The Weekly Lesson Plans divide the curriculum into 36 week-long segments.  Since the 5 Year Curriculum is set up to be studied four times a week, it is up to you to decide how each week will look.  Planning this will depend on your schedule and your child's attention span. 

For me, the easiest way to incorporate each of the objectives in a week's time is to post them on the refrigerator using the "I am Learning" Objective Poster.  In just a few minutes I can transfer the objectives on the lesson plans to the poster.  Think of the objective poster as a guide of what to cover throughout the week.  Then use normal, daily activities to teach the concepts.  View the Daily Schedule Examples to see how we organize our day.  

Many have desired to create more detailed lesson plans than what the "I am Learning" posters provide.  Although I caution you against overplanning, the ideas below will help you develop specific plans.  They are listed in order of detail and time involved (from least to most time spent). 

• Idea #1 - Objective Poster
• Idea #2 - "Highlighting the Lesson Plan" Example
• Idea #3 - 4 Year Curriculum Example
• Idea #4 - Week 1 Example in Horizontal Table Form
• Idea #5 - Example in Vertical Table Form
• Video Demonstration

Idea #1 - Objective Poster

I created this poster because I needed a simple way to remember the weekly objectives (the goals in which I want to teach my child during the week's time).  By placing it on my refrigerator, I can easily glance to see what I want to teach my child that week.

5 Year Old Curriculum Objective Poster

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Idea #2 - "Highlighting the Lesson Plan" Example

This example highlights directly in the lesson plan what you will teach each day, making notes along the sides, and using a different colored highlighter for each day and an additional color for items taught every day. 

Click to view the 4 Year Curriculum Highlighting Lesson Plan Example     

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Idea #3 - 5 Year Curriculum Example

Using the Introduce/Recognize/Identify teaching plan, this example pulls items from the lesson plan and places them into a daily activity list. In education terms, you are creating a lesson plan.  Here is an example:

Day 1:  INTRODUCE

Calendar Activity at Starfall.com
Prayer
Introduce Biblical Theme
Tell the Bible story using flannelgraph or props - discuss how character traits fits into the story
Introduce Bible verse and Song - have the child join you on the 2nd time
Introduce the Books of the Old Testament

Introduce the Science objective
Introduce Math
Introduce Sight Word
Read the Book of the Week

Day 2: RECOGNIZE

Calendar Activity at Starfall.com
Prayer
Biblical Theme - do an activity or craft
Tell the Bible story using flannelgraph or props - allow the child to participate
Review Bible verse and Song - have the child join you on the 2nd time
Review the Books of the Old Testament

Letter - Do the Writing Worksheet
Review the sight word
Introduce the Social Science objective
Fine Motor Skill Activity
Read the Book of the Week and cover the Literacy Learning

Day 2: RECOGNIZE

Calendar Activity at Starfall.com
Prayer
Tell the Bible story using flannelgraph or props - allow the child to participate
Review the Biblical Theme
Review Bible verse and Song - have the child join you on the 2nd time
Review the Books of the Old Testament

Science - Do an activity
Gross Motor Skill Activity
Math Activity
Number Activity
Review the sight word
Read the Book of the Week and do an activity

Day 4: IDENTIFY

Calendar Activity at Starfall.com
Prayer
Biblical Theme - do an activity or craft
Allow the child to tell the Bible story using flannelgraph or props
Review Bible verse and Song
Review the Books of the Old Testament

Letter - Do a Letter Activity
Review the sight word
Visual Perception Activity
Social Science - Do an activity
Read the Book of the Week

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Idea #4 - Week 1 Example in Table Form

Below is an example lesson plan for Week 1.  Click to print your own blank template.   Thank you Tauna for helping put together this template.

                       ABCJLM 4 Year Curriculum        Week 1       Dates - Aug 22-26th 

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Idea #5 - Another Table Example 

Here is another template provided by Marissa. Thank you, Marissa, for sharing with us!  Click to print this in PDF form.

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Video Demonstration:

View the video to better understand the process.  You may wish to print the updated spreadsheet used in this video to follow along with the tutorial.  The video tutorial is the most detailed example of how to make lesson plans. 

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