Saturday, January 23, 2016

Home Preschool (Ages 2.5-4) Week Twenty: Letter T and Number 20

A suggestion if you're teaching younger children, or if your child hasn't mastered counting to ten yet: Instead of venturing on past 15, start over with 1 again and go through 10 to solidify those numbers. The larger numbers get harder and confusing, so if you're child isn't following when you get into the higher numbers, just start over with 1.

I have 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 to get all the content you will need! 

Here is the printable version: Letter T and Number 20 Lesson Plans

Links found in the lesson plans:
"Teddy Bear Picnic" YouTube Video
Letter T Worksheets
Number 20 Worksheets
Georg Phillipp Telemann YouTube Video

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!


Home Preschool
Age 3: Letter and Number of the Week
Week 20: Lesson Plans for the Letter T and the Number 20

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 (or musical term) 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 keeping 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 T: Show the child the poster of the letter and make the sound you are teaching (choose one sound to teach at a time).
o   -/t/ as in tiger
o   Teach the child the sign (ASL) for the letter T.
·         Introduce/Review the theme words for the week:
o   train, toy, telephone, tiger, truck, tree, Optional: truth (fact or reality), Optional: trabajar (Spanish word meaning “to work”)
o   Show the child the word while you say it. Explain that the word starts with the letter T 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 T poem allowed, following along with your finger on the paper/poster: “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”
·         Sing the letter T song with child: “Teddy Bear Picnic”
·         Introduce/Review the number 20: Show the child the poster of the letter and say “twenty.”
o   Count to 20.
o   Give the child twenty objects. Help them count the objects.
o   Optional: Teach the child how to say 20 in Spanish: veinte

Monday (Language Arts Emphasis):
·         Give the child a tracing or coloring page for the letter T. 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 T (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 T 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 T. Or I search for books about the theme words. Any T book will do.
o   Examples of books to use:
§  Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
§  The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy
o   Ask the child to find the letter T 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 20. 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.
·         Triangle:
o   Show child a picture of a triangle. Count the sides and teach them that all triangles have three sides.
o   Point out triangles throughout the week.
·         Show the child your composer flashcard that says “Georg Phillipp Telemann” and explain that a man whose last name starts with “T” wrote this song, called “Trumpet Concerto in D Major.” Play the song for the child.

Wednesday (Science Emphasis):
·         Show child the “T is for Toucan” page and the image you printed out of a toucan.
·         Discuss the “Facts about Toucans” page.
·         Have your child color the toucan coloring page.
o   Put the finished coloring page in the book and flip through the pages.

Thursday (Social Studies and Art Emphasis):
·         Show child images of telephones.
·         Discuss the “Facts about Telephones” page (included).
·         Art Project: Egg Carton Tulips
o   Supplies: an empty egg carton, scissors, paint/markers, green pipe cleaners, glue
o   Cut egg carton into tulip shapes and paint or color them. Bend one end of each pipe cleaner into a spiral and glue it to the bottom of the tulip once dry. Allow glue to dry. Place in a pot or vase for display.

Friday (Physical Activity Emphasis):
·         Play tennis or table tennis.
·         Practice taking turns while playing with different toys or going down a slide, etc.

Outing Ideas:
·         Train museum or station.
·         Telephone museum.
·         Go outside and play tag or tug-o-war.

Snack/Cooking/Baking Ideas:
·         tomatoes, tuna, toast, tangerines, tacos, tarts
·         Bake tarts together.

·         Make tacos together for dinner one night.

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