Coaching Programmes: lesson plans, group classes, progressions and safeguarding

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I'm learning "Coaching Programmes: lesson plans, group classes, progressions and safeguarding" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "From one session to a programme".

What the lesson teaches:
- In Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) describes the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) in three coaching streams (for other countries' coaching bodies, see In your country below): Community Sport (participants of any age learn, play and have fun), Competition (participants develop competitive abilities over the long term) and Instruction (the coach's main goal is teaching sport-specific skills to people of various ability levels, mostly in non-competitive settings). Most club programmes for beginners and recreational players are Instruction or Community Sport.
- The CAC lists seven NCCP coaching outcomes, including Design a Sport Program, Plan a Practice, Manage a Sport Program and Make Ethical Decisions. A programme is the "Design" step; a session is the "Plan a Practice" step.
- Canadian Sport for Life describes stages of long-term development: Active Start (ages 0 to 6, daily active play), FUNdamentals (fundamental movement skills through structured and unstructured play, fun and inclusive), Learn to Train (basic rules, tactics and refining sport-specific skills) and Train to Train (a period of rapid physical growth, growing sport capability and increasing commitment). A programme should match the stage of the participants.
- The parts of a programme (common practice):
- Part - Question - Example
- Who - Age, level, group size - Six adults, first time on court
- Goal - What can they do at the end? - Rally 5 shots with a partner

The exercise I'm working on:
Write a one-page map for an 8-week beginner programme: who, goal, eight weekly themes, the session template and checks at week 4 and week 8.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.
4. This is for learning only. Remind me to check with a licensed professional before I make a real decision about my own money, health or legal situation.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "From one session to a programme" from the course "Coaching Programmes: lesson plans, group classes, progressions and safeguarding".

Here's what the lesson says:
One lesson is like one page of a story. A programme is the whole book: it has a beginning, a middle and an end, and each page leads to the next. Parents like it because they can see where their child is going. Before this course: Coaching Basics (course 10.3.1) and Become a Tennis/Pickleball Coach (Business Side) (course 10.3). This course assumes you can run a safe 30-minute intro session (Rule of Two, emergency plan, Show Tell Try, one-fix feedback) and know the certification, insurance and business basics from course 10.3. If those feel shaky, go back to them first.

The activity:
Write a one-page map for an 8-week beginner programme: who, goal, eight weekly themes, the session template and checks at week 4 and week 8.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.
Keep it general and educational. This is not advice for a real situation.