Homeschooling Yearly Plan: 2015 · • Participating in a short lesson on the focus of the month...

Homeschooling Yearly Plan: 2015

Date Completed: ____________________

By: _______________________________

Signature: _________________________

On this page, we will explore the goals we have for the child at the beginning of the year.

Name of child:

Age:

School year:

Long Term Goal:

Short Term Goals:

Behavioral/Relational Goals:

To strengthen and build character, we focus on developing a specific virtue each month. We

memorize an inspirational quotation about the virtue.

Practical Lifestyle Goals:

To lead a relaxed life, focused on learning through play and practical hands-on life

experiences such as service to the community and building relationships with others.

Parental Support:

Parents will focus on using the language of the Virtues Project, and spend specified hours

with the children working one-on-one.

Academic Learning:

*Use standardized academic guidelines to write notes based on age

English:

TEACHING STRATEGIES How will my child’s learning goals be achieved? What topics?

LEARNING

What activities will my child do? What skills, knowledge and concepts will they develop?

RESOURCES What variety of resources will my child and I use? (List specific titles, levels)

ASSESSMENT What work samples will I collect? What information will I record?

Math:

TEACHING STRATEGIES How will my child’s learning goals be achieved? What topics?

LEARNING

What activities will my child do? What skills, knowledge and concepts will they develop?

RESOURCES What variety of resources will my child and I use? (List specific titles, levels)

ASSESSMENT What work samples will I collect? What information will I record?

Other:

Our goals will be met by following this daily routine:

• Starting the day with family prayers

• Learning about our virtue of the month

• Completing a daily activity (chosen in whatever order suits)

• Participating in a short lesson on the focus of the month

The following Monthly Review sheets (2 pages per month) give space to record what we do

each day, Focus of the Month, Special Events, and Notes about academic progress/ interests.

Weekday activities are as follows:

1. Introduction to New Month

• Sing school motto (“Strive” quotation)

• Write on the dry erase board: new virtue, focus and new questions

2. Birthday Calendar

• Look ahead at next month and make cards to mail

3. Monthly Volunteer Work

• Choose a place to volunteer in, call and set the date

4. Visit to the Library (get books about focus subject)

5. Virtue lesson

• Spiritual Treasure Box craft, several Radiant Hearts activities, songs

6. Appreciating Nature

• Seasonal craft, song, story, poem, nature poster and/or display

• Look in activity books for an outside activity/discovery/experiment

7. Singing

• “Fun Songs” folder, song books

• Voice exercises (ie copying scales, repeating made-up tunes)

• Compose new songs

8. Relationships

• Feeleez Book; dolls with situation cards; Learning To Get Along Series

• Using the conflict bridge

9. Mental Health

• Yoga

• Meditation (use book of exercises)

10. Culture Club

• Focus on a country; learn location on map, food, music, dress, language

11. Music

• Pick a card from the Instrument Box and watch videos of the instrument

• Listen to performances, read/listen to stories of composers

12. Creative Art

• Choice to make something of interest in any medium

13. Vocabulary

• Choose three words to learn from dictionary, draw and write word for homemade dictionary

14. Jobs

• Explore the work of someone in the community

15. Family Meeting

• Family Meeting Bag: RH devotions, update Family Prayer List

• Look at albums and/or card collection

16. Local homeschooling meet up

17. Educational Outing

• Museum, zoo, performance, sporting event, etc

18. Close the Month

• Choose something from the “Yes Jar”; reorganize school room and store items

19. Feast Folder

• Prayer for Feast, reflect on quotation, Baha’i songs, make a Feast Treat

Month of Sultan / Sovereignty

We are practicing the virtue of _____________________.

January 19 January 20 January 21 January 22 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31 February 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6

Focus of the Month: New School Grade Poster

• Take “Beginning a new school year” photograph, do interview about the new year

• Write questions to answer, subjects to learn about, activities to look forward to

• Review school motto (“strive” quotation)

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:

(Report on English/Math and other academic skills learned, interests, favorite books, etc)

Month of Mulk / Dominion


February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25

Focus of the Month: Service Project

• Explore the purpose of life through literature and interviews

• Remember those who have passed away (put up the tree of remembrance on Feb 1)

• Decide, prepare for, and execute a service project in the memory of the above

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Countdown to Ayyam-i-Ha: Starting 6 February do activity preparing for Ayyam-i-Ha

using the pocket wall calendar (make cards and/or presents for grandparents/family,

make decorations, prepare for celebrations, prepare for service project, etc)

• Ayyam-i-Ha: 26 February - 1 March. Children will receive a clue after morning

prayers to go on a treasure hunt to find one gift per day. Have a party for children to

invite friends. Offer an act of service as a family (prepared for this month’s focus).

• Valentines day: 14 February explore true love and show it to someone else

Notes:


Month of ‘Ala / Loftiness


March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 20

Focus of the Month: Religion

• Learn age-appropriate facts about the Baha’i Faith and the purpose of religion

• Learn about other religions, their places of worship, and Holy Places

• Learn about (and visit, if possible) other Baha’i communities; correspond with Baha’i

children around the world

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Month of Fasting: 2 - 20 March – add one flower on the Fasting Tree and discuss the

quote on the ornament during morning prayers. Eat as many dinners together as

possible (with candles at dinnertime), and say family prayers before sunset.

• Naw Ruz: 21 March Children are given a book as a gift with a message written on the

inside cover with something relevant to their age/stage for memory sake. (Wooden

letters and Fasting tree as decoration).

• Each family member to create personal goals for year, and review last year’s goals.

• Zavian’s Birthday: Parents and siblings to write “appreciation letter,” special

experience or a party, make a favorite meal for the family to have together, print

photos for birthday scrap book.

Notes:


Month of Baha / Splendor


March 21 Naw Ruz March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 April 1 April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8

Focus of the Month: Environment

• Explore environmental issues

• Visit green initiatives: recycling, keeping ocean clean, composting, cutting down on

pollution/electricity

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Jalal / Glory


April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21

First Day of Ridvan April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 27

Focus of the Month: Insects

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• 12 Days of Ridvan: Use Ridvan Flower Board to do something special for each day.

Notes:


Month of Jamal / Beauty


April 28 April 29

Ninth Day of Ridvan April 30 May 1 May 2

Twelth Day of Ridvan May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16

Focus of the Month: Inspirational People

• Choose inspirational people to read stories about – what they did and their legacy

• Memorize inspirational quotation(s), draw pictures of the people, write biography

pages

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Mother’s Day

Month of Azamat / Grandeur


May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23

Declaration of the Bab May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29

Ascension of Baha’u’llah May 30 May 31 June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4

Focus of the Month: Literature

• Living books (teach lessons; see bloggingwithamy.com for list)

• Poetry (practicing public speaking, reciting and dramatizing)

• Watch dramatic plays and speeches

• Practice communicating about topics in the spirit of consultation

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Declaration of the Bab – 23 May

• Ascension of Baha’u’llah – 29 May – photo of Shrine with tealight candles on

mantelpiece

Notes:


Month of Nur / Light


June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23

Focus of the Month: Healthy Lifestyle

• Explore where our food comes from, how it gets to us, meet farmers and find out

about their work, grow a plant, learn about local produce

• Cooking skills

• Sports and exercise

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Rahmat / Mercy


June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9

Martyrdom of the Bab July 10 July 11 July 12

Focus of the Month: Travel

• Visiting another place, trying new foods, meeting new people, learning new culture

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Martyrdom of the Bab – 9 July – photo of Shrine with tealight candles on mantelpiece

• Father’s Day

Notes:


Month of Kalimat / Words


July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31

Focus of the Month: Machines

• Find machines in the community, learn how they work

• Assemble own inventions using different types of materials

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Kamal / Perfection


August 1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18 August 19

Focus of the Month: Life’s Big Questions

• How does life begin

• Where do we go when we die

• ‘Abdu’l-Baha Folder

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Azma / Names


August 20 August 21 August 22 August 23 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 September 1 September 2 September 3 September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7

Focus of the Month: Money

• Saving and spending

• What we need and what we want

• Fund Folder

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of ‘Izzat / Might


September 8 September 9 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26

Focus of the Month: Australia

• Local flora and fauna, big cities, people, indigenous customs, history

• Travel somewhere in the country

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Zorion’s Birthday: 18 September Parents and siblings to write “appreciation letter,”

special experience or a party, make a favorite meal for the family to have together,

print photos for birthday scrap book.

Notes:


Month of Mashiyyat/ Will


September 27 September 28 September 29 September 30 October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12 October 13 October 14 October 15

Focus of the Month: Animals

• Add animals to an “Animal Dictionary” with a picture and description of basic facts

• Talk about what animals need to survive and thrive, and how we can protect them

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Month of ‘Ilm / Knowledge


October 16 October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20

Birth of the Bab October 21 October 22 October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October 28 October 29 October 30 October 31 November 1 November 2 November 3

Focus of the Month: Our Bodies

• How the body works

• Preventative healthcare

• What to do in the case of an emergency

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Birth of the Bab - 20 October – make a cake to take to potluck, decorate together

Notes:


Month of Qudrat / Power


November 4 November 5 November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 11 November 12

Birth of Baha’u’llah November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 18 November 19 November 20 November 21 November 22

Focus of the Month: Weather/Geography/Space

• Use reference books and find hands-on activiites and crafts to reinforce lessons

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

• Birth of Baha'u'llah - 12 November – make a special recipe together to take to

celebration

• Thanksgiving - Write things you’re thankful for and post on the Thanksgiving tree

(saved in family scrapbook)

• Day of the Covenant - 26 November – Picnic (if it’s rainy, eat indoors on the floor)

Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - 28 November – tealight candles on the mantelpiece and

photo of Abdu’l-Baha

Notes:


Month of Qawl / Speech


November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26

Day of the Covenant November 27 November 28

Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha November 29 November 30 December 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11

Focus of the Month: Family History

• Interview grandparents (and other relatives) about their childhood and histories, what

they learned and what they want to pass on

• Make a time line

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Masa’il / Questions


December 12 December 13 December 14 December 15 December 16 December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 27 December 28 December 29 December 30

Focus of the Month: Science

• Learning measurements

• Experiments

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


Month of Sharaf / Honour


December 31 January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 17 January 18

Focus of the Month: Making a Year Book

• Review the past year and put together pictures of art projects, list of favorite books,

lessons learned, favorite experiences, etc

Practical Skill(s):

Special Events:

Notes:


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