
Then each day I will outline daily lesson plans that follow along with the weekly themes. Each days will include some lessons from the following learning areas:
- Gross Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills
- Reading
- Songs
- Discovery (i.e. finding objects in your environments)
- Arts & Crafts
- Recipes
March 25, 2012 at 11:12 AM
i love it. this is such a great idea. not many people do things like this with their children. will def try it out with my son as it will give him a headstart compared to most children his age