Home schooling resources for children and parents.
Welcome to the Lesson Plans section of Lenara Learning. This area helps families on their home education journey with high-quality, creative, and engaging lesson plans. Each plan supports children and teens aged 8–16. Whether you’re new to elective home education (EHE) or have years of experience, you’ll find structured but flexible materials that spark curiosity, grow knowledge, and inspire independent learning.
These lesson plans offer clear objectives, creative tasks, and thought-provoking activities. They work for a wide range of learning styles and abilities. If your learner enjoys reading, discussion, drawing, building, or writing, you can easily tailor each task to suit them. The plans use plain language and fit naturally into a home learning environment. With simple prep, you can spend more time focusing on your child’s learning.
At Lenara Learning, we believe elective home education should offer freedom and flexibility. That’s why every learning plan stays adaptable and easy to personalise. You can mix and match tasks to suit your child’s mood, interests, or energy levels. This approach makes home learning more relaxed and enjoyable for both parents and learners. These resources also work well with other printable tools to create a full learning experience.
You won’t find rigid timetables here. Instead, you’ll explore big ideas together with thoughtful guidance and flexible resources. Our collection also works perfectly with printable worksheets and home education cheat sheets, giving you a complete toolkit for successful home learning.
We add new learning topics and resources daily, each one carefully crafted to support home-educating families. Bookmark this page and visit often to find fresh and exciting ways to make learning at home effective and fun.
This black hole lesson plan helps parents guide learners aged 8–16 through one of the most fascinating concepts in space science. It covers how black holes form, how event horizons work, what happens at the singularity, and how scientists detect these cosmic giants—all in one structured, hands-on format.
This Titanic science lesson plan uses the story of the ship’s sinking to explore real-world science: buoyancy, pressure, hypothermia, and materials. Designed for home educators, it includes clear tasks, discussion prompts, and critical thinking questions to help learners aged 8–16 understand what went wrong—and how science helps us build safer futures.
This Britain victory lesson plan explores Winston Churchill’s role in World War II through activities, discussion, and clear learning goals. Perfect for home-educating parents who want to teach leadership, history, and resilience through one of Britain’s most significant figures.
This lesson plan explores how vibrations can reinforce each other and create fascinating wave patterns in the air, in strings, and even in bridges. With clear explanations, hands-on tasks, and creative projects, this is a brilliant way to help learners understand the science of resonance and standing waves – and why it matters in the real world.
This resonance and standing waves lesson plan helps children aged 8–16 explore how vibrations travel, reflect, and grow. Using simple explanations, hands-on tasks, and real-world examples, your child will discover how sound and energy behave in ropes, strings, air, and even buildings. No science background needed — just curiosity!
This comprehensive Pompeii lesson plan explores the Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. With creative projects, reading tasks, and discussion questions, it brings history alive for children aged 8–16. Ideal for home education, it supports learning in geography, writing, and critical thinking – all through the dramatic true story of Pompeii.
Lesson Plan – The Science of Sound: How We Hear Our World This home education lesson plan explores the physics of sound—how vibrations create sound waves, how those waves travel, and how our ears and brain turn those vibrations into something we hear. It’s a fascinating topic that links science with everyday experience. Whether it’s … Read more
Lesson Plan – Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle: The Limits of Knowing How do you teach your child that scientists don’t always have clear answers? With this lesson, you can. It dives into uncertainty in physics — the surprising idea that we can’t know everything about tiny particles. Heisenberg’s discovery shook the world of science. It shows … Read more
Lesson Plan – Weird Foods from Around the World You Won’t Believe People Actually Eat Have you ever heard your child say, “Ew, people really eat that?” This strange foods lesson plan will help you turn that reaction into a fun learning opportunity. Around the world, people eat all kinds of unusual meals—from fried insects … Read more
Lesson Plan – Is UFC Too Dangerous for Kids? What Parents Should Know This home education lesson plan explores the growing interest some children have in UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), and whether it’s something safe or suitable for them. If your child’s been watching clips online or asking to join … Read more
