What Do I Need?
With teaching and learning there comes a need for supplies, organization, curriculum, goals, etc. After coming up with my schedule, I decided that I would create a scope and sequence of the themes and goals for the year. This takes a lot of preparation and planning in the beginning, but it will pay off when you are doing your weekly planning.
To come up with this scope and sequence I looked at what goals I wanted my 3 year old to reach, and I thought about how I wanted to achieve these goals in the long run. Many states have a website for their Department of Education that includes standards or goals by age or grade level.
Because I live in Texas, this is where I found my information: Texas Standards for Pre-Kindergarten. I began on page 51 with the Language and Communication Domain. Now I know these standards are for the pre-kindergarten level, but I know my son and I was able to modify the goals for him accordingly. You can always adjust and remove things depending on how well your child does with them. You must remember that if you hold high expectations for your children, they will more than likely achieve those high expectations.
In an attempt to organize and keep track of our progress, I created a checklist of the goals we will be working on. As I feel Eli has mastered these goals, I will place a sticker on the checklist. This will be a great way for us to celebrate together and to keep organized!
Take a look at the checklist:
Click here to view and print the full checklist: Learning Goal Checklist
After deciding which goals I wanted to focus on, I came up with weekly themes to go along with the goals I was teaching. This was more of a preference thing for me to make my art, coloring, and lesson activities more fun and visual for my son.
Here are the themes I chose for each week along with an overview of what we'll work on daily:
Click here to view all of the themes by week: Themes by Week
This was probably the most time consuming part of my preparation efforts, but it will be well worth it in the end.
Stay tuned for some more preparation and organization suggestions!
Until then -
Because I live in Texas, this is where I found my information: Texas Standards for Pre-Kindergarten. I began on page 51 with the Language and Communication Domain. Now I know these standards are for the pre-kindergarten level, but I know my son and I was able to modify the goals for him accordingly. You can always adjust and remove things depending on how well your child does with them. You must remember that if you hold high expectations for your children, they will more than likely achieve those high expectations.
In an attempt to organize and keep track of our progress, I created a checklist of the goals we will be working on. As I feel Eli has mastered these goals, I will place a sticker on the checklist. This will be a great way for us to celebrate together and to keep organized!
Take a look at the checklist:
Click here to view and print the full checklist: Learning Goal Checklist
After deciding which goals I wanted to focus on, I came up with weekly themes to go along with the goals I was teaching. This was more of a preference thing for me to make my art, coloring, and lesson activities more fun and visual for my son.
Here are the themes I chose for each week along with an overview of what we'll work on daily:
Click here to view all of the themes by week: Themes by Week
This was probably the most time consuming part of my preparation efforts, but it will be well worth it in the end.
Stay tuned for some more preparation and organization suggestions!
Until then -
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