BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #1
Lesson Plan # 7
Lab 5
Apples
Date: October 12th, 2016
Supervisor: Katelyn Murray
Lead Teacher: Heather Johnson

Preassessment and Findings:

While ______ and I were looking at the picture of the teachers, I asked her what color
the paper was. She said red. I asked her what else is red and she said Apples. I
asked her if apples can be any other colors and she said no. I asked ______ what a
color in her book was and she said red. I asked her what other things where red and
she said candy. I asked her what fruit was red and she said apples. I asked her if
all apples were red and she said that some can be green. I asked her if all apples
tasted the same and she said no
From these observations, I discovered that they know what an apple is, but they lack
the understanding that there can be different kinds of apples.

Children and Learning/Development Goals:

1. ______. Sensory will help her with her goal to know her letters as she finds different
apples with letters on them buried in the dirt.
2. ______. He will be able to follow instructions in the science area as he washes his
hands before sitting down and as he follows the teachers instructions when he uses
the knife to cut the apples.
3. _______. She will be able to interact with other children in the dramatic play area as
they pick apples of the tree and as they pretend to buy apples with the cash register.
4. ____. In art she will be able to work on identifying colors by using a variety of different
colors and by having a teacher ask her what colors she is using and correcting her
when she miss labels a color.
5. _______. She will be able to work on her colors in art by painting with pom-poms. A
teacher can ask her what colors she is painting with and correct her if she doesnt
identify the color correctly.
6. ____. She will be able to work on her goal to pretend play with others in the dramatic
play area has she and others pretend to pick and sell apples.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Apples grow on Trees.
2. There are different Kinds of apples like granny smith, sweet sixteen, honey crisp.
3. There are different parts of an apple, core, skin, flesh, stem, and seeds.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Colors
2. Size
Assignments:
_____Anna___ Self-Selected Leslie) Floater/Runner/Snack
_____Cassie___ Small/Focus Groups __ Anna__ Booth/ Photographer
____Alice_ Outdoor play ___Heather_ Greeter/Walkie (Lead Teacher)
__Cassie___ Snack _Katelyn_ Data Collector

Special instructions for the day: Snack and outside time have been moved up by

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20 minutes. We will also not do small focus groups, so we have more time to go to
the orchard.

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 1:20 - 2:30 p.m.

Literacy Activities/ Books: Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People by Judi Barrett (WR P
B2) Firehouse Dog by Amy and Richard Hutchings (WR P H3) The Lady with the Alligator Purse by
Nadine Bernard Westcott (WR P W6) My Food Pyramid by Acorn (WR P K4) Sheep Out to Eat by
Nancy Shaw (WR P W5) Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen (WR P H6)

Literacy is embedded in another activity.

Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up
Creative Art: Activity Description: There will be red, blue, Pom-poms (RR1 O 13), Paint
Painting with Pom- green, yellow, purple paint with pom-poms on (RR1 above the sink), Paper
poms the table for them to paint with. There will also (WR under the paper
be clothes pins on the table that they can pick cutter)
up the pom-poms with to paint. Have pieces of
paper on the table for the children to paint on.

Manipulatives: Activity Description: Lay the tubes out on Bend and Extend Tubes
Bend and Extend the table for the children to play with. Bend (RR1 W 39)
Tubes #4 them in different ways, so that they children
can see they can move them around.
*Math: Activity Description: There will be different Measuring Tape (RR2 R
Measuring, kinds of apples on the table. They will be 148), Scale (RR1 R 151),
Weighing, and different colors, sizes, and shapes. There will Apples (IWP)
Sorting Apples. #5 be a scale on the table as well as a tape
measure. They will be able to weigh and
measure the different apples while at this
center. They can also sort the different kinds of
apples by color, weight, and size. This will help
the preschoolers see that there are different
kinds of apples.
*Science: Activity Description: The children will need 2 Knives (Kitchen),
Exploring apples to wash their hands before coming to this Magnifying Glasses (RR1 P
#4 @ center. There will be 3 different kinds of apples 74), Tweezers (RR1 P 72)
on the table and 2 knives. The children will be Cutting boards (Kitchen)
able to cut up the apples and see the different
parts of each apple.
*Sensory Table: Activity Description: There will be dirt in the Apples (IWP), Dirt (RR2 G
Apples in the dirt sensory table as well as laminated apples with 138)
#4 the alphabet on them, so that they can work
on literacy. There will also be toy apples in the
sensory table. The children will be able to see
the different colors of apples.
Blocks: Airplanes Activity Description: Build towers of blocks Airplanes and Helicopters
and Helicopters. and place the helicopters and airplanes on (RR2 B 179), Cars (RR2 B
#6 them. Build a runway with the blocks and put 178)
an airplane on it. Place the trucks around the
block area.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: In the dramatic play Paper Apples (IWP), Fruit,
Apple Orchard#5 area there will be a fake tree with laminated food, (RR2 Y 234), Cash
apples with letters on them taped to the tree. Register (RR2 Y 253),

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 The children will be able to pick the apples Broom (RR2 Y 258), Plates,
from the tree. Put the cash register on the cups, forks, pots (RR2 Y
table There will be a basket with apples in it 232),
as well as other fruit. There will also be pots, so
that the children can pretend to make things
with the apples. Tape paper apples on the loft.
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Description: The children will have different Construction Paper (WR),
Gluing paper. colors of paper on the table with scissors. They Paper (WR), Glue sticks
#4 will be able to cut up the paper and glue into (RR1 O 12)
on to a blank piece of white paper.
2nd: Sorting Cars Description: The cars and the pieces will be Sorting cars (RR1 W 44)
#4 placed on the table. Put the pieces on the car,
so that it looks inviting to the children.

ROTATING SNACK 1:40-2:30 a.m.

Crackers, hummus and water.

OUTDOOR PLAY 1:50-2:30 a.m. Location: South

Playground
*Gross Motor: Description: There will be pictures of each Laminated pictures of each
Apple Scavenger part on an apple like, the stem, core, flesh, part of the apple (IWP), 5
Hunt #4 skin, and seeds. Each picture will be placed sheets with the pictures of
around the playground. The children will be what they children will be
given a piece of paper with smaller pictures of looking for. (IWP)
each part of the apple and then they will go
look for each picture. They will have to
compare the pictures to see what they found.
2nd: Balance Beam Description: The children will be able to walk 2 Balance Beams (GG)
on the balance beam to work on their gross
motor skills. Place the balance beam on the
grass between our classrooms door and the
other preschool classrooms door.
3rd: Jump-a-roo Description: The children will be able to jump Jump-a-roo (GG)
on the jump-a-roo to work on the gross motor
skills. Place the jump-a-roo on the grass near
the apple tree.

CLEAN UP 2:30-2:35 p.m.

The lab clean up song.

GATHERING TIME 2:35-3:10 p.m.

Transition
As soon as the children are done cleaning up, I will shake a music maker. I will tell the children that
in the block area there are paper apples with their names on them. I will tell them to find their
name and sit by it. There will be tape on the apple so the teachers can put it on the childrens
tags, so they will know what group they are in when we go on the field trip. I will tell them that we
are going to the orchard and I will tell them what I expect as we go. They will need to stay with
their color group the whole time we are on the field trip and hold on to each others hands. I will
give the field trip tags to the teachers and they will give them to the students in their group. The
teachers will be in charge of the students in their color group. On the way to the orchard we will
play I spy.

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Activity Name Description Materials
1. Apples grow on As we get to the orchard, I will ask the children
Trees. what we are next to. I will then ask them what
they see in the trees. I will then ask them why
apples are in the trees. I will tell them that
apples grow on trees and when they are ripe
enough they get picked off the tree to be
eaten. I will than ask them if they have ever
picked an apple.
2. There are I will tell the children that there are different
different Kinds of kinds of trees here that grow different kinds of
apples like granny apples. We will walk to 2 different apple trees
smith, sweet and talk about the difference of those apples. I
sixteen, honey will point out the difference in the colors of the
crisp apples and also the size Each color group will
then go look around at the different trees. If
the preschoolers can reach an apple they can
pick it. If not a teacher can do it for them.
When we gather back together, I will ask them
to show me the apples they picked and I will
ask them the differences they see in them.
If we do not go to the orchard, for this activity I
will have a chart with pictures of the different
apples we will try in small focus. We will look at
the different shapes, sizes and colors of the
apples and then I will ask the children what
apples they think will be the sweetest, most
sour. I will mark their predictions on the chart.
3. There are I will hold an apple in my hands and tell the
different parts of children that there are different parts of an
an apple, core, apple. I will point to the stem and ask them
skin, flesh, stem, what that is. If they dont, I will tell them. I will
and seeds. point to the skin and do that same thing. I will
then have another apple with me that is cut in
half and I will show it to them and point to the
flesh and ask them what it is. I will let them
feel the different parts of the apple. I will point
to the seeds and do the same things. After that
we will weigh each apple and buy them.
If we dont go to the orchard, for this activity I
will cut up the apple and show the children the
different parts. I would also let them pass the
apple around, so that they can feel the
different parts of the apple.

SMALL FOCUS GROUP

Only if we dont go to the orchard. These will be the color groups for the field trip
Your Activity Description & Objective Materials
Transition to Small I will explain to them that they get to go taste Paper apples with
Focus Groups different kinds of apples, so that when they come childrens names
back to closing circle they can tell me what apple (IWP)
they liked best. If we do not go to the orchard they
will go be in the group with the same color of the
apple on their tag.
Apple Tasting. Description: A teacher will cut up the different 1) Knife, honey

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 kinds of apples. The first time they cut one up they crisp apple,
will tell the children what the different parts are. Granny smith
Then they will as the children when they cut the apple and a
other apples up. The children will be able to taste sweet 16 apple.
each of the apples and the teacher will ask what 2) The Hungry
apple they liked better. Caterpillar (2)
Objective: The children will be able to see the by Eric Carle
different colors and sizes of different apples and (WR,
how they have different tastes. Eating the
Alphabet, by
Lois Ehlert (WR
E6)
Our Apple Tree
by Kristina
Naslund (WR
N2)

CLOSING CIRCLE 3:15-3:30 p.m.

Transition We will sing the song Shake my sillies out

Activity Name Description Materials

Name: What part I will have a cut up apple on a tray. I will show the children the Pictures of
of the apple is this apple and ask them what part of the apple is missing. After apples parts
they guess I will cover the tray and take away another part of (IWP)
the apple and ask them what part of the apple is missing. I
will do this until we do it with each part of an apple.
Phonemic I will say Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow
Awareness jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed to see such
sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. I will tell them
to clap every time they hear a d sound. I will then do a
different rhythm Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candle-stick. When I say that rhythm, I
will have them clap when they hear the j sound.
Music Shake my Sillies out. I will teach the children the song and I
will do hand motions with them to help them enjoy it and
remember them.
Story/ Book The Life of an Apple by Claire Hilbert (IWP)
Donut Song I will give each of the children a big penny. I will sing the song Pennies
and one child will come up and put their penny in box I will (IWP),
have then I will open the donut box and the child will pick a Money box
fake colored donut. I will do this until each child has a turn. (IWP), Donut
and Donut
Box (IWP)
Parachute The children will hold onto the parachute and then I will place Parachute
2 balls on it. We will shake it fast and high and we will try to (GG), Balls
make sure that none of the balls fall off. (GG)
Five Green and I will sing the song 5 Green and Speckled Frogs while using a Felt board
Speckled Frogs felt board pieces to tell the story. story (IWP)
Do as Im doing We will sing the song do as Im doing. I will tell the children
what we need to stay where we are at when we are doing the
action. I will first model for the children what to do by
choosing the first action. After I do it, I will have each child
pick an action to do.

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Movement Dice There will be two dice for the children to roll. One of the dice Movement
will have different movements on it indicating what Dice (IWP)
movement we will do. The other dice has numbers indicating
how many times we will do the movement. The children will
take turns rolling the dice.
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS (must provide):
Shake my sillies out
I've gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away

I've gotta clap, clap, clap my crazies out

Clap, clap, clap my crazies out
Clap, clap, clap my crazies out
And wiggle my waggles away

I've gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out

Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out
Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out
And wiggle my waggles away

I've gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out

Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out
Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out
And wiggle my waggles away

Donut Song
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
There were lots _#_ donuts with sugar on top
Along came __Childs Name__ with a penny
And they bought a _color_ and ran on home.

Do as Im doing
Do as I'm doing; Follow, follow me!
Do as I'm doing; Follow, follow me!
I can do it high or low, I can do it fast or slow,
Do as I'm doing; Follow, follow me!
Do as I'm doing; Follow, follow me!

RESOURCES (must provide):

Sister Lawrence
Katelyn Murray
Taylor Putnam
Creative Resources for The Early Childhood Classroom by Judy Herr and Yvonne R. Libby
Larson
http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858530293/
https://www.lds.org/music/library/childrens-songbook/do-as-im-doing?lang=eng