Homeschool Lesson Plans Made Simple
Posted on August 18, 2008
Homeschooling your child using theme-based learning is a fun way to teach and learn. You can involve your child as you brainstorm a them from virtually any topic your child shows an interest in.
Young children might prefer themes around things like apples, the zoo, birds, stars, or a favorite author. Whenever you tailor your homeschool lesson plans around a theme, learning becomes a lot more fun and creative.
When you base your homeschool lesson plans on a thematic unit, you will also want to determine how much time you\'ll need to cover that theme.
You could spend anywhere from a week to a month on the theme, depending on how much your child wants to learn the content. I suggest spending only two weeks at most on one theme.
It\'s not difficult to integrate themes into homeschool lesson plans. You\'ll also come to realize just how much fun you and your child are having by learning so much through a particular theme.
You don\'t actually have to integrate all subject matter into a single thematic unit. In fact, you don\'t even need to do theme-based learning all the time when coming up with your homeschool lesson plans.
One of the most important things you can do is involve your child in planning the themes. Let you child have some freedom in choosing themes for the lessons.
By giving your child choices, you help build his or her interest in what you\'re teaching. I believe it\'s essential to involve your child as much as you can in all aspects of lesson preparation and planning.
Let\'s have a look at an example to see exactly how you would use themes in your homeschooling lesson plans. Let\'s say you chose apples for your thematic unit. That being the case, you might have a science lesson on how apples grow.
When we do math, we could work on fractions by dividing apples into slices. Learning about Johnny Appleseed could be a lesson for Social Studies. We could study books about apples. For Language Arts, we could write a paragraph about apples.
But there\'s more: We could turn those apple slices we used in the math lesson to create apple stamps for our art lesson. We could sing songs about apples. We could finish off with a cooking lesson and make apple bread or apple sauce.
The important thing to remember when you\'re putting together theme-based homeschool lesson plans is to use your child\'s interests. You\'ll make learning even more enjoyable when you use thematic units to enhance the curriculum you already have planned.
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