If you are teaching Key Stage 1, 2 or 3, you will need to refer directly to the National Curriculum this will give you a general idea of what should ideally be taught in each subject area at each stage.
If you were teaching about the Norman Conquests to Key Stage Three learners, perhaps an appropriate type of exercise would be to give them a mixed up series of cards with key events from the historical narrative, which need to be quickly re-arranged into the right order, with the pupils arguing why their version of events is right. This is a short, fun, active introduction to the lesson that is related to the topic.
Make sure that the objectives of lesson two follow on from the objectives of lesson one this makes the new ideas children have in each session far easier to grasp. Try to limit it to one objective per lesson. When it comes to homeschooling, it’s a good idea to spend some time coming up with structured lesson plans whilst maintaining your freedom of teaching!Ī lesson plan for homeschooling should begin with a learning objective this is a question you wish your child to be able to answer by the end of the lesson. Despite fashionable arguments from the 1970s onwards against structure in learning, there is precious little evidence that unstructured teaching does anything other than confuse children and produce very weak lessons. Learning outside the classroom has the scope to be much more imaginative, but some basic principles have to be followed in order for it to be effective.Ĭreating a home education lesson planning system (a quick form or list or a diary entry that you can refer to) is strongly advisable if you have no structure, your children won’t either.
The lesson itself, when removed from the restrictions that schooling places on learners, can take many different forms and it’s important to allow your creativity to be your guide when it comes to homeschool lesson planning.
Once you have a clear idea of what you want to teach and at what pace, you can start to think about how to structure sessions and do some homeschool lesson planning.