There are always a number of things that a homeschooling parent would like to teach their homeschool students but somehow never find the time for. If you are a single homeschool teacher you already know that every minute of the day is precious. You can also do things that you really want to if you just factor them into your day. A good way to keep track of the big rocks that you want to reach is to make a Homeschool Bucket List for the year. Here’s how it can work as a great tool to help you get more done and also work as a teaching aid in your homeschool classroom.
Each Member Makes Their Own List
At the beginning of the homeschool year you can ask each student to come up with a list of activities that they would really want to do in the course of that academic session. Its fine if more than one person wants to claim a single activity. Get them to write down the list, it teaches them organization. There will be a whole lot of things in the initial list. Let them write it all down. Now ask them to pick up the absolute must do from the list to make a top ten items bucket list.
Do Some Art and Craft Work
Now bring out old magazines and ask them to cut out pictures that symbolize items on their bucket list. They can even draw their own illustrations if they wish to. Hand out the chart papers and glue to get a visual representation of the bucket list ready to hang on the homeschool wall. Make sure that you number the activities on the bucket list and have a square next to it which may be ticked off as soon as you get around to doing the activity mentioned.
Make A Master Bucket List for Yourself
Its not just the students who get to be in on the action here. As the teacher you get to pick your top ten activities from all the student lists. This is what you are sure to get down during the coming academic session. Stick to what you really want to do in this list rather than what will be popular with the children.
