Our First Grade Learning Plan
LANGUAGE ARTS: Primary goal -- learning to read. Study phonics, grammar. Practice reading. Parents read aloud above reading level. Work on handwriting skills.
MATH: Cover areas and skills recommended by the State standards. Use oral, manipulative, and written approaches. Weights and measures. Telling time. Calendar. Money.
SCIENCE: Study based on child's interests. Observation of nature: living and non-living things. Seasons, weather. Oceans, mountains, space exploration. Animals. Library books, field trips, experiments, internet research.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Based on child's interests. Family and community. Various jobs. Cultural diversity and history. Our town, state, country, world. Government.
HISTORY: Based on child's interests. Local and State history. U.S. history. History as it comes up in music, art, science, and other subjects. Library books, museums, internet. Develop a time line, history binder, or computer database which we can review, adding to it as we study various people and events.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Exposure to Spanish and Latin. Spanish story time at the library. Read simple bilingual Spanish / English books. Work on some vocabulary for each. Spanish language A/V materials for review or further study.
ART: Crafts of all sorts, drawing, sculpting, fine art study. Books, prints, museums, internet, classes.
MUSIC: Listen to music of various styles, periods, and cultures. Listen to children's songs, sing. Make up songs. Introduction to musical instruments: Melody harp, keyboard, recorder. Some basics of musical notation.
RELIGION: Prayer, Bible study, lives of the saints, catechism. Study Judaism and other religions. Church attendance.
P.E.: Soccer, swimming, ballet, park time, dancing, T-Ball, tennis.
GEOGRAPHY: Interest-based. Map work, globe and atlas. Incorporate with other subjects. Library books about various places of interest. Learn while traveling. Local geography.
CREATIVE WRITING: Stories, poems, booklets, dramas.
"Look, Ma, no textbooks!" ;)
[I'm sure we will eventually get some, but for now we are beginning our third textbook- and curriculum-free year.]
MATH: Cover areas and skills recommended by the State standards. Use oral, manipulative, and written approaches. Weights and measures. Telling time. Calendar. Money.
SCIENCE: Study based on child's interests. Observation of nature: living and non-living things. Seasons, weather. Oceans, mountains, space exploration. Animals. Library books, field trips, experiments, internet research.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Based on child's interests. Family and community. Various jobs. Cultural diversity and history. Our town, state, country, world. Government.
HISTORY: Based on child's interests. Local and State history. U.S. history. History as it comes up in music, art, science, and other subjects. Library books, museums, internet. Develop a time line, history binder, or computer database which we can review, adding to it as we study various people and events.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Exposure to Spanish and Latin. Spanish story time at the library. Read simple bilingual Spanish / English books. Work on some vocabulary for each. Spanish language A/V materials for review or further study.
ART: Crafts of all sorts, drawing, sculpting, fine art study. Books, prints, museums, internet, classes.
MUSIC: Listen to music of various styles, periods, and cultures. Listen to children's songs, sing. Make up songs. Introduction to musical instruments: Melody harp, keyboard, recorder. Some basics of musical notation.
RELIGION: Prayer, Bible study, lives of the saints, catechism. Study Judaism and other religions. Church attendance.
P.E.: Soccer, swimming, ballet, park time, dancing, T-Ball, tennis.
GEOGRAPHY: Interest-based. Map work, globe and atlas. Incorporate with other subjects. Library books about various places of interest. Learn while traveling. Local geography.
CREATIVE WRITING: Stories, poems, booklets, dramas.
"Look, Ma, no textbooks!" ;)
[I'm sure we will eventually get some, but for now we are beginning our third textbook- and curriculum-free year.]
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