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Lesson Plans for Preschoolers - Free Lesson Plans - Early Childhood Themes - Fall
The ideal lesson plans for preschoolers for the theme of fall should include lots of nature walks and observations of the world around us. Use this time of the year to explore the sounds, smells and images of our transforming world as nature transforms and gets ready for winter.
Here is our early childhood lesson plans for New Beginnings:
Big ideas, concepts and values:
1. Everything living has a cycle.
2. The world around us is changing. The trees, the animals.
3. Seasons change and so do we.
4. Harvest time brings us many gifts from the earth.
Essential Questions:
1. What are the changes we notice outside?
2. How do people, animals and plants change with the new season?
3. What are some of the outdoor activities we can do in the fall?
4. What can we prepare with the produce from the earth?
In Class Activities:
Trip to the Market - Visit the local market. Here are some activities you can do prior to the trip:
1. Brainstorm -
2. What will we see at the market?
3. Prepare a shopping list for the market.
4. What should we buy?
5. Prepare vegetable soup with the products purchased at the market.
Painting - Take out fall colors and encourage the children to pain a fall scene. Paining while standing in front of an aisle helps develop gross motor activity in children.
Me in the Fall - A drawing of the child doing their favorite fall activity. Take a moment and record on the paper the child's story about the picture. A simple way to assess language development.
Weather Wheel - Great way to teach children weather vocabulary as well as time words such as yesterday, today and tomorrow. Earlier, now and later.
My Hand as A Tree - Trace the child's hand and let them turn it into a tree in the fall. A great way to capture those little hands.
Leaf Rubbing - Place the leaves underneath the paper and rub with crayons or pastels over the paper.
Plasticine Tree - This activity is great for fine motor development.
Leafy Bird - Glue the leaves you collected on your nature walk in a form that will create a bird, a person, a bunny and so on.
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