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L About Me/ Week of The Young Child Preschool Lesson Plans
L About Me/ Week of The Young Child Preschool Lesson Plans
All about me and Week of the Young Child themed preschool lesson plans. Arts and crafts,
games, math, science, group time activities, songs and snack ideas.
Art
Child Collage
Supply the children with magazines with pictures of children, construction paper and glue
and let them make collages.
Me Puppet
Have the children create a sock puppet by placing buttons and yarn on a colorful sock with
tacky glue.
Button Picture Frame
You will need six popsicle sticks, tacky glue, buttons, two small magnets, construction paper
and a picture of the child. Then you make a frame with four popsicle sticks. Lay two stick
parallel to one another (stick 1 and 2) then complete the from with sticks 3 and 4. Then to
make the picture stay in you will need to add stick 5 and 6 on the top and bottom of the
frame. So you have sticks 3 and 4 (the sides) with a stick on the top in front, top in back,
bottom in front and bottom in back. Follow? Connect these sticks with glue. When dry have
the children decorate these sticks with paint. Let that dry. Then let the children glue buttons
on the frame. Let that dry. Cut a piece of paper to fit the back of the frame. Glue that on.
Cut the picture to fit in the frame, and insert the picture. Then glue the magnets at the top
and bottom of the back of the frame. Viola.. an awesome gift.
Finger Prints
Supply each child with a piece of white paper and different colored non-toxic stamp pads.
Show the child how to make fingerprints on the paper, using only one finger at a time.
Self Portrait
Childen can use torn paper to make a self portrait.
Shadow Art
Use an overhead projector, or the sun to create a siloutte on the wall. Tape a piece of paper
on the wall, and trace the outline. Have the child cut out the siloutte. YOu may choose to
have them decorate the shadow.
I like.... Collage
Supply the children with many different magazines, with foods, toys, etc. Let the children
cut out things they like and glue them onto a piece of paper.
Feet Butterflies
Have children take off shoes and socks, paint the bottom of their feet with non-toxic
tempera paint. Have the child step onto a piece of paper with their feet and heels together.
When dry, add antennae with markers or crayons or yarn.
Me Puppet
Take a picture of each child. Have the child cut out the picture and glue to a popsicle stick.
Paper Bag Puppets
Supply each child with a brown paper bag, yarn and other items to make a puppet. The flap
Height Chart
Measure each child's height and create a graph to represent the children's height in your
class.
Eye Color Chart
Have the children raise their hands if they have brown eyes. Count and record the number
of children that have brown eyes. Repeat for blue, green and hazel. Graph the results. Ask
the children "what color eyes do most of the children in our class have?"
Where's Your ....?
Ask the children "Where's your ____?" Fill in the blank according to their age.
Here are some examples:
head, eyes, nose, foot (easy)
fingers, ankles, knees, neck, forhead (medium)
knuckes, wrist, thigh, forarm, palm, spine (hard)
Feelings Chart
Ask the children "How do you feel today?" Record the answers and create a chart. Talk
about the results.
Listen to your heatbeat
Allow the children to listen to their heartbeat with a stethescope. The toy ones work, but
some of your parents may have access to a real one.
Guess how I feel:
Have one child stand in the middle of the circle and act out an emotion. The other children
can guess what it is.
My Friends and Me Jump
Take pictures of the children and laminate them. Have the children hop from one picture to
another.
My Friends and Me Musical Chairs
Set out the pictures on the floor in a circle. Have the children walk around the circle of
pictures. When the music stops have the children race to their picture. Every child should
have an picture to stand on.
My Friends and Me Time
Set out the pictures on the floor in a circle. Have each child sit on his/her own picture for
circle time.
I am Special Because....
Have the children finish the sentence "I am special because...." Record their answers.
Jump Jim Joe
Sung to "Hurry Hurry Drive the Firetruck"
Have the children sit in a circle before lunch. Pick one child, have that child pick a friend,
then have the two children hold hands and follow the directions as you sing:
Jump, Jump, Jump Jim Joe,
Shake your head,
Nod your head,
Tap your toe,
Hello My Friend!
Have one child sit in the middle of a circle on a chair. This child should cover his/her eyes.
Then pick one child to go up to the child in the middle and say "Hello my friend, can you
guess who I am?" The child in the middle gets three guesses. Then the child who spoke sits
in the middle and the child that was in the middle chooses another speaker. The children can
use their normal voices, but if they are familiar with the person in the chair, silly voices can
be more difficult and amuzing
Follow me
Play follow my friend just like follow the leader.
Mystery Can
Send a large coffe can home with a child. Send a letter with the can similar to this:
Dear parents:
This month we are going to be playing a game called "Mystery Can" I am sending the can
home with your child. Please help your child find something to place inside the can that is
special to your child and return it tomorrow with three clues written on a piece of paper. The
children will try to guess what it is and the first person to guess correctly will take home the
can.
Me Me you!!!
Played like "Duck, Duck, "me" instead of "duck" and "you" instead of "goose."