Lesson Plans For Kids: Preparation
Category: Lesson Plans for Kids
I know I’ve touched on the topic of teaching children in previous posts, but I thought it would be fun to have a series of posts designed to help parents and teachers come up with fun ways to teach their students and children. Children are able to learn the most when you are able to keep them engaged in the material. How do you do that? Well, you make it fun!
So, I’m going to prepare some lesson plans, and hopefully some additional downloadable material that can be incorporated into lesson plans for kids.
Before we get started there may be some basic supplies that you will want to consider:
- A whiteboard - What classroom wouldn’t be complete without a whiteboard? It’s fun to write on, and easy to erase. A great way to provide visual stimulation. Get funky with the colours.
- A computer – The internet is wonderful for so many reasons – there is a plethora of resources available to you and your child.
- A method book - This may be Alfred’s or Bastien, or another method. You may choose not to use a method series, but I would recommend getting the books either way. At the very least they will provide you with songs for practicing, even if you choose not to follow their method.
- Assignment books – This could be a notebook, or journal that you would use to coordinate assignments and progress on a weekly basis.
- Achievement Awards – Depending on the age of child you are teaching, this could be any number of things. Some ideas are: ribbons, stickers, certificates, knick knacks, pencils, erasers, etc. These are intended to reward the child for their achievement.
- Flash Cards – Flash cards are a fun way to do musical drills and memorization work.
- Blank Staff Paper – Blank paper can be downloaded from any number of places. For teaching children, you want to make sure the staff is big enough for them to use.
These items will probably give you a good head start in your teaching ventures. If a specific lesson requires anything extra, I’ll mention it in the lesson plan outline. If you have any ideas that I can use for this series, please reply with a comment or email me.
photo credit: Forty Two.
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by sharlene
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