Myrtle Said:

Preschool Lesson Plan for a Foreign Student?

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Well, it kind of depends on what country the child is from. You can include cooking some type of food from the child's country. Learn a game from the child's country and include that. Is there toys that they play with in his country? How about an ethnic doll or ethnic dolls from several different countries? Sing songs from the child's country, or at least learn them and introduce them to the class. Even learning two or three simple words from the child's country could be fun and interesting. Next, turn the tables, and cook some type of food that you eat, and games that are your favorites, and toys. Encourage the child to draw/paint pictures of something from his country, and have him share it with the class. Good Luck!

Gregory Said:

What can I do for a preschool lesson plan?

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Make spider hats! Just take a black band and staple to fit around their heads. For the legs you accordion fold black paper. Another cute craft is putting a black paper inside a round cake pan. Put in a marble and then drop in some white paint. The students gently tip the cake pan to let the marble roll around on the page to make a spider wed. Add a spider ring to the web- the kids love this! You can also sing the itsy bitsy spider of course! A great math activity would be counting the spiders legs.

Tina Said:

Preschool lesson plan for Dramatic Play?

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>Why not just choose a classic children's story, such as The Three Little Pigs. Read a few versions of it to introduce the story, then select children to play the various characters as you retell or read the story. If you repeat the activity over a few days, the children will love it and you will find them re-telling the story in this way during their free-choice play time. If you approach it this way, they will be learning a variety of lessons, including sequencing, focusing on a story line and learning to re-tell a story. They will also learn to work together as a team.
>Another way to teach a dramatic play lesson would be to do a role-play activity to teach a specific skill, such as how to introduce yourself to a new friend (Hi, my name is _____. What's your name?), or how to respond to a bully attempting to take something from you (No! You can't have my hat!), or how to thank someone for a gift even if you don't like it (Thank you for thinking of me!), etc.

Rene Said:

Lesson plan to teach preschool students about rain?

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They are preschool so I could keep it simple but fun.

Go to the library and type rain into the computer and get a picture story book that way. Or sing 'It's raining, its pouring the old man is snoring..' Chant 'Rain rain go away come back another day'

I would give them some instruments (if you have them) like drums and tanbourines etc. Sit in a circle and the children make the sound of soft rain (they tap very softy with their fingers). Then the clouds start to get darker and darker, the children tap harder. Bang! for the thunder. Clouds go away, rain gets softer etc. When the rainbow comes out someone could be encouranged to softly hit a triangle.

If you don't have instruments, do it on the floor.

For centres you could have water play, paint a rainy day picture, colour and cut out and an umbrella picture, build a shelter from the rain with blocks (give them two little dolls and tell them to make a shelter for them) etc

Be creative

Joseph Said:

does anyone have any idea for a preschool lesson plan for 3 and 4 yr olds?

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Pick something that will allow for varying degrees of learning, then you won't get "caught" by not having a lesson plan that is not accurate.

How about "Plants/ Garden".

Allow for open ended activities, such as planting a seed in a cup of dirt. Here are some ideas that you could bring along, and expand on (or not) as you need to:

1. Find a poster of a plant growing on Google images that shows roots, stem, leaf, flower. Bring in the picture along with your lesson. Depending on where the children are at in their learning, you can either talk about the picture with them and explain in detail what is happening, or just have the picture sitting by the table where the dirt is.

2. Bring in 3 or 4 packets of seeds in varying sizes and shapes. Pumpkins seeds are huge, many times flower seeds are tiny. Get seeds the kids would know, such as lettuce, carrots, etc. Again, depending on where the children are at, you can do Plan A- which would be to say that you wanted to make sure you had enough seeds. Plan B is to open the seed packets and put a few of one kind onto a paper plate. Have several paper plates lined up with each type of seed, and the seed packet nearby. Let the kids examine the seeds with or without a magnifying glass. This is very open ended. The students could say anything about the seeds, and you can call it "observation", which is one of the Early Learning Content Standards for Science.

3. For Art and Literature- use a Lois Ehlert book such as "Planting a Rainbow". They can make a flower out of construction paper, and you can put them all on a bulletin board. Plan A- cut out some large, basic flowers from construction paper and have the children decorate the flowers with paper confetti, mini-shapes, stickers, glitter, etc. Plan B- have the children cut a stem (straight cutting) and/or a large leaf from green construction paper to add to their decorated flower. And also, Tah-dah!! you have an Art/ Literature connection.

This is just my opinion, but if it were me, I would be totally honest with the director about being prepared for various types of students. To make a lesson plan for kids you have never met is hard, and by showing her that you have thought about it and come up with several solutions means you are thinking things through in advance and really putting extra effort into the lesson.

Good Luck!

Freddie Said:

Preschool Lesson Plan Templates?

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Why not create your own? It's simple to do in Excel. This way you can individualize it for your student's needs. Mine is actually done on a daily basis because I tend to be very detailed but you can do it on a weekly basis. Across the top type the days of the week. In the far left column type what areas you will be planning for. Add your borders and off you go. :-)

Ivan Said:

Looking to buy some Preschool Lesson Plan Books..any you would recommend?

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Please look up the NAEYC! Their activity books, especially the ones that are specific to certain subject areas, really focus on in depth, meaningful learning that builds a strong foundation for later complex concepts - rather than just memorization or cutsey preschool stuff.

NAEYC = National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://www.naeyc.org/store/node/162