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Transportation & Community Helper
This 125 page lesson is filled with ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom. This lesson covers all learning domains for preschool children. Including: Story Extension, Math Games, Science Activities, Creative Art Project, Language and Literacy Activities and Movement Ideas. Circle/Group
Time ======================= Shared Reading Before reading the book have a class discussion tapping into
the children’s prior knowledge by getting them to recall a personal experience that relates to the story.
This will help to spark their interest and show them how the story relates to them or something else they know.
This method will help build and improve children’s comprehension. ·
How do
we get to school? · How to you go to Grandma and Grandpas house? Read: I can ride…
Read the Book The Seals on The Bus By: Lenny Hort After reading the story see if the children can recall all the different animals on the bus. Write down what the children say for a shared writing activity. Retell the story using the flannel board story.
I
see pocket chart Build
children’s grammar with a pocket chart story. Provide different pictures of cars, trucks and airplanes
with a repetitive sentence. (You can use the pictures from the pocket chart attachment) Have the picture
cards separate from the sentence strips so the children are able to move the text around and retell their story.
Small
Group/Child Choice ===============================
*Train Whistles Cut a supply of wax paper squares. Have children place the wax paper squares over the end of a paper tube and secure with a rubber band. Let children decorate their whistle with stickers and markers. Children blow air in the open end and listen to the sound.
*Sound Train Make a train out of construction paper. Have the engine in front and the box cars behind the engine. Write a different letters on the box cars that you are working on. Have the children place pictures on the box car with the right beginning letter sound.
*Paper Tube Train Set out a supply of paper tubes with paint glue and different items for the children to create their own version of a train. We set out bottle caps, paper scraps, buttons, and packing peanuts.
*Train
Tracks Set out a supply of rectangle construction paper in brown and black. Have pipe cleaners, craft
sticks, q tips and packing peanuts for the children to create the train tracks. *Printed Trains Set out items that can be used to make paint prints with (corks, empty tread spools, rectangle sponges, and square sponges) and trays of paint. Have a supply of long white paper for them to create their train on.
Passenger Patterning Set out transportation mats with people counters. The transportation mats can be found in the back of the lesson, make copies onto card stock laminate for durability.
Creative Art Land Transportation Have the children make their favorite land transportation vehicle. Provide the children with different land transportation pictures so that they can create their version of it through a process art activity. Set out a supply of construction paper, scissors, collage materials, markers and glue.
Setting
Up the Environment =========================
Outdoor medical clinic Dramatic play areas are not just for indoor play time. You can create areas outdoors for the children to enjoy dramatic play.
Transportation & Community Helper Theme Lesson Plan
This 125 page lesson is filled with ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom. This lesson covers all learning domains for preschool children. Including: Story Extension, Math Games, Science Activities, Creative Art Project, Language and Literacy Activities and Movement Ideas. This
plan includes: Word Wall Cards Game boards Bingo Game Math Mats2 Flannel
Board Stories 14 page Early Reader I can ride in a …. And that’s not all
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