Week 12 Lesson Plan for Homeschooling Preschool

Literacy

Objectives:

• Identifies uppercase and lowercase L
  
  
• Tells the main sound of /l/

Parent instructions

Choose one activity a day with the exception of #1, which should be done a few times a week if possible.

Activities

• Say the ABCs using your chart from beginning to end once a day, pointing to each letter as you say it. After going through all the letters, ask your child to find this week’s letter—L. Look at and have them trace with their finger the upper and lowercase examples. Tell your child that L is a consonant, which is a name for all the letters that are not vowels. Say, “L says /l/ like lemon.” Try to ask your child a few times a week (during bathtime, driving in the car, etc.) to tell you the sound of L. (Don’t forget to include some previously learned letters, especially those vowels!) If they need help or say it incorrectly, model the correct way by repeating, “L says /l/ like lemon.” Always say it with its example word. (Estimated Time: 5 minutes)
  
  
• While riding in the car or during bathtime, try combining the L sound with each of the vowels to create some silly sound combinations. You may find the long vowel sounds, when the vowels say their names, will be easier for this activity than the short sounds. La (lay), Le (lee), Li (lie), Lo (low), Lu (loo). (Estimated Time: 3 minutes)
  
  
• Complete a “Find the Letter” worksheet to locate all the upper and lowercase Ls. Use a marker, highlighter, or dauber to mark all the letters they find. (Estimated Time: 5 minutes)
  
  
• Ask your child to draw a picture of as many things as they can think of that start with the sound of L. When they’re done, help them label the picture. Point out the letter Ls to them. Make some uppercase and some lowercase. They could also cut pictures from magazines and make a collage or think of things that you can find and print from the internet. (Estimated Time: 15 minutes)
  
  
• Play a guess the L game. Set out four household objects on the table, only one of which starts with the letter L, and ask your child to guess which one. After they have discovered it, try four different items. How about a ladle, a letter, a stuffed lion, or a Lego? You could try this game with other letter sounds as well. (Estimated Time: 5-10 minutes)

Math

Objectives:

• Counts objects up to 100
  
  
• Understands that “half” means one thing divided equally into two pieces

Parent instructions

Choose one activity a day with the exception of #1, which should be done a few times a week if possible.

What an accomplishment! Children love the feeling of success that comes with counting all the way to 100. Celebrate this incredible achievement with them.

Activities

• Count all the way to 100 on the 100s chart, pointing to each number as you count. Cheer and hug! (Estimated Time: 3 minutes)
  
  
• Lay a $1 bill out on the table. Tell your child that $1 is the same as (or equals) 100 cents (or pennies). Help your child count out 100 pennies, stacking them in stacks of 10 on top of the $1 bill. When you’re done, let them compare the coins to the bill and remind them that they are the same amount (value) of money. For added fun, let them put the $1 bill in their piggy bank. Save the pennies for later counting practice (Estimated Time: 5 minutes)
  
  
• Cut an apple, cookie, or another snack in half and show the two pieces to your child. Talk about what “half” means—two equal pieces. Emphasize that, in order to be half, the pieces must be equal or the same size. Let your child compare the pieces from several angles to see that they are the same size. (Estimated Time: 2 minutes)
  
  
• Get out some Play-Doh or salt dough, a rolling pin, cookie cutters, and a child-safe knife or icing spreader to cut with. Review with your child what half means, two equal pieces. Roll out several shapes and have your child practice cutting them in half. Prompt your child to layer the pieces, one on top of the other, to check and see whether they are equal. (Estimated Time: 10-15 minutes)

Fine Motor

Activities:

• 1 precision activity
  
  
• 1 hand-eye coordination activity
  
  
• 1 finger isolation activity
  
  
• 1 wrist extension and stability activity

Parent instructions

Choose one fine motor objective each day and then select an activity that practices that objective from the list in Appendix A. Feel free to choose more than one activity or work on more than one objective a day if you like! Just remember that little hands tire easily and short, regular practice sessions are better than long, sustained ones. (Estimated Time: 5-10 minutes)

Download the Appendix A that lists all the fine-motor activities.

Social-Emotional

Objectives:

• (Social awareness) Demonstrates awareness of commonalities and differences among people
  
  
• (Relationship skills) Uses play with others to explore and practice social roles and relationships

Parent instructions

Choose one activity a day or, since this week’s social-emotional activities are a bit longer than usual, choose a couple of activities to complete over the course of the week.

Activities

Choose one activity a day (Monday - Thursday)

• Play Dough Metaphor – Prepare bundles of plain uncolored dough, such as salt dough, and have your child help knead food coloring in while talking about how the dough is all similar even though the colors are different. Relate this to how everyone on the inside has feelings and thoughts. You can do the same activity using paint also. (Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes)
  
  
• Read a book from the suggested resources list or another book about people’s similarities and differences. (Estimated Time: 10 minutes)
  
  
• Involve the child in pretend play based on traditional scenarios such as: kitchen, market, school, doctor’s office, home, bank, playground, vet clinic, etc. and unconventional, fun ones like fairyland, superhero town, mermaids, pirates, pet hotel, etc. (Estimated Time: 15-20 minutes)

Additional resources

• Families, families, families! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang
  
  
• Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora
  
  
• A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
  
  
• Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers
  
  
• The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
  
  
• Bronco and Friends: A Party to Remember by Tim Tebow with A.J. Gregory (On disability)
  
  
• https://www.brightstarkids.com.au/blog/playing/25-pretend-play-ideas/