BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan #18
Lab 2
Nutrition
Date: Friday June 15, 2018
Supervisor: Madilyn Thomas
Lead Teacher: Team Lesson #3
Children Receiving Specific Focus Today:
1. Peter- see dramatic play
2. Cody- see blocks
3. Lakota- see literacy
4. Jaessa- see creative art
5. Truman- see literacy
6. Alice- see gross motor/outdoor
Pre-Assessment and Findings:
Almost all of the children in preschool participate in eating snack and several
have shown interest in playing with the play foods in dramatic play area including Ella,
John Curtis, Kyler, Quincy, and Hayden. I think that through incorporating the importance
of eating healthy foods and by teaching them how to make a healthy snack the
children can have their interests met and goals reached as we also implement literacy
activities.
When at snack Hayden said that the snack he was eating was healthy because it
had yogurt and his mom said yogurt is healthy. Ella said that sugar is not healthy but is
okay to eat sometimes. When asked about healthy foods Alice said that bananas are
healthy and Zoey said carrots are healthy. Paxton said that his mom eats healthy and
does not always eat treats. Quincy said he can eat all his vegetables at home which
make him strong.
Based upon my pre-assessment I think it will be important to emphasize that fruits
and vegetables are healthy foods but that grains and other foods are good for our body
to eat too. It will also be beneficial to talk about other healthy snacks to eat besides
smoothies that we can make at home.
Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus:
1. Eating healthy foods like fruits and vegetables make our bodies strong.
2. A healthy snack made of fruit is a smoothie.
3. Today we will focus on developing literacy skills in various activities.
BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan #18
Lab 2
Nutrition
Date: Friday, June 15, 2018
Supervisor: Madilyn Thomas
Lead Teacher: Team Lesson #3
Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus:
1. Eating healthy foods like fruits and vegetables make our bodies strong.
2. A healthy snack made of fruit is a smoothie.
3. Today we will focus on developing literacy skills in various activities.
Assignments:
Self-Selected: Lauren
Small/Focus Groups: All teachers
Outdoor play: Amanda and Alisha
Snack: Madi
Photographer: Amanda
Check-in/Check-out: Shaelie
Handwashing/Cubbies: Alisha/Madi
OPENING CIRCLE 8:20 – 8:35 a.m.
Activity Name Description Materials
Book : This Old Man Read the big book to the This Old Man By Pam Adams(IWP)
children prompting them
to find where the old man
is on each page.
Movement Activity: Children will roll a dice Animal dice (Closet)
Animal Dice with pictures of animals on
it and do the correlating
movements.
Phonemic I will roll the dice first and Alphabet dice (IWP)
Awareness: Letter ask the children what
dice sound the letter makes
that the dice landed on. I
will also say words that the
letter starts with or have
the children say a word
that the letter starts with.
Music Activity or Children will sing the Wiggle song (kindle)
Song or Fingerplay: wiggle song while using Egg shakers (WR Shelf 4)
Wiggle song the egg shakers.
Story (non-book): I I will use the old lady IWP
knew an old lady puppet to swallow the
who swallowed a fly. animal puppets in
accordance to the story,
“I knew an old lady who
swallowed a fly.”
GATHERING TIME 8:35 – 8:50 a.m. (Madi)
Activity Name Description Materials
1. Nutrition- What Today we are going to talk Puppet (WR Drawer 7)
does Franklin need about what keeps our Food felt pieces (WR Drawer 9)
to feed his body to bodies healthy and strong.
stay healthy and “What are things that
strong? make our bodies strong?”
Healthy Foods!
This is our friend Franklin-
Franklin wants to eat more
healthy fruits and
vegetables to keep his
body strong. He needs
your help to know what to
eat! (hold up different
felt objects of fruits,
vegetables, and other
foods and have the
children choose which
ones are fruit and
vegetables)
2. Smoothie making What are some healthy Blender (kitchen)
snacks that you eat? Fruit and juice (IWP)
We are going to make a
healthy snack today-
Franklin told me about a
smoothie.
Who can tell me what a
smoothie is ?
What are put in
smoothies?
First let’s put strawberries,
bananas, blueberries, ice,
and orange juice in our
smoothie.
(Make the smoothie and
turn it on)
Okay boys and girls later
today we will make our
own smoothies.
Transition to Self- Now lets me like the
Selected blender we put the fruit in
and spin to the different
activities around the room.
SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:50 – 10:05 a.m.
Books:
-An Alphabet Salad: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Sarah L Schuette (S5)
-Keeping You Healthy by Ann Owen (O1)
-Let’s Eat! By Ana Zamorano (Z1)
-Market! by Ted Lewin (L16)
-Saturday Market by Patricia Grossman (G15)
-What Food is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr (H7)
-Zora's Zucchini by Katherine Pryor (P16)
-Meat and Protein by Acorn (P A8)
-Milk and Cheese by Acorn (P A9)
Description/Activity
Activity Name Materials, Special Set-up
Objective
*Creative Art: Activity Description: On Pictures of foods or cut outs from
Food collage the table there will be magazines (IWP)
pictures of different foods Paper (RR1)
to glue onto sheets of Glue sticks (RR1)
paper. The children can
make a collage and sort
the different types of
foods.
Jaessa can use her
creative skills and interest
of art in the art area to
make a collage. She can
work on her goal of
transitioning to this area
from gathering time.
Language/Literacy Activity Description: In this
Activity: Alphabet activity, their will be a
Sift and Find sensory bin set up with
sand and letters hidden
inside for the children to
sift through and find. Their
will also be name cards for
the children to see their
names and try to find the -Small Sensory Bin (GG)
letters to match. -Sand (RR2 Sensory 139)
Lakota can find the letters -Magnet Letters (RR1 Manipulatives
in the sensory bin, which is 45)
one of his interests and -Name cards (Closet)
also can work on his goal -Sensory tools (RR2 Sensory 120)
of communication as he
searches for them with his
peers.
Truman enjoys playing in
the sand which he can do
while working on his goal
of recognizing lower case
letters in the sensory bin.
Manipulatives: Activity Description: In this -Styrofoam Block and Hammers
Styrofoam Block activity, the children will (RR1 Manipulatives 45)
be able to hammer in the
gold T’s into the styrofoam
block.
Math: Smack the Activity Description: In this -Large Dice (IWP)
Number activity, the children will -1-6 Numbers on Paper (Taped to
be able to roll the dice the floor) (Materials in Classroom)
and swat the number that - Fly Swatters (Talking to sis Pond
will be taped to the floor. about these)
Science: Melting Ice Activity Description: In this -Ice Trays (Kitchen)
activity, the children will -Thermometer (RR1 Science 74)
be able to explore the ice -Magnet wands (RR1 Science 74)
and see how all the *stuff to freeze in the ice cubes*
different objects react -Nails
differently in the ice. There -Marbles
will be some magnetic -Paper Clips
objects and some not. -Buttons
They can explore the
different magnet objects
and see how some are not
magnetic. They will also be
able to explore the
thermometers and see
how cold the ice is and
see the different
temperatures.
*Sensory Table: Fruits Activity Description: In this -Wood Pellets (RR2 Sensory 135)
and Veggies activity, the children will -Fruits and Veggies (RR2 DP 223)
be able to work with the -Sensory tools (RR2 Sensory 120)
sensory tools to find the
healthy fruits and veggies
and also work their they
motor skills to manipulate
the tools.
Blocks: Airport Activity Description: In this -Airplanes (RR2 Blocks 166)
activity, the children will -Helicopters (RR2 Blocks 166)
be able to explore how to -Wooden Community (RR2 Blocks
build an airport and 181)
community to go along
with it. They will have
opportunities to work with
their peers and use their
creative expression.
Cody can build buildings
in the block area using the
wooden community and
blocks. He can work on his
goal by socializing and
interacting with peers
building airports with them.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: In this -Fruits and vegetables (RR2 DP 223)
Farmers Market activity, there will be a -Grocery Basket (RR2 DP 233)
farmer’s market set up for - White Stand (GG)
the children to shop and -Dishes (Closet)
interact with their peers. -Farmers Market Sign (Office)
The math will be -Cash register (RR2 DP 218)
incorporated by the use of -Magazines (RR2 DP)
the cash register. Literacy
is included by having lists
of items the children can
by and also magazines
they can look at.
Peter enjoys counting
which he can do in the
dramatic play area with
the cash register as he
counts money. He can
work on communicating
with his peers when
pretending to buy or sell
the fruits and vegetables.
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Description: White paper & -White Paper (WR)
Watercolor Painting watercolor paint will be set -Watercolor Paint (RR1 Cab2)
out on an activity table if -Paint brushes (RR1)
an original activity begins -Cups of Water (RR1)
to wane.
2 : Playdough
nd Description: Playdough -Playdough (Closet)
and playdough toys will -Playdough toys (RR2 G 125)
be set out for the children
to play with if an original
activity begins to wane.
ROTATING SNACK 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Graham Crackers and Smoothies *Take blender into lab
OUTDOOR PLAY 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Location: South Playground
Gross Motor: Activity Description: The -Chalk (RR1 art 8)
Hopscotch teachers will draw a
hopscotch board on the
sidewalk for the children to use
as a gross motor activity.
Alice can play outside and
jump across the hopscotch
shapes while also working on
her goal of recognizing letters,
which can be drawn on the
hopscotch shapes.
2 : Tree Art
nd Activity Description: The paper -Butcher paper (RR1)
will be wrapped around the -Crayons (RR1 Cabinet 4)
trunk of the tree for the -Tape (Closet)
children to color. *Wrap paper around tree trunk
for children to color.
3 : Ring Toss
rd Activity Description: The PVC -Plastic Rings (GG)
pipes will be set up so the -PVC Pipes (GG)
children can throw the plastic
rings onto the pipes.
CLEAN UP 10:05 – 10:15 a.m. (Madi)
After a 5-minute warning at 10:00, I will play “The Cleanup Song” on the Kindle to prompt
the children to begin to clean up.
Transition to Small Put on Hokey Pokey song -Kindle (O)
Focus Groups to prompt children to -Speaker (O)
come to the rug.
Then...
Wiggle and Wiggle and
stop (say color)
Wiggle and Wiggle and
stop (say color)
Wiggle and Wiggle and
stop (say color)
Wiggle and Wiggle and
stop (say color)
SMALL FOCUS GROUP 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. (Madi)
Mrs. Madi (Yellow) Miss Lauren (Blue) Miss Shaelie Mrs. Amanda
Kyler Peter (Green) (Red)
Sadie Quincy Landon Alice
Beckham Mollie Paxton Zoey
Taryn Olive Ella Truman
John Curtis Eli Jaessa Lakota
Hayden Cody
Your Activity Description & Objective Materials
Description: Children will make Blender (kitchen)
Smoothies smoothies in their different groups Fruit and juice (IWP)
(Beckhams group will have special
ingredients according to his dietary -Blueberries for Sal by
needs) Robert McCloskey (P M7)
The teachers will use the fruit and -My Food Pyramid by
juice to create smoothies for all of Acorn (P A6)
the boys and girls to try.
After making smoothies the
teachers will read a book to the
children while they drink their
smoothies.
CLOSING CIRCLE 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. (Amanda)
Transition to Closing At 10:30, I will play “Freeze Dance” on Kindle (O)
Circle the Kindle to invite the children to the Speaker (O)
block area for Closing Circle.
Activity Name Description/ Activity Objectives Materials
What did we learn about today that
makes our bodies healthy and strong?
Today we talked about things that
Theme Overview:
make our bodies strong and healthy
such as vegetables and fruits. We also
learned about making a healthy snack.
I will go up to the front of the room and Red and green paper
Age Appropriate hold up a green paper and red paper. (IWP)
Game: When I hold up the green paper, the
Red light Green light children will walk quickly until I hold up
the red paper and then they will freeze
where they are.
Song: We are the We will sing we are the dinosaurs along Kindle
dinosaurs with the movements to the song on the
kindle
The children will sing “Motor Boat, Ribbons (RR2)
Game: Motor Boat
Motor Boat” and do the movements to
the song. The children will move fast
and slow.
Book: Brown Bear Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you Animal pieces (RR2)
Brown Bear see?
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:
Clean up song
“It’s clean-up time at preschool it’s time for girls and boys to stop what they’re doing and
put away their toys!”
We are the dinosaurs
“We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs
WHADDAYA THINK OF THAT?
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs, we make the earth flat
We make the earth flat
We stop and eat our food, when we're in the mood
We stop and eat our food on the ground
We stop and eat our food, when we're in the mood
We stop and eat our food and then we march around
'Cause we are the dinosaurs!
And then we ROAR!”
Brown bear, brown bear
What do you see?
I see a red bird
Looking at me
Red bird, red bird
What do you see?
I see a yellow duck
Looking at me
Yellow duck, yellow duck
What do you see?
I see a blue horse
Looking at me
Blue horse, blue horse
What do you see
I see a green frog
Looking at me
Green frog, green frog
What do you see?
I see a purple cat
Looking at me
Purple cat, purple cat
What do you see?
I see a white dog
Looking at me
White dog, white dog
What do you see?
I see a black sheep
Looking at me
Black sheep, black sheep
What do you see?
I see a gold fish
Looking at me
Gold fish, gold fish
What do you see?
I see a mother
Looking at me
Mother, mother
What do you see?
I see beautiful children
Looking at me
Children, children
What do you see?
We see a brown bear
A red bird
A yellow duck
A blue horse
A green frog
A purple cat
A white dog
A black sheep
A gold fish
And a mother looking at us
That's what we see
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