Ece 1500 Lesson Plans 3-4years

Lesson Plan Form
Name of activity:
Making a cake
Age Group:3-4y
Originating Idea
[why are you choosing to implement this activity?]
Learning about birthdays
Materials
[List all materials that will be needed/used for this activity]
-box of cake mix, milk, water, eggs, mixing bowl, oven mits, measuring cups, water, oil, apron,
frosting, mixers, pan, cooking spray, oven preheat,
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
-cognitive: filling and dumping
Beginning
Opening Statement/activity
[How you plan to introduce this activity]
-during large group you sing Happy Birthday then discus making a cake
Middle:
[What will children do?]
-help measure, mix, and pour cake mix
Extensions:
[What are other options/materials children can use to either make this activity easier/trickier
based on each childs individual developmental ability]
Easier- premeasure and help dump
Trickier- scooping and measuring
End
[How will you conclude this activity? (warning/transition to the next activity/part of routine)]
Showing the cake going into the oven, clean up song to clean up materials and wash hands
Follow-up Ideas:
[Ideas of how you can continue this activity, add these materials to a certain area of your
classroom, create another activity that is based on the interest/KDI need from this activity]
-have children wash cake dishes, eat the cake for snack
Name of activity:
Putting socks
Lesson Plan Form

Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Learning self-help skills for children who take off socks and shoes
Materials
Bunches of different colored socks
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Approaches to learning- self-help
Beginning
During small group introduce them to a bunch of new socks that have been placed in the
dramatic play area
Middle:
Children will take socks off and put on new colored socks, and practice through play
Extensions:
Easier- allow children to mix and match, help them if they cant pull it all the way up
Trickier- ask children if they can match socks and put on shoes after
End
Have the children finish by putting on their socks and shoes to head outside for outside time
Follow-up Ideas:
ask children after they put on socks and shoes if they are able to put on their coats, hats, or
mittens too.
Name of activity:
Lesson Plan Form

Morning circle dance
Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Children have been getting excited about movement during circle time, teachers want to see
them dance and move.
Materials
cd player, songs about movement, instruments for each child.
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Social and emotional development- group participation
Beginning
At the beginning of greeting and circle time tell the children that today they will be doing circle
a little differently and allow children to sing, dance, and use instruments to make noise during
circle time
Middle:
Sing, dance, move, interact with friends, use instruments, participate in a fun way in morning
circle with friends
Extensions:
Easier- give children only one instrument, show them how to use it
Trickier- allow children to have more then one instrument, ask them to dance with friends
End
Allow the children to decide when to conclude the activity and then if everyone is ready to transition
show them where we are putting our new instruments on the shelves
Follow-up Ideas:
Have group music become part of the daily routines for children
Lesson Plan Form

Name of activity:
BasketBall
Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Children have been showing interest in using gross motor skills throwing, tossing, and rolling
balls
Materials
4 baskets, paper, tape, crayons
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Physical development and health- moving with objects
Beginning
During small group have children crumple up paper ball and allow them to color on it, finish
by taping it into a little ball for them. Set out small baskets throughout the room and show
them how to walk around and toss them into baskets
Middle:
Toss, roll, coordinate, use gross motor skills to try and put their paper ball into basket. Color
ball and help crumple it up.
Extensions:
Easier- help tape into a ball, child only aims for one basket
Trickier- child helps with tape, child uses all baskets
End
By singing the clean up song and allowing children to put balls into one new basket to introduce to the
shelves in the classroom for them to play with later.
Follow-up Ideas:
Help find a new place to put the balls on the shelf so that we can play again later
Name of activity: Magazine day
Lesson Plan Form

Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Children are showing interest in picture books, teacher notices children dont have enough
diverse materials in book area
Materials
classroom books, old magazines, newspapers.
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Communication, language, and literacy- exploring print
Beginning
During small group time children will go to circle rug, which is full of different types of print,
books, magazines, newspapers. Children can look at different types of books.
Middle:
Discover different textures that words can be written on, look at pictures. Explore pictures and
listen as teacher read stories and sing to them as they explore
Extensions:
Easier- allow children to look at magazines and books with teacher
Trickier- ask children to read their story to a friend, or to the class
End
Ask the children to join you back at the circle rug with a book, magazine, or newspaper and hold onto
it while you read them a special book you picked out.
Follow-up Ideas:
Have children help clean up magazines, books, and newspaper and sort it into piles according
to similarities.
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Name of activity:
Sensory speeds
Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Children are learning to run, and exploring with it in classroom
Materials
Outside area, flat ground
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Cognitive development- speed
Beginning
Before outside time explain to children that the classroom is for walking and marching feet
and walk and march around classroom. Then tell them that we are getting ready to go outside.
Middle:
At outside time play follow the leader with children. Children will march, walk, and run while
imitating your moves. Show them that they can go fast, or slow. Explaining to them language as well
as motions
Extensions:
Easier- allow children to follow behind you
Trickier- ask child to be the leader
End
While children disperse throughout the activity to go play outside. Allow the children to decide the end
of the activity and thank them for participating.
Follow-up Ideas:
Using cars, bikes, and other materials while goes fast outside.
Name of activity:
Lesson Plan Form

Paper towel roll art
Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Children have shown interest in art area
Materials
Paper towel roll for each child, crayons, tape, streamers, stickers
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Creative art- exploring art materials
Beginning
During small group give each child an empty paper towel role and create with them anything
they decide at the art table.
Middle:
Color, tape, use stickers, create anything they would like using the materials at the art center.
Extensions:
Easier- precut tape, unstick stickers, rip streamers
Trickier- allow to rip tape, streamers, and unstick stickers.
End
When children are done with activity children use creation to play after activity is over.
Follow-up Ideas:
Ask children to help clean up materials so that you can do large group movement time with
their new creations.
Name of activity: Milk jug colors
Lesson Plan Form

Age Group: 3-4y
Originating Idea
Learning about different colors
Materials
Empty clean milk jugs, different colored masking tape, scissors (for teachers) an assortment
of objects (toys, balls, crayons, anything with color in classroom) cut milk jug in half and tape
edges.
Curriculum Content:
[KDI focus]
Cognitive development- exploring same and different
Beginning
During circle time show children milk jug with different tape color and explain to them that you
might need some colorful milk for your empty milk jug.
Middle:
Children will help find materials to fill milk jug, sort, find differences and similarities.
Extensions:
Easier- have materials placed at table for children
Trickier- allow child to explore classroom to find objects
End
Once the jugs are full ask the children to help describe the colors that they found.
Follow-up Ideas:
Have each child pick a color and help put materials back where they belong on shelves.

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