There are some days where learning doesn't come as easily in our home as I would like it to. Boober would much rather be playing his Nintendo or watching a movie. I understand perfectly, I remember thinking the same thing when I was his age.
These are the days I have to get extra creative and disguise the learning. I have to make it fun, exciting, and fresh. This is how I came up with our curriculum. When we began our year I planned 36 weeks of learning, the average school year. I factored in a small summer break and a few weeks off here and there for Christmas and Thanksgiving or whatever life may throw our way.
Capturing the attention of a 3 year old is tricky. I constantly look for ways to keep him interested in learning. One of the ways I do this is with a recurring “Interest Led Week”.
Each of our weeks have an overall theme. I created a loose schedule of themes on my own, and began to write up a basic curriculum for the year. Then I penciled in a place for interest led days.
When we began the year I asked him what he might want to learn about. He didn’t really have too much of an answer. Now I ask Boober frequently what he wants to learn about, and he always has an answer. When we come up with a theme, I then add it to our schedule and began putting together a lesson plan. I ask him 2 weeks ahead. This gives me enough time he should remain interested but also to allow me to create my lesson plan without a rush.
Here is our tentative schedule for the year:
JANUARY
Unit 1
Theme- Snow
Unit 2
Theme- Polar Animals
Unit 3
Theme- States of Matter
Unit 4
Theme- (Interest lead Week) Stink Bugs
FEBRUARY
Unit 1
Theme- Music
Unit 2
Theme- Valentines
Unit 3
Theme- Germs
Unit 4
Theme- (Interest led week) Rabbits
MARCH
Unit 1
Theme- Dr Seuss/ Start Garden
Unit 2
Theme- St Patricks Day/Rocks
Unit 3
Theme- Birds/Birthdays
Unit 4
Theme- Interest Led Week (Dinosaurs)
APRIL
Unit 1
Theme- Spring/Easter
Unit 2
Theme- Weather
Unit 3
Theme- Eating Healthy
Unit 4
Theme- Solar Energy or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
MAY
Unit 1
Theme- Bugs
Unit 2
Theme- Frogs
Unit 3
Theme- Stars
Unit 4
Theme- Sound or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
JUNE
Unit 1Theme- Ocean
Unit 2
Theme- Kites/Air
Wembley is due to arrive, so we are on summer vacation!
SEPTEMBER
Unit 1
Theme- Apples
Unit 2
Theme- Farm
Unit 3
Theme- Fall
Unit 4
Theme- Community Helpers or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
OCTOBER
Unit 1
Theme- Fire Safety
Unit 2
Theme- Pumpkins
Unit 3
Theme- Basic Anatomy/Skeletons
Unit 4
Theme- Halloween or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
NOVEMBER
Unit 1
Theme- 5 Senses
Unit 2
Theme- Thanksgiving
Unit 3
Theme- Hibernation or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
DECEMBER
Unit 1
Theme- Nativity
Unit 2
Theme- Baking or Interest Led Week (To be determined)
Unit 3
Theme- Christmas
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