BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #5
Lab 4
Plants

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

Books:
*Each Living thing by Joanne Ryder (R27)
* This Year’s Garden by Cynthia Rylant (W18)
* A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry (U1)
* Flower Garden by Eve Bunting (P B17)
* The Seed Song by Judy Saksie (P M11)
* Growing Vegtable Soup by Lois Ehlert (P E1)
* One Child, One Seed by Catherine Cave (G26)
* Plants Feed Me by Lizzie Rockwell (R38)
* We Love the Dirt by Tony Johnston (P C35)
* May There Always Be Sunshine by Jim Gill (W9)
* Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle (P T2)
* Dandelions: Stars in the Grass by Mia Posada (P P14)
Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up
*Creative Art: Activity Description: In this activity the children will Contact paper (WR)
Seed Mosaic (6) create a seed mosaic. They will draw a flower Markers (RR1, Orange,
onto the contact paper and then stick the seeds Cabinet 4)
onto the flower on the contact paper to Seeds (IWP)
decorate their flower with seeds.
Manipulatives: Activity Description: The children will use their fine Construction Set in a Box
Construction Set in motor skills to grasp the construction tools and (RR1, White, 52)
a Box build with them. Hammer and Nails (RR2,
White, 55)
Math: Activity Description: The children will practice Teddy bear counters (RR2,
Teddy bear using math in this activity as they use the teddy Red, 155)
counters (3) bears provided and match them to the patterns
of the teddy bears on the cards.
Science: Activity Description: The children will play and Color changing touch
Coloring changing explore with the color changing touch boards as boards (RR2, Purple, 80)
touch boards (4) they place their hands on them and watch what
happens.
*Sensory Table: Activity Description: The children will dig and sift Potting soil (RR2, Green, 140)
Potting soil and through the potting soil and rocks looking for the 3 scoopers and3 sifters (RR2,
seeds (6) seeds. Green, 120, 121)
Seeds (IWP)
Rocks (RR2, Green, 141)
Blocks: Activity Description: The children will build with Bugs (RR2, Blue, 172)
Bugs (6) the blocks and use the bugs to enhance their
play.

*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: The children will pretend play Gardening, gardening
Gardening (6)@ with the gardening items in this area and pretend gloves, and fake flowers
they are gardening. (RR2, Yellow, 242)

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 Zinnia’s Flower Garden by
Monica Wellington (WR, W7)
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Activity Description: The children will use the Butcher paper (WR)
Sponge Painting sponges to paint with on the butcher paper. 5 Sponges (RR1, Art supplies,
15)
Texture rollers and texture
paint brushes (RR1, Art
supplies 15)
3 different colors of paint
3 paint trays (RR1, Cabinet
19, Drawer 2)
White paper (WR)
Art aprons (Bathroom
cupboard)
2nd: Activity Description: Build structures with the tinker Tinker toys (RR1, White, 42)
Tinker toys toys and leave the other pieces on the table next
to the structures.

ROTATING SNACK 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

TBD

OUTDOOR PLAY 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Location: South Playground

Gross Motor: Activity Description: The children will use their Jump a Roo (Gross Garage,
Jump a roo (4) gross motor skills as they jump on the jump a roo. Middle Floor)

*2nd: Activity Description: The children will fill up the 4 Watering Cans (Small
Watering Flowers watering cans with water and go around and Shed)
(3)@ water the plants outside.

3rd: Activity Description: The children will ride the bikes Bikes, trikes, and helmets
Bikes (4)@ and trikes around the playground. (Large Shed)

CLEAN UP 2:50 – 3:00 p.m.

“Now it’s time to clean up”
Transition to We will dance to “Shake Your Sillies Out” and do Kindle and speaker
Gathering Time the actions it says to do in the song. When the
song is over I will ask the children to sit down on
the ground.

GATHERING TIME 3:00 – 3:10 p.m.

Activity Name Description Materials
1. I’m a Seed I will read the book I’m a Seed and engage the I’m a Seed (B M4)
(Plants grow children in the book by asking them questions
from seeds) throughout the story like “How are the seeds
different?, What do each of them need to survive

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 and grow?, and What happens now that the
seeds have grown?
1. 5 Little We will do the 5 Little Seeds Fingerplay. The words
Seeds are listed at the end of the lesson plan.
Fingerplay
(What seeds
needs to
grow)
Transition to Small Now the children are going to sprout like the
Focus seeds in the fingerplay and go to their groups. If
the have a red square they will go with Aubri,
yellow triangles go with Aubrey, blue stars go with
Sabrina, and green circles go with Karmyn.

Your Activity Description & Objective Materials

Planting Seeds Description: The teachers will show the children and 1) Lima Beans (IWP)
illustration of the inside of a seed and talk about the 2) Paper towels (in
different parts of it. Then, the children will each get a classroom)
Ziploc bag to plant seeds in. They will spray a paper 3) 4 Spray bottles
towel with water and put a couple of seeds in the (RR1, Purple, 87)
paper towel wrap it up and place it into their Ziploc 4) 20 Ziploc Bags
bags. Teachers will write their names on the Ziploc (RR1, Cabinet 6)
bag and they will put them in their cubbies when 5) 4 markers
they are done so that they can take them home and 6) Seeds by Ken
watch them grow. Robbins (R11)

See How I Grow

by Angela Wilkes
(S23)

Seeds Grow! by
Angela Shelf
Madearis (P K6)

The Carrot Seed

by Ruth Krauss
(K14)

CLOSING CIRCLE 3:25 – 3:40 p.m.

Transition to Closing We will sing and dance to “We are the Dinausors” as a group then I will pass
Circle out scarves for our first activity.
Activity Name Description Materials
Movement Activity Each teacher will pass out scarves to the children and Kindle and speaker
Freeze Dance we will dance around to the freeze dance song and Scarves (WR,
when it says “freeze” we will freeze. The support Cabinet 6)
teachers will gather the scarves back in their pockets
when they are done.
Phonemic Awareness Moo Moo, Where Are You?
Moo, Moo Where are One child will lie down in the middle of the circle and

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you? covers their eyes. Another child moves to another
area of the room and makes the moo noise and the
child with their eyes closed has to point to where they
think the noise came from.
Music Activity or Song Pass the color Crayons
or Fingerplay The children will pass a crayon around the circle
Pass the color singing
Pass, pass, pass the color
This is the game we play!
When this little song is through
This colors name we’ll say
And whoever is holding the crayon will say the color of
the crayon
Story (non-book) Teacher will say, “Brown bear, brown bear, what do Brown bear, brown
Brown Bear, Brown Bear you see?” the children will guess what the animal is bear
based on the tail or feet of the animal. Repeat using
the cards until it is over.
Age Appropriate The children will listen to the song “Hokey Pokey” and Kindle and speaker
Game do the different actions that it tells them to do.
Hokey Pokey
Game The teacher will roll the animal dice and the children Animal dice
Animal Dice will do the action that it says.
Big Book Teacher will read “Click, clack, moo, cows that type” Click, Clack, Moo,
Click, Clack, Moo, and engage the children by asking them to predict Cows That Type (B
Cows That type what will happen next throughout the story. C28)