Preschool
Free Lessons For All - Sample Lessons
NAVIGATION GUIDE
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ART: Flower and Leaf Pressing Activity
What’s Covered:
Pressing leaves found outside onto Paper, Exploring Nature In Art
Developmental Domains:
Exploration, Creativity, Fine Motor Skills, Identification, Practicing Step by Step Directions
Materials Needed:
Leaves, Paper (thick can be helpful), a thick and heavy book, scissors, and glue
Teacher:
Eva
DRAMA: “Haru Ga Kita” A Sing and Move Along Song
What’s Covered In This Activity:
Singing and moving along to the song “Haru Ga Kita.”
Developmental Domains:
Spoken Language, Phonemic Awareness, Symbolic Thinking, Memory, Creativity, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy, Movement and Song.
Materials Needed:
No materials needed.
Teacher:
Kumiko
LANGUAGE AND LITTERACY: The Little Red Hen” Read Aloud and Post Conversation
What’s Covered In This Activity:
A conversation with questions to reflect on and process the book “The Little Red Hen” by Barbara McClintock
Developmental Domains:
Understanding Language, Communicating with language, Comprehension Questions, Why Questions, Opinion Questions
Materials Needed:
No materials needed.
Teacher:
Eva
MUSIC: “The Wheels on the Bus” Sing A long
What’s Covered In This Activity:
Singing along to the song “The Wheels on the Bus.”
Developmental Domains:
Spoken Language, Phonemic Awareness, Symbolic Thinking, Memory, Creativity, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy
Materials Needed:
No materials needed
Teacher:
Yutong (Amber)
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:
“Lady Bug Girl Feels Happy”
What’s Covered In This Activity:
Reading “Lady Bug Girl Feels Happy” by Jacky Davis and David Soman out loud. A book about a Lulu (and her lovable dog, Bingo), who loves to play ladybug girl. We follow ladybug girl through her day and the emotions she is feeling in different social situations.
Developmental Domains:
Understanding language, Reading with Expression, Print Knowledge, Storytelling, Emotional Identifications, and Emotional Awareness.
Materials Needed:
No materials needed.
Teachers:
Amber
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: Yoga Lesson 1
What The Lesson Is About:
Stretching, singing, and moving through a yoga lesson
Developmental Domains:
Movement, Coordination, Balancing, Learn and Practice Regulation, Body Awareness
Materials Needed:
Mat, rug, towel, or something similar (optional)
Teachers:
Sarah
SOCIAL STUDIES: Observing People in Pictures: “Humans of New York”
(with optional exercise!)
What is Covered In Class:
Observing, looking at and hearing about different pictures of people in the book collection “Humans of New York.” An optional exercise at the end is to find other pictures of people somewhere and talk about them.
Developmental Domains:
Language, Social Observations, Awareness (Social, Personal, and Cultural)
Materials Needed:
Materials Needed: No materials needed. For the optional exercise, one should find pictures of people to observe and discuss. Could be on the internet, in books, photos that have personally, magazines, newspapers, etc.
Teachers:
Sieara
DRAMA: “Slippery Fish” Song: Sing and Act it Out
What is Covered In Class:
Singing and using body to act out different characters from the song “Slippery Fish.”
Developmental Domains:
Storytelling (in Song), Role Playing, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, Self-Efficacy, Gross Motor, Body Awareness, Memory, Understanding and Communicating Language (in Song)
Materials Needed:
No materials needed.
Teacher:
Catrina
“Ada Twist Scientist”
Read Aloud & Questions for Adults to Guide Conversation Post-Read Aloud
What is Covered In Class:
A read-aloud of the book “Ada Twist Scientist” by Andrea Beaty with a Questions Conversation Guide for Adults to lead with children.
Developmental Domains:
Understanding Language, Scientific and Mathematical Language/Terms, Storytelling, Print Knowledge, Observation, Asking Questions, Scientific Thinking, Exploration
Materials Needed:
No materials needed.
Teachers:
Sieara
