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Homeschooling Goals

As a novice teacher with a novice student, I've been trying to figure out what exactly I want to accomplish with my son for this first year. I have to keep reminding myself that he isn't even 3 yet, so my goals can't be too ambitious. At SimplyCharlotteMason.com, they have a wonderful Early Years Guide that shows what can be realized during the preschool years. I particularly love the focus on habit training for "smooth and easy days." (For a free e-book by the same name, go here.)

I wanted to make my goals attainable and somewhat measurable. I found breaking them up into segments was helpful. So here they are...

Daily
  • Focus on obedience.
  • Review numbers 1-20.
  • Review letters by singing alphabet song and showing the letters as we do so.
  • Try to spend time outside (weather-permitting).
Weekly
  • Focus on our weekly topic by using books and practice (i.e. if our topic is kindness we will practice being kind to our friends and family and read books about being kind to others).
  • Have one outing a week (park, museum, library, etc.). This is in addition to attending preschool and MOPS.
Monthly
  • Increase how high we count.
  • Listen to a different classical composer.
  • Get a different art book to look at.
  • Memorize a new Bible verse.
By the end of the year
  • Count to 100.
  • Know and recognize letters of the alphabet. (He can already sing the song, so we might be able to get further than this.)
  • Be comfortable tracing letters and numbers.
The adventure starts on Monday!
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