Lesson Plan
Preschool Lesson Plan
Theme: Caterpillar and butterfly Date: 05/04/2022
Languang concept
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1.Book 2. Telling story 3. Alphabet 4. syllable |
Schedule Activities
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Activities: |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Circle time Songs, Language Game, & Calendar Music & movement |
Read hungry caterpillars' stories. By Eric Carle The butterfly song. Ask the children if they remember the cycle. |
Book Caterpillar to Butterfly. By Laura Marsh Talk about what caterpillars and butterflies eat. |
Ten little butterfly by Bill Martin Jr Describe the butterfly they have seen. |
ClaraCaterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards. |
Syllable stamp caterpillar. Answer questions comparing caterpillar |
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Small group Math or Science Activities |
Organize numbers 1-5 on the body of the caterpillar. |
Butterfly Wing patterns |
Butterfly feeding bin |
Count and identify the number on Butterfly writing tray |
Butterfly patterns |
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Art Theme or skill based activity |
Use dot markers to color the butterfly. |
Cut the fruits |
Beaded butterfly |
Pom pom stamp caterpillar |
Butterfly play dough |
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Music & movement |
Shaker egg song, each child get one shaker. |
Use Monday butterfly prop on the stick as they sing along the Fly fly the butterfly. |
Butterfly dancing |
Act out life cycle |
Butterfly Children holding color scarves. |
Weekly Focus
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Fine motor 1. Draw with crayons 2. Paint with dot markets 3. Put beads on the pipe cleaner. |
Sensory 1. Pom pom 2. beads 3. playdough |
Blocks 1. Building 2. Stacking 3. Knock down |
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Large motor 1. Walking on the balance beam 2. Jump 3. Crawl up and down |
Science 1. A cycle of caterpillar to butterfly 2. prediction 3. Pattern |
Dramatic Play 1. Hungry Caterpillar retelling. 2. Acting out the character 3. Interaction |
Anecdotal
Alex draws a butterfly
Alex draws a picture of a butterfly and caterpillar; while drawing, he says, “this is actually gonna be a beautiful caterpillar that is gonna turn into a beautiful butterfly. When he is done drawing, he explains it to the teacher. He talks about the egg that pops out in a caterpillar and the decorations on the eggs all around the drawing. He knows how to write his name, and he explains how he writes the butterfly words. Alex also adds the letter L when he notices he needs to fix something, and these are the letters that he writes BTRFTL.
Anderson paints a caterpillar
Anderson gets the ballon with red color, taps it on the paper, and continues to deep when the color looks lightly. Next, he picks up the green balloon and taps on the paper. He picks up his artwork and waits for the teacher to help him when he is done. The teacher asks, “did you write your name? Can you put your name down here?” she gives him the pencil and tells him to write A, N, D. Anderson try to write three letters.
Maggie reading about a butterfly
Maggie on the chair with a book on her lap. She flips to the first page and touches and squishes the caterpillar with her hands. She flipped through each page and made sure she did not skip any page. On the last page, she says, “and the big butterfly.”
Anais makes a butterfly
Anais holding circle in the right way and the blue construction paper in the left hand. She looks back and forth at the teacher while cutting; she cut slower and follows the black line. When she is done, she shows it to the teacher. She picks up the straw and opens it with her mouth. The teacher helps her cut the straw in the antenna shape. The teacher shows the book with the picture of the butterfly to show her that the straw is for the antenna. The teacher gives back the straw to Anais; she knows exactly where to put the straw and put the tape on. She gets the marker from the teacher and decorates her butterfly, and she draws 2 dots on the butterfly's wing. She tells the teacher that she is done and walks to her friend at the other table, and shows the butterfly to her friend.
https://youtu.be/oczpq6MLAs8
Matthew at group time
The whole class is dancing to the day of the week song. The song says Monday, and he stumps his foot. Tuesday, he raised his foot but did not touch it. Wednesday, he put his arm down and up. Thursday, he wiggles his body to the left and right. Friday, the teacher reminding Matthew to jump, and he did jump after the teacher's voice. Saturday, he touches his head and the side of his body. Sunday, he did not do anything. (count to 7) he claps his hands.
Summary
The book includes interesting factual information about butterflies, and some books have a variety of butterflies. The read-aloud allows them to have discussions to make real-life connections with what is happening in the story. We can introduce the new vocabulary by asking them questions. The illustration helps grab the children's attention and focus. At the end of the story, I can ask them to predict what is happening; next, this allows them to extend their understanding of the story's character and what happens in the book. The butterfly sequencing of the life cycle helps them learn more information about each stage.
The children like to hold props while singing and dancing, and they can take them home because they make them by themselves. This can help them focus more and pay attention to the song's lyrics. In addition, the children can sing the song over and over again, and they might remember it and sing it in their own time.
Cutting the paper fruit helps them practice fine motor skills. In the pom-pom activity, the children can use their fingers in pincer action, or they may use their fists in a fist grip. This activity involves squeezing and releasing the pom-pom. Fine motor skill is the coordination between hands, fingers, and eyes. Syllables help the children learn how to read and spell words by understanding each syllable has a vowel. It is like a game, and the children can clap to the beat of syllables.
Mathematic in the preschool setting helps the children learn simple math before entering Kindergarten. Early math includes numbers, shapes, reasoning, thinking, and solving problems. Math is essential to understanding the world around us, and we need math to successfully accomplish even the most basic tasks in our everyday life. The children can count, recognize numbers, see patterns, adding, subtraction, and understand number relationships.
Music and movement encourage physical development when they dance and move with their bodies or instruments and even sing along. Music helps them connect with people around them when they sing and dance together. The children can have a free dance depending on how they feel about the music. In addition, the children are working on gross motor skills when running, jumping, hop, and crawling.
When the children participate in art based activities, they can build social-emotional development and academics later in life. Involvement in arts is associated with games and math, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. Art can improve motivation, concentration, confidence, and teamwork. They can build fine motor skills when holding brushes, toothbrushes, pencils, markers,...