Sample Lesson Plan
PROGRAM
Preschool
THEME
Dr Seuss on the Loose!
CHARACTER QUALITY
Patience
COLOR
Green
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outside/Large Motor | “Hop on Pop” Hopping Game | Exercise Dice Game | Red Fish and Blue Fish Game (Sharks and Minnows) | Outdoor Obstacle Course | Relay Race on Playground | ||||
| Story Time | Read “Hop on Pop” and Introduce Rhyming Words | Read “Cat in the Hat” and Re-Introduce Rhyming Words | Read “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” – Counting Activity | Read “Green Eggs and Ham” – Discuss foods we like & don’t like | Read “Horton Hears a Who” – Size Comparison Activity | ||||
| Small Group Activities | Dr. Seuss Floor Puzzles, Dr. Seuss File Folder Games, Dr. Seuss Rhyming Words Game | ||||||||
| Music & Movement | “Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” – Animal Movement | “Cat in the Hat” – Balancing Game | Ribbon Dancing Activity | Learn S-E-U-S-S Song (Tune of B-I-N-G-O) | Dancing with Scarves (Following Directions Song) | ||||
| Art | Fingerpainting Art Experience (Exploring Textures) | Designing Hats/Headbands (Red and White Paint) | Red/Blue Collages (Collage Materials) | Green Eggs and Ham Painting Activity (Green Materials) | Painting with Large and Small Materials (Making Comparisons) | ||||
| Math and Science | Red Fish/Blue Fish (Beginning Venn Diagrams) | Math/Science Moments (Introducing Vocabulary and Concepts) | Introduce concept of Venn Diagram, Sorting Skills, Same and Different | ||||||
Special Activity – Cooking: Cat in the Hat Fruit Kabob (Stawberry and Banana Slices)