Weekly and Monthly Theme Ideas

Children will grow and grow, we can play a part in how they will grow!

I decided for the new year that I would come up with weekly themes for 2015.  I wanted to teach secular themes and maybe take 15 mins or less for each subject per day.  I have worked on it a lot, but it's still in rough draft stages.  Since I worked on it so much I wanted to share it, so hopefully it will help someone.  The nice thing is, you can adapt it to your children/grand kids/neighbor kids/nieces and nephew of all ages however you want.  I also came up with monthly theme ideas that can be broken down into weekly theme.  This year I'm going to use the weekly themes and maybe see if I like the monthly themes next year.  So if we are Pinterest friends, you can look up my ideas and what I actually chose to use from my ideas.  We have almost done an entire week of this and so far, My little one has learned a lot and had a lot of fun with it so far.  I am definitely a schedule person otherwise I get nothing accomplished.  We do secular in the morning or early afternoon (depending on naps).  Anyway, here are my plans and other ideas because some only apply to us this year.  I hope it helps you in some way! :)

2015 Weekly Schedule

Monday: Library and books day
Tuesday: Music day (dance, songs, etc.)
Wednesday: Arts and Crafts (Coloring, etc.)
Thursday: Activities/Games
Friday: Fieldtrip/learning about topic of week
Saturday: Food
Sunday: Rest J

Jan 5-11 Body Parts
Jan 12-18 Colors
Jan 19-25 Horses
Jan 26- Feb 1 Music (Genres, artist, whatever)

Feb 2-8 Books
Feb 9-15 Clothing (Could put this with body parts)
Feb 16-22 Dogs
Feb 23- Mar 1 Numbers (Could do math for each level or counting)

Mar 2-8 Letters A-F
Mar 9-15 Letters G-L
Mar 16-22 Letters M-R
Mar 23-29 Letters S-Z (XYZ combined)
Mar 30- Apr 5 Responsibility (Choice and Accountability)

Apr 6-12 Babies
Apr 13-19 Be nice/Treat others with respect
Apr 20-26 Sharing
Apr 27- May 3 Please and Thank you

May 4-10 Media (Types, appropriate use, and limit time)
May 11-17 Movies (Genres, limit time)
May 18-24 TV Shows (similar to media and movies)
May 25-31 Art

Jun 1-7 Electronics
Jun 8-14 Bugs
Jun 15-21 Parks (Theme parks, playground parks, etc.)
Jun 22-28 Farm/Pond
Jun 29-Jul 5 Things that Go (cars, planes, boats, etc.)


Jul 6-12 Dinosaurs
Jul 13-19 Zoo animals
Jul 20-26 Reptiles
Jul 27- Aug 2 Exercise

Aug 3-9 Portuguese
Aug 10-16 Address
Aug 17-23 Phone Numbers
Aug 24-30 Emergencies
Aug 31- Sept 6 Friends

Sept 7-13 Countries
Sept 14-20 Continents/Counties
Sept 21-27 Trees
Sept 28- Oct 4 Ocean

Oct 5-11 Months and Week Days
Oct 12-18 Weather
Oct 19-25 Pets
Oct 26- Nov 1 Holidays

Nov 2-8 World
Nov 9-15 Space
Nov 16-22 Jungle
Nov 23-29 Forest
Nov 30- Dec 6 Spanish

Dec 7-13 States
Dec 14-20 Grooming (How to take care of your body)
Dec 21-27 Healthy Food
Dec 28- Jan 3 2016 People and Cultures (Including the Middle Ages)

Other ideas we didn’t use: Savannah, Desert, Polar, Cooking, Cleaning, School, Jobs, Spending $, Sports, Birds and I’m sure there are 100’s more if you want to substitute because horses don’t apply to you.

Monthly themes
 (could be adapted to weekly sub themes)

Animals: Zoo, Farm/Pond, Jungle, Forest (Savannah, Desert, and Pets)
Weather: Snow, Rain, Sunny, Wind, Storms
Holidays: Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, sub-holidays
Seasons: Summer, Winter, Fall, and Spring
Months/Days of the Week: Jan-Apr, May-Aug, Sept-Dec, Mon-Sun
Outside: Tree, plants, flowers; Bugs, Playgrounds/Parks, Clouds/Sky
All About Me: Body/Clothes, (Things that I love Collage), Emotions, Likes/Dislikes, My family (Exercise and Eating Healthy, Grooming, and My House)
Fun: Superheroes, Music, Toys, Games, Dinosaurs
World: History, Space, Ocean, Geography
Countries: Brazil, USA, Italy, Africa (Egypt), and Japan (Australia, Fuji)
States: Utah, Arizona, Georgia, California, and Virginia
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Russian
Learning: Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Colors, Books/Reading
Social Skills: Waiting/Patience, Please and Thank you, Sharing, Be Kind/Respect others, Being soft, Responsibility
Safety: Stranger Danger, Emergency info (address, phone #, parents names), Friends, Family
Things that go: Cars, Planes, Boats, and Trains
Jobs: Helping professions (Doc, Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist, EMT, Teacher, Dentist, Vet, Military), Business(Lawyer), Restaurant, Government
Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Gymnastics, Swimming
School: Preschool, Elementary, Jr. High/Middle School, High School, College
Music: Genres, Instruments, Singing, and Artists…
Art: Styles (Portrait, coming up with your own pic), Artists, Mediums (including clay and statues), and History
Sensory: Touch and Feel (Magnets, textures, stick wall)
Media: TV (movies), Music, News, and Books