Monday, September 28, 2015

Home Preschool (Ages 2.5-4) Week Seven: Letter G and Number 7

This week, I've included a lot of the pictures you will need in the printable version of the lesson plan to make life easier for you! Make sure you click on the printable version and check out what I've added!

Remember that the "Facts about..." pages and other extras are not included in the blog text, but they are included in the printable version. Some of the ideas in these plans came from Brightly Beaming Resources. Each daily session of "School Time," as my son calls it will last about half an hour. Adjust the lessons for your child's age and level of education. Enjoy!

Here is the printable version: Letter G and Number 7 Lesson Plans

Links found in the lesson plans:
"The Green Grass Grew All Around" YouTube Video
Letter G Worksheets
Number 7 Worksheets
"Morning Mood" by Edvard Grieg YouTube Video
Gorilla Images
Gorilla Coloring Pages
Images of Greece

Home Preschool
Age 3: Letter and Number of the Week
Week 7: Lesson Plans for the Letter G and the Number 7

Preparation:
·         Print out large letter and number sheets (included) and post them somewhere the child can see them all week.
·         Create theme word flash cards with the theme word on one side and a picture depicting the word on the other.
·         Print out the poem of the week (included).
·         Create a flashcard with the name of the composer of the week on it.
·         Print out animal/plant word sheet (included), “facts about” page (included), coloring page, and image of the animal/plant of the week.
·         Print out social studies fact sheet (included) and an image of the subject of the week.
·         Collect supplies for art project.
·         Optional: Plan a day for an outing in keep with the theme (ideas included) and buy ingredients for snacks, baking, or cooking in keeping with the theme (ideas included).

Opening (Do this first every day.):
·         Introduce/Review the letter G: Show the child the poster of the letter and make the sound you are teaching (choose one sound to teach at a time).
o   -/g/ as in goose
o   Teach the child the sign (ASL) for the letter G.
·         Introduce/Review the theme words for the week:
o   garden, goose, gorilla, goat, grandma/grandpa, grass, optional: gracias (“thank you” in Spanish), optional: gratitude (being thankful)
o   Show the child the word while you say it. Explain that the word starts with the letter G and help your child spell the words if they are able. If not, just read the word, show them the picture on the back and move on.
·         Read the letter G poem allowed, following along with your finger on the paper/poster: “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”
·         Sing the letter G song with child: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”
·         Introduce/Review the number 7: Show the child the poster of the letter and say “seven.”
o   Count to 7.
o   Give the child seven of something. Help them count the objects.

Monday (Language Arts Emphasis):
·         Give the child a tracing or coloring page for the letter G. You can find books of these at the dollar store or Target. There are also many resources online. If you don’t have a tracing/coloring page for them. Just draw the letter G (upper and lower case) and help them trace it or draw it on their own.
·         Read the child a book that has a lot of the letter G in it. I always just go to my local library’s website and search for children’s books that have titles starting with the letter G. Or I search for books about the theme words. Any G book will do.
o   Examples of books to use:
§  The Three Billy Goats Gruff
§  Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
o   Ask the child to find the letter G in the title and say the word with them, emphasizing the sound the letter makes in the word.

Tuesday (Math and Music Emphasis):
·         Give the child a tracing or coloring page for the number 7. Again, you can find books like this at the dollar store or Target (still for a dollar) or Google them and you can find some free resources.
·         Greater Than
o   Draw the greater than sign (>) on an index card as well as writing several low numbers on an index card. Help the child learn what “greater than” means by placing the numbers in the correct order with the greater than sign.
o   If you need to, use manipulatives like pennies or candies to explain which number is greater.
·         Show the child your composer flashcard that says “Edvard Grieg” and explain that a man whose last name starts with “G” wrote this song, called “Morning Mood.” Play the song for the child.

Wednesday (Science Emphasis):
·         Show child the “G is for Gorilla” page and the image you printed out of an antelope.
·         Discuss the “Facts about Gorillas” page.
·         Have your child color the gorilla coloring page.
o   Put the finished coloring page in the book and flip through the pages.

Thursday (Social Studies and Art Emphasis):
·         Show child an image of Greece
·         Discuss the “Facts about Greece” page (included).
o   Make a fairy garden.
§  Gather moss, leaves, sticks, dirt, and other plants from outside.
§  Use a small cardboard box (like the lid of a shoebox) and glue the dirt to the bottom and the plants on top of that.
§  If you have the supplies, add little houses and fairies.

Friday (Physical Activity Emphasis):
·         Teach the child how to golf if you have golf clubs and balls at home or go mini-golfing.
·         OR Play red light, green light.


Outing Ideas:
·         Go to the park and play in the grass.
·         Visit botanical (or other) gardens.
·         Help a neighbor work in their garden or work in your own.
·         Go to the grocery store and let your child help find the groceries.

Snack/Cooking/Baking Ideas:
·         Garden salad, granola bars, graham crackers, green beans, grapes, grape juice.
·         Make Jell-O pudding pie with a graham cracker crust.

·         Make homemade graham crackers.

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