BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lab 6
Cold Weather- Equipment

Date:
Supervisor:
Lead Teacher:

January 30,2012
Makayla Bair
Rachel Nail

Preassessment and Findings:

Many children tend to notice the things that their parents do but they dont really understand what they do. For example they
have seen snow equipment but they dont really know the idea of what a basic type of snow equipment is used for. I find that
children dont understand what snow equipment is used for and the purpose of this lesson is to teach children what it is and how
it is used. Children will be able to see snow equipment and understand the purposes of it.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. When it snows outside ice forms on a car. In order to remove the ice from a car you have to use an
ice scraper to get it off.
2. A snow shovel is used to clear a path to make it easier to walk.
Assignments:
___________________ Self-Selected
_______________ Floater/Runner/Snack
___________________ Small/Focus Groups _________ /_________ Booth/ Photographer
___________________ Outdoor play
_________ /_________ Snack

_______________ Greeter/Walkie (Lead Teacher)

_______________ Data Collector

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 1:20-2:50 p.m.

Materials, Location,
Special Set-up
*Creative Art: Making Children will use the wheels of cars and trucks to make trucks/RR1orange19
Tracks (3) @
a picture by dipping cars or trucks in paint and roll on
paper to create a picture.
Teachers will set out paper and different colors of paint
for students. Students will dip cars in paint and create
a picture. One teacher will supervise to make sure
students know what they are doing.
Objective: The child will use their imagination and
express themselves by creating a picture with the
tracks of cars. (D4G46) Children will understand the
tracks that snow materials leave when they design a
picture with car tracks. For those younger children who
this is difficult for, they will use spatial intelligence and
use a paint brush and draw car tracks as they think
they are.
Activity Name

Description/Activity Objective

Manipulatives: Playing Students will have the opportunity to create cars with
with Legos (4)
the legos.
Children will use the build and play tubes to create
structures to park their cars in.

Small Legos/RR1
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Build and Play Tubes/
RR1/Yellow46

Teachers will set up legos and children will be free to

create cars with the legos.
Objective: Children will be able to show strength and
coordination of small motor muscles by building
different things with legos. (D1G18)
* Math: Comparing &
Measuring (3) @

Children will use measuring tapes to measure the

Measuring Tapes/RR1/
difference in size between a snow shovel and ice
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scrapers. Children will then be able to separate big
snow shovels
things from little things.
ice scraper (IWP)
Teachers will set out measuring tapes, a snow shovel, Teddy Bear Counters/
and ice scraper. Students will use counters to count out RR1/Red37
the measurement of each item. Students can then
visually see the difference between the measurements
of the materials.
A teacher will supervise to make sure students are safe
with materials.
*For more advanced children, have them measure
aluminum cans or the size of their hand. Have other
objects out for students to compare measurements.

Language/ Literacy:
Matching letters (5)

Objective:Children will be able to demonstrate

understanding of measurable attributes of objects
(D4G40)
Attach lowercase letters to cotton balls and uppercase I will create this.
letters. Students will match uppercase letters with
lowercase letters and will say sound when they match
it. When students get a match they will toss a cotton
ball into a snowmans mouth. The snowman will be a
face on top of a trashcan.
Teachers will set out the materials for students and
instruct the students on what to do.

Objective:
Children will demonstrate awareness of letters and
symbols by matching capital letters with lowercase
letters. (D5G57)
Science: Observations Students will use magnifying glasses to look at real
(4)
bugs in glass. They can make inferences about the
bugs and understand the structures by looking at the
bugs.
Teachers will set out materials for students and
students will be able to observe the bugs.
Objective:Children observe, describe, and collect
information by exploring the world around them.
(D4G42)

large bug collection/

RR1/Green13
magnifying glasses/
RR1/Green39

*Sensory Table:
Students will use shovels and there will be snow in the outdoor shed/ sand
Digging in the Snow (2) table for students to dig in the snow with and
shovels
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understand what it feels like. Put dinosaurs into the
Dinosaurs/RR1/Blue22
snow so that students can dig for the dinosaurs.
Teachers will put snow in the sensory table and
monitor students to make sure they are safe.

*Blocks: Cars and

Trucks (4)

Dramatic Play:
Snow Caving

Objective: Students will make a connection to the

outside world by exploring how snow feels and what it
does in the environment. (D1G14)
Students will play with cars and trucks and be creative cars and trucks/RR1/
with their skills.
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The hollow blocks will also be set out for children to
hollow blocks
create cars to play with and to create a parking garage
or ramps. The cars can be parked in the garage or go
off the ramps.
Teachers will set out materials for students to explore
with.
Objective: Children will be able to manipulate small
objects with ease (D1G18)
The dramatic play will be a snow cave to play in. The
IWP White paper and
children can pretend that they are bears hibernating in animals ( RR 1 Blue
the winter or that they are eskimos that live in the snow 25).
cave.
Teachers will enhance students learning by asking
them about the snow cave that they create. Ask them
what they do in the snow cave and how they would feel
living in the snow cave.
Objective: The children in this activity will be able to
build relationships with their peers. (D3 G28) This will
be done through providing opportunities for the child
to engage in play with others. We can tell that this is
accomplished as the children work together to play
with the common idea of a snow cave. This will help
the children learn the point that you need to pack snow
to make a cave, and snow is made of ice crystals that
are packed together. You can also talk to children while
they are playing and ask them about hibernation or the
activities that they do

Alternatives:

Creative Art:
Self Portrait

Have students use pipe cleaners and googly eyes, and

markers to create a portrait of themselves.
Objective: Children will express their views of
themselves by creating a self portrait that represents
themselves.

pipe cleaners /RR1/

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bells, googly eyes,
bells/RR1/ orange28
colored pencils/RR1/
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2nd: Learning Letters

Have students use the linking letter monkeys to gain

phonemic awareness and make sense of the letters in
the world around them.
Children will demonstrate awareness of letters and
symbols by recognizing letters in the world around
them. (D5G57)

linking letter monkeys/

RR1/Yellow35

ROTATING SNACK
2:00- 2:50 a.m.
1/2 banana, crackers, juice

OUTDOOR PLAY
Playground

2:20-2:50 a.m.

Location: North or South

Gross Motor:
*Shoveling snow

Children will use child sized snow shovels to clean

snow out of a specific set aside area.
Teachers will monitor students to make sure they are
safe with the snow shovels. Students will pick an area
where they want to shovel and clear the pathway.
Objective:
Children will use their whole body to clear a walkway
with snow shovels. (D2G17)

2nd: Red Light, Green

Light

Have students play red light green light while jumping go sign (IWP)
on one foot. Children will line up on one side while a
stop sign (IWP)
teacher yells red, light, or green light. Students will
play until one student gets to the end first. Keep
playing and make it fair for all students.
Use stop sign and go sign to signify to students what
signs to use.
*For younger students, have them play using two feet.
Teachers will yell red light or green light and monitor
safety of the game.
Objective:
Balances on one foot; hops forward on one foot.
(D2G17)
Play forward, reverse. Children try to get to the end of
the set aside area.

3rd: Forward, Reverse

Teachers will yell forward or reverse and tries to get to

the end of the road. Teachers will monitor students
Students will begin by running one direction. A teacher
will yell reverse. Students will then run back in the
opposite direction. Children will listen to directions
from a teacher who yells forward or reverse. Students
will run in the way that they are instructed. The goal is
to be the first one to reach the finish line.
Objective: Children will change direction as instructed.
Students will use kinesthetic movements to play this
game. (D2G17)

snow shovels
North playground

CLEAN UP
2:50-2:55 a.m.
The team will sing the clean up song all together to allow transition time for students.
GATHERING TIME
2:55-3:10 a.m.
Transition
Throw cotton balls on floor and tell students to pick up the cotton balls as they come to gathering time
where they will throw them all in the snowman trashcan and sing once there was a snowman. As
students come to gathering time, they will join in singing once there was a snowman and then we will
sing the song twice and allow time for students to come to gathering time.
Activity Name
Description
Materials
1. When it snows
Its winter outside
ice scrapers
outside ice forms on a Whats in here? (Hold up a bag with ice scrapers in it)
car. In order to remove Its something that grown ups use when its cold. They
the ice from a car you never need it when its warm. They use it on their car.
have to use an ice
Proceed to pull out an ice scraper from the bag. Show
scraper to get it off.
students how we use it. Create ice scrapers made from
cardstock for students to use. Lets pretend we are
grown ups and scrape the ice. Sing to the tune of Here
we go round the Mulberry Bush. This is the way we
scrape the ice, when its cold in the morning. Does your
mom use this? What do they use it for? Do they use it
when its hot or cold? What do they have to get off? Is it
something that is cold?
2. A snow shovel is
What falls from the sky when its cold? Its white and its snow shovels
used to clear a path to not rain. Its not hail and when its on the ground it is
make it easier to walk. white. You need your coat to go outside. You need
gloves on your hands. Snow falls from the sky and we
have to use a snow shovel to make a path so we dont
slip and fall. Set shovel in the middle for students to
look at.
Have students sing and act out the motions to
shoveling the snow while singing This is the way we
shovel the snow when there is snow outside.
3. Dissolving Ice and
When you are trying to get rid of the snow, you can
ice melt
Snow
dump salt on the snow so that it dissolves.
butcher paper
Demonstrate this to children by spreading out butcher
paper on the floor and spreading out snow on it. Give
several students some ice melt and have them dump
salt on the snow to try and diminish it. Have ice as well
on the butcher paper. Take time to explain to students
that we can use salt to clear the walk ways because salt
helps to get rid of the ice.
SMALL FOCUS GROUPS

3:10-3:25 a.m.

Transition
Children will be divided up based on the snack rotations. Students will shovel the snow and then be
tapped on the head to come into their different groups.
Group Name:
Group Name:
Group Name:
Group Name:
Merla
Kayla
Tanner
Joy
Luke
Henry
Grant
Lyvia
Bristol
Beckham
Ryker
Carter
Beck
Drake
Madison
Kru
Addisen
Your Activity
Description & Objective
Materials

Scraping Ice
Objective: Students will be able to practice using the 1)
Corner of Room at table tools that they Students will be able to apply scraping 2)
near door
ice to what their parents do. They can have an
Spray shaving cream on a opportunity to experience excitement from doing
surface and have
this.Students will use senses to explore physical
3)
students use the ice
environment. They will understand why we use it and
scrapers to scrape the
what it benefits. This activity will inform students as
(snow) off the table.
to why it is important to clean the ice and snow off
too.
Spray shaving cream on a table surface and have
students use the ice scraper to scrape it off. Explain
that this demonstrates snow on the windshield. We
have to use this tool for getting rid of the snow on
the windshield. Explain how when it snows outside,
we have to use tools to get the snow/ice off the
windshield. Freeze some ice on cardboard and have
students scrape the ice off the cardboard.
Differentiated/Individualized Instruction:
Have younger students use their hands to scrape off
the shaving cream.
(D1G14)
Gathering Time Area

CLOSING CIRCLE

Objective: Students will be able to have an

opportunity to find and use materials to clean up a
mess of snow. Students will be able to have an
opportunity to demonstrate their skills. (D1G3)
Have students cut out snowflakes, Build a pathway
for students to put snow on. Use masking tape and
have students put the snow that they cut out on the
path. Use snow shovels to make a pathway to walk.
Objective: Students will be able to understand how
cleaning up snow works and what it takes.
For younger children, have them tear paper rather
than cutting shapes.

ice scrapers
The Mitten by Jan
Brett
Circus Caps for
Sale by Esphyr
Slobodkina

Snow shovels
Masking tape
Paper
Scissors
1) There Was An Old
Lady Who Swallowed A
Fly by Simms Taback
2) The Very Busy
Spider by Eric Carle

3:25-3:40 a.m.

Transition Lets sing the song we learned during gathering time as we come into our closing circle.
Have students act out the song as they come to gathering time. This is the way we shovel the show,
shovel the snow, this is the way we shovel the snow when there is snow outside. Have students walk in
a circle while singing the song.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
What do we use to clean snow off the driveway. What ice scrapers
1. Review
falls from the sky that makes the ground white and
snow shovel
cold outside. What kind of things do we use to clean up
snow and ice? Lets sing the song that we learned
again.
2. Phonemic Awareness What do you hear at the beginning at snow, snuggle,
shovel, hail, ice, crystals? Lets make that sound.

3. Music

4. Literacy

Sing song with children and have them do the motions

with you as they do it. Children will follow the teacher
as she does the actions.
Teachers will do the actions and participate by making
sure all students are included in the activity.
January is a cold month shiver, shiver, shiver, (Wrap
yourself up) shovel the snow, scrape ice quiver quiver
quiver.
Read book to children about snow equipment to fully Shoveling Snow
enhance their experience about shoveling snow.
By: Pat Cummings

5. Sing Goodbye Song

This is a group song where a teacher will sing a line

and then the students will sing it back to the teacher.
There are several lyrics to this song and children will
have a chance to interact with the teacher and have fun

6. Gingerbread man

Have a copy of the gingerbread man with the number

0-9 on it. Highlight different numbers and have
students identify the number on the gingerbread man.
*for younger children show them the number that you
want them to identify. Then have the student throw a
bean bag at that number and say the number.

7. Itsy Bitsy Spider

Sing itsy bitsy spider with students and do the motions.

motions.Itsy Bitsy Spider
By: Hap Palmer

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS (must provide):

Leader: I dont know but Ive been told

Group: I dont know but Ive been told
Leader: This school day is about to fold
Group: This school day is about to fold
Leader: We worked and played our best all day
Group: We worked and played our best all day
Leader: But now it's time for us to say
Group: But now its time for us to say

Leader: Sound off

Group: Good-bye
Leader: Sound off
Group: School friends
Leader: Bring it on down now (whisper the rest of the chant)
Group: Good-bye, school friends
Sung to the tune of Here we go Around the Mulberry Bush
This is the way we shovel the show, shovel the snow, this is the way we shovel the snow when there is
snow outside.
This is the way we scrape the ice, scrape the ice, scrape the ice. This is the way we scrape the ice when
its cold in the morning.
RESOURCES (must provide):
http://pinterest.com/pin/96897829452184629/
http://books.google.com/books/about/Closing_Circles.html?id=VUJfrVOUoy8C
Where you found your ideas (books, websites, people)
My mom gave me some ideas for gathering time. She is a special education preschool teacher.
Makayla Bair
Sara Barrus

Lab # 6

Theme or Topic
Sneak Peek
Monday, Date (Lead Teacher)

Wednesday, Rachel Nail

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. First Idea
2.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. When it snows outside ice forms on a 1. Third Idea
car. In order to remove the ice from a 2.
car you have to use an ice scraper to
get it off.
2. A snow shovel is used to clear a path to
make it easier to walk.
Self-Selected Activities: 8:20-9:50
Self-Selected Activities: 8:20-9:50
CA: Making Tracks
CA: Title of Activity (Title Case)
MN: Playing with Legos
MN/:
MT: Comparing and Measuring
MT:
WR: Matching Letters
WR: Childs Name Card
SC: Observations
SC:
ST: Digging in the Snow
ST:
BL: Cars and Trucks
BL:
DP: Snow Caving
DP:
Alternatives:
Alternatives:
CA: Self Portrait
CA:
2nd: Learning Letter
2nd:
Rotating Snack: 9:00- 9:50
Rotating Snack: 9:00- 9:50
1/2 banana, crackers, juice
Outside: 9:20-9:50
Outside: 9:20-9:50
GM: Shoveling Snow
GM:
2nd: Red Light, Green Light
2nd:
Clean-up: 9:50-9:55
Clean-up: 9:50-9:55

Self-Selected Activities: 8:20-9:50

CA: Title of Activity (Title Case)
MN:
MT:
WR: Childs Name Card
SC:
ST:
BL:
DP:
Alternatives:
CA:
2nd:
Rotating Snack: 9:00- 9:50
Outside: 9:20-9:50
GM:
2nd:
Clean-up: 9:50-9:55
Gathering Time: 9:55-10:10
Attention Getter:
Activities: Title of Activities
Transition:

Friday, Date (Lead Teacher)

Gathering Time: 9:55-10:10

Gathering Time: 9:55-10:10
Attention Getter: Have students pick up Attention Getter:
snow (cotton balls) as they come to
Activities: Title of Activities
gathering time where they will sing once Transition:
there was a snowman.
Activities: Using actions to mime scraping
the ice off a car or shoveling the snow to
clear a pathway.
Transition: Students will shovel as they go
to their focus groups.
Small Focus Groups: 10:10-10: Small Focus Groups:
Small Focus Groups:
Small Focus Groups:
25
10:10-10: 25
10:10-10: 25
10:10-10:25
Activity: Title of Activity
Activity: Ice Scraping
Activity: Shoveling Snow
Activity: Title of Activity
Book: Title of Book by Author
Book: The Mitten by Jan Brett Book: The Very Busy Spider by Book: Title of Book by Author
Book:
Book: Circus Caps for Sale by Eric Carle
Book:
Esphyr Slobodkina
Book: There Was An Old Lady
Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms
Taback
Closing Circle: 10:25-10:40
Closing Circle: 10:25-10:40
Closing Circle: 10:25-10:40
Attention Getter:
Attention Getter: This is The Way We
Attention Getter:
Activity: Title of Activity
Shovel the Snow
Activity: Title of Activity
Activity: Review Songs, Number
Recognition