A Creative Curriculum Plan for Home Schooling While on COVID-19 Quarantine or Self Distancing – Including Printable Resources

A Creative Curriculum Plan for Home Schooling While on COVID-19 Quarantine or Self Distancing – Including Printable Resources

Creative Curriculum? Yes please!

I have never dreamed of being a teacher. Yet, with the official announcement on Sunday, March 15, 2020 that Alberta schools are closed indefinitely, I somehow am taking on the mantle of Teacher.

About this Creative Curriculum:
Disclaimer:

This creative curriculum was developed by me, not a teacher. I am an artist-author-filmmaker-art curator with oodles of ideas and energy. This is not official curriculum but merely an attempt to home-educate while schools are cancelled.

Not everyone can be home with their kids and so the following curriculum may not work for you. You can adapt it around your schedule, especially since children’s after school activities are also canceled.

I’m thankful to be a independent creator who does business from my home office, so I am likely more flexible than most. I will take photos of this curriculum in action and report back the successes and failures. Like so many industries right now, we are bootstrapping and improvising.

The Brighter Side:

I am actually a bit excited for the extra time with my kids. While its easy to get bogged down with anxiety (believe me, I know this struggle all too well), I am endeavoring to make the most of this situation. I do that through:

Turing things into a game
Focusing on quality time
Inviting the kids into deciding what goes into their home school curriculum 
Stepping back to gain some perspective, aka this too shall pass, but the memories we create together can be something we look back on fondly

I have a framed image in my kitchen that reads:

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The following curriculum is intended to be:

Easy for non-teachers
Doable with supplies on hand at home
Fun for kids (and parents)
Adaptable for grade level 
Inexpensive
Flexible in terms of the timeline of the day

Creative Curriculum – Elementary School Age Kids

Lovingly created by Alexis Marie Chute



Monday

9:00 AM

Subject: Math
Activity: Crib tournament
Practical: Whoever is not playing is doing a chore in the house
Resources: Beginners Guide to Cribbage  and video: How to Play Cribbage (2 players)

10:00 AM

Subject: Social studies
Activity: Documentary Film (on Netflix or YouTube) and discuss
Snack while watching
Documentary idea: Period. End of Sentence. ABOUT: In this award-winning 2018 short film, a group of women in India fight the stigma against menstruation and champion the making low-cost sanitary pads.

11:00 AM

Subject: Gym
Activity: Build a snow fort in the backyard

12:00 NOON

Lunch & ‘Recess’

1:00 PM

Practical: Video on basic first aid and make-believe how we can help each other

2:00 PM

Subject: Language Arts
Activity: Guided journal writing

3:00 PM

Free-time screen time for kids who earn it through good behavior

Bedtime

Read aloud from grade appropriate book



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Tuesday

9:00 AM

Practical: Learn survival skills by watching Youtube videos about building traps for hunting and how to build a fire, and discuss
Resource: Video Build A Long Lasting Campfire: Log Cabin vs. Self Feeding (7:08 min)
Resource: Video Amazing Quick Rabbit Trap Using Plastic Buckets – Easy Best Rabbit Traps With Buckets Work 100% (8:41 min)
Search for other videos with the kids and discuss which ones are actually helpful

10:00 AM

Subject: Language Arts
Activity: Write a fictional story incorporating the skills learned in trapping and fire building videos
Inspiration: Book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Share story/stories by reading them aloud

11:00 AM

Subject: Math
Activity: Math workbooks/activity sheets
Resource: Math Drills
Resource: Math Worksheets & Printables

12:00 NOON

Lunch & ‘Recess’

1:00 PM

Science: Circuitry (My daughter in grade five just learned about creating circuits and we purchased a small kit)
Resource: Amazon.ca Circuit kits for kids 

2:00 PM

Subject: Gym
Activity: Dance with GoNoodle Videos
Resource: GoNoodle YouTube Channel

3:00 PM

Free-time screen time for kids who earn it through good behavior

Bedtime

Read aloud from grade appropriate book



Wednesday

9:00 AM

Subject: Language Arts
Activity: Quiet reading time

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10:00 AM

Subject: Math
Activity: Prodigy Math Games on the computer
Resource: Prodigy website

11:00 AM

Subject: Gym
Activity: Walk/run on the treadmill (or outside) or run the stairs in the house for cardio, and use weights or soup cans to build muscle

12:00 NOON

Lunch & ‘Recess’

1:00 PM

Social Studies/History: Watch a documentary film on Netflix or YouTube
Documentary idea: Greatest Events of WWII in Color. ABOUT: From the attack on Pearl Harbor to D-Day, the most pivotal events of World War II come to life in this vivid docuseries featuring colorized footage.

2:00 PM

Music: Orff
Activity: Make drums and other musical instruments from household objects and play along with music or make up your own songs
Resource: Video What is Orff Schulwerk? (2:49 min)
Resource: Video What are Orff Instruments? (10:24 min)
Resource: Video 4 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Crafts you can do anytime | Fast-n-Easy | DIY Labs (8:41 min) *This video uses toilet paper rolls!

3:00 PM

Free-time screen time for kids who earn it through good behavior

Bedtime

Read aloud from grade appropriate book



PRINTABLE:

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BTW, my grade two son saw this resource handout and he said: “Epic!”

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Thursday

9:00 AM

Subject: Social/Natural World
Activity: Documentary TV series
Documentary idea: Night on Earth. ABOUT: This nature series’ new technology lifts night’s veil to reveal the hidden lives of the world’s creatures, from lions on the hunt to bats on the wing.

10:00 AM

Subject: Language Arts
Activity: Online research and writing about animals nocturnal habits, inspired by documentary watched

11:00 AM

Subject: Gym
Activity: Dance with GoNoodle Videos
Resource: GoNoodle YouTube Channel

12:00 NOON

Lunch & ‘Recess’

1:00 PM

Subject: Math/Critical thinking
Activity: Chess Tournament
Resource: Chess Kid

2:00 PM – Early Dismissal Day : )

Free-time screen time for kids who earn it through good behavior

Bedtime

Read aloud from grade appropriate book



PRINTABLE:

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Friday

9:00 AM

Subject: Math
Activity: Math workbooks/activity sheets
Resource: Math Drills
Resource: Math Worksheets & Printables

10:00 AM

Subject: Language Arts
Activity: Guided journal writing

11:00 AM

Subject: Gym
Activity: Walk/run on the treadmill (or outside) or run the stairs in the house for cardio, and use weights or soup cans to build muscle

12:00 NOON

Lunch & ‘Recess’

1:00 PM

Subject: Science
Activity: Through research skills (books and online) and discussion, find kid-friendly human anatomy images and learn what the different parts of the body do.
Resource: Video Human Body for Kids/Human Body Systems/Human Anatomy for kids
Resource: Pinterest 10 Terrific Human Body and Anatomy Websites for Kids. ABOUT:


These interactive websites and apps breathe life into textbook illustrations and lessons about the human body and anatomy for K-12 students.

Carson Dellosa Child-Size Human Body Bulletin Board Set (3215), 2 figures, each approx. 50″ tall By CarsonDellosa $34.99 at Walmart $16.09 on Amazon.ca Temporarily out of Stock : (

2:00 PM

Subject: Art
Activity: Print out or draw the shape of the human body and draw in the organs and label them. Move on to drawing each other as cartoons and play at drawing realistic eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hands.

3:00 PM

Free-time screen time for kids who earn it through good behavior

FAMILY TIME

Pizza-Movie-Night in our house!



PRINTABLE:

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School’s about to start for the day! Mom-school! lol

I will report back how this goes. I may need an extra large glass of red wine after this.

Good luck! I believe in you!

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April 21, 2020

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Thank you for joining me today!

Keep in touch: info@alexismariechute.com

Happy quarantine season,
   –   Alexis Marie Chute

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