Warren Technical School Dekalb County School District

Early Childhood Education Themed Lesson Plan Allyah Washington

Table of Contents

Page 1. Project Descri tion Page !. Planning Process Page "#$..Procedures Page %..Learned &'ills Page (..&ummary

Project Descri tion

My project is centered on me creating a themed lesson plan that will address the four areas of child development. I wanted to make certain that I would be able to use the knowledge learned in my classroom in a real live child care center. I have learned about fine motor and gross motor skills. It is going to be important for me to create activities that would fall under those categories. I want my lesson plan to include: reading, math, science and

hands on activities.

esearch says !cademic e"cellence is one of the primary benefits of reading to toddlers and

preschoolers are a higher aptitude for learning in general. #umerous studies have shown that students who are e"posed to reading before preschool are more likely to do well in all facets of formal education. I wrote a letter to Ms. $a%onia &amp the 'amily (upport (ervices &oordinator at (heltering !rms )arly learning &enter to get permission to work with the preschool students .(he agreed to allow me to work with Ms. (heneka in room *. oom * is home to +, preschool children. %hey are a very busy and lively bunch. I know this because I completed my '&&$! project last year in that classroom. I created a weekly lesson plan that will address reading, math, science along with some creative hands on activities. !ll activities will focus on the four areas of child development along with the motor skills. I am currently studying the four area of child development in my early childhood education program. My lesson plan will address: Cognitive Development, Social Development, Emotional Development and Physical Development. My lesson plan will also include activities that fall under fine motor skills and gross motor skills. My project will introduce small children to raccoons, various pu--les, lacing cards and paper bag puppets. My project was born from the interactive raccoon named .atson housed in my early childhood education classroom. .atson comes with three different books. .hen you pick up the book, the first thing you notice would be that certain sentences are in a special color. .hen you read the sentence, .atson responds. /ids love it. I love it. 'or my project, .atson is serving as the central theme. !ll of the activities will be focused around .atson. 0y the way1 .atson is a aacoon2

Planning Process
I plan to create a theme lesson plan using one of the interactive bears in the classroom. I plan to come up with ways I can use the knowledge learned in class and apply it in the preschool classroom. Here is what I came up with

Monday- March 31, 2014- Ask the students: Do you know what a raccoon is??? Have you ever seen a raccoon??? Vocabulary Word: raccoon Definition: small ring tailed animal: a small animal with grayish black fur! black patches around the eyes! and a long bushy ringed tail. "ead: #atson and the $ase of the %ittle %ost $aterpillar "accoon & 'tudents will make a paper bag

Tuesday:- A ril 1, 2014 'tudents will sort "accoons from smallest to largest& 'tudents will work on their fine motor skills by lacing a raccoon Wednesday:- A ril 2, 2014 'tudents will put together a raccoon pu((le & 'tudents will role play a detective and search the classroom for missing items Thursday- A ril 3, 2014 'tudents will make a raccoon paper plate& 'tudents will make a raccoon paper plate !riday- A ril 4, 2014"tudents will work on the IPAD'& 'tudents will play a game similar to duck duck duck goose. )hey will say raccoon racoon #atson.

Procedures) *onday Acti+ities

,eading Watson to the -hole class of !" students

Assisting the students -ith ma'ing their +ery o-n a er bag raccoon u

et

Procedures) Tuesday Acti+ities

. am -or'ing -ith the students on their math s'ills. They sorted the raccoons from smallest to largest

. created raccoon lacing cards. This not only hel s -ith their cogniti+e de+elo ment but their fine motor s'ills.

Procedures) Wednesday Acti+ities

. created +arious u//les for the students to ut together.

Procedures) Thursday Acti+ities

.n order to 'ee -ith the raccoon theme0 . located a great raccoon a er late acti+ity. The 'ids really enjoyed this acti+ity.

Procedures) 1riday Acti+ities

.n order for me to address hysical de+elo ment0 . -anted to find acti+ity children ages "#2 could due based on the milestones. The acti+ity also had to be fun. . thought about the Duc'# Duc'# 3oose game and changed it to ,accoon# ,accoon Watson.

&'ills Learned

There -ere many s'ills re4uired for us to do the roject. &ome of them are listed belo-)

. learned about the four areas of child de+elo ment) Cogniti+e0 &ocial0 Emotional and Physical . learned about the motor s'ills# 3ross and 1ine . learned ho- to handle -hole grou acti+ities . learned that it -as easier to -or' -ith the children in small grou s . learned ho- to -or' through disru tions . learned ho- to research a 5o- to create a lesson lan 5o- to ut together a dis lay board ,esearch &'ills 5o- to -rite a business letter 5o- to use a theme in my lesson lan . learned ho- to communicate -ith the teachers inside of the classroom. s on the i ads to go along -ith a theme

&ummary
. attend Warren Technical &chool. . am currently in the Early Childhood Education Program. . ha+e ta'en the .ntro to Early Childhood0 5uman 3ro-th and De+elo ment and 5ealth &afety and 6utrition course. Throughout my early childhood course0 . ha+e

learned about the four areas of de+elo ment. The four areas of de+elo ment are Cogniti+e De+elo ment0 &ocial De+elo ment0 Emotional De+elo ment0 and Physical De+elo ment . Learning about the four areas of de+elo ment ga+e me the idea to locate a boo' and create lessons centered around the boo'. . selected a boo' called Watson and The case of The Little Lost Cater illar. . started off by as'ing the students 7Do you 'no- -hat is a raccoon is8 After reading the story0 the students -ere allo-ed to get in small grou s to ma'e a a er bag raccoon. This acti+ity demonstrated the use of their fine motor s'ills. 9n Tuesday the acti+ity used fine motor s'ills and cogniti+e de+elo ment. The students had to sort the raccoons from smallest to largest. Another grou of students -or'ed on their fine motor s'ills by lacing a raccoon. 9n Wednesday the students ut together a raccoon u//le. This used their cogniti+e de+elo ment. &tudents also role layed a detecti+e and searched the classroom for missing items .This -as based on role laying. Watson layed a detecti+e in the story. Thursday the students made a raccoon a er late. They used their fine motor s'ills. The students also -ent outside to lay a game called ,accoon ,acoon ,accoon Watson. 1riday the students -or'ed on i ads. . found a raccoon a called ,accoon :oyage ,ace.

9+erall0 . felt good about being able to use -hat . ha+e learned in the classroom. The conce ts really do -or' in a real li+e classroom. This is going to hel re are me for a job as an assistant teacher. . had fun0 the students had fun and both teachers in room $ had fun.

Than' you for the o

ortunity to resent my roject.