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Homeschool lesson plan template
A single-lesson planner sized for a family: objective, materials, steps, and a box per child for how it changes at their level.
School lesson plan templates assume one lesson for one class. A homeschool lesson is usually one topic for two or three children at different levels, which is why the school templates never quite fit. This one has the standard parts (objective, materials, steps, assessment) and then a row of boxes, one per child, for how the same lesson changes for each of them.
It is for the lessons worth planning: the science experiment, the history project, the new math concept. Daily practice does not need a lesson plan; it needs a planner. Use this for the lessons where you would otherwise be improvising.
The printable sheet
One page, US Letter or A4, black and white. Prints or saves to PDF from your browser.
Homeschool lesson plan
Same lesson, each child
How to use it
Using the homeschool lesson plan
- 1Print a stack; use one per planned lesson. Most families plan two or three a week and run everything else from the weekly planner.
- 2Write the subject, topic and date, then one sentence of objective: what the children will be able to do afterwards.
- 3List materials so you can gather them the night before. Half of failed homeschool lessons failed on vinegar.
- 4Write the steps in order with rough minutes. Five or six steps is plenty.
- 5In the child boxes, write the version for each: the drawing task for the six-year-old, the paragraph for the nine-year-old, the source analysis for the thirteen-year-old.
- 6After the lesson, note what worked and what to change in the assessment box, so the plan improves the next time round.
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Describe your children and what you use, and Kuraplan drafts the plan, the report or the record so you print a finished page instead of a blank one.
- “Write a lesson plan on the water cycle for a 6 and 10 year old with a shared demonstration and a different task for each”
- “Plan a hands-on lesson introducing fractions with a pizza for a 2nd grader”
- “Create a lesson plan on the causes of World War I for an 8th grader with a primary source and a discussion”
Homeschool lesson plan FAQ
Do homeschoolers need lesson plans?
Not for everything. Daily practice runs from a planner. Plan the lessons that introduce something new or involve doing something: experiments, projects, new concepts. Two or three planned lessons a week is typical.
How do I write a lesson plan for multiple ages?
Plan the shared part once (the read-aloud, the demonstration, the discussion) and then write each child's output separately. This template has a box per child for exactly that.
What is the 5E lesson plan and should homeschoolers use it?
Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate: a science-lesson structure that works well for hands-on homeschool lessons. Kuraplan's lesson plan template page has a 5E version if you want the full format.
Can Kuraplan write lesson plans for me?
Yes. Describe the topic and your children's ages and it produces the objective, materials, steps and a version for each child, which you can print or adapt into this template.
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