Developing a lesson Plan

Their are several objectives to creating a lesson plan that will work for your child. You can find plenty of free lesson plans on the web but sometimes you just want to do your own thing.

I have sort of developed my own guide to writing a lesson plan.

• what is the goal?
• what are the required materials?
• what are the step by step procedures to accomplish said goal?
• what basics (as in abc's, 123's etc) are you going to incorporate?
• what do you have for the child to work on independently when instruction is done.
• how will you close the activity, what will you review.

Now for a real example of a lesson plan we used last week

1. The goal: re-introduce a favorite book Chicka chicka boom boom & review alphabet
2. Materials needed: The book, Markers & printout of traceable coloring page of a coconut tree.
3. Step by step procedures: read book allowing child to say the letter when I point to it, encourage letter sounds, encourage tracing carefully and coloring creatively but carefully in the lines.
4. The basics covered: letter recognition, listening and recalling pars of the story & Tracing
5. Independent work: tracing and coloring tree
6. Close the activity by reviewing favorite parts of the book & encouragement for a job well done

Now I don't always write it all out sometimes its a plan in my head depending on complexity of the lesson. I do like to make sure I have a few things jotted down monthly in case I need to obtain a new book or supplies. I find lesson planning extra helpful for math & science.