BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #23

Lab 4
Nature Day

Date: Friday June 23, 2017

Supervisor: Alice Anderson
Lead Teacher: Sarah Wade

Children and Learning/Development Goals:

1. Finn: Finn’s goal is listening and following rules which he will have the opportunity to
work on during the field trip as we inform him of the boundaries that he will need to stay
inside of as well as coming to the teacher for roll call when I blow the whistle. .
2. Savannah: Savannah’s goal is social interaction which she will have multiple
opportunities to play with her peers as the create games and scenarios to play outside in
the trees and on the rocks.
3. Levi: Levi’s goal is to learn the concept of time and following directions. He will be able
to have a better sense of time as the teacher blows the whistle every 20 minutes and he
will be able to practice his goal of listening to instructions as he stays with the boundaries
of play for the day.
4. Ihan: Ihans’ goal is to share as well as using his words to solve problems. He will work
on this goal when he wants the same toy or the same rock as another child as well as by
using his words to ask other children if he can play with them.

Preassessment and Findings:

 Aaron was sitting on a branch in the hut outside that was blocking the back entrance to
the hut and it broke a little. He wanted to break it off completely so he tried to sit on it
more and pull with his ‘big muscles.’ From observing this I thought about how Aaron
would probably have a fun time exploring outside during our nature day.
 Finn and Teddy have used the hut outside for their fort many times as they pretend to be
beasts that live in the hut. I feel like if they will enjoy using their imagination to play
outside.
 While playing outside Lilly has gathered some of the tops of some of the dead leaves and
gathered them together and carried them around with her. She has also made a bracelet
with one of these pieces.
 Aaron has climbed trees now two days in a row.
 Aaron has used the hose to make mud multiple times outside
 I have never heard any of the children say the names of the trees or plants that are found
on our playground so I feel like it would be fun to teach them the names of the trees and
plants in the area of the garden that we will be playing in.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Trees we can find in nature include: black hills spruce, green spruce, blue spruce, scotch
and Australian pine trees, amur maple, and yellow birch.
2. Plants that we can find in nature include: day lilies, sage, iris, and holly hocks.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Expressing ideas
2. Nature
3. Exploration
 BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan #23
Lab 4
Nature Day

Date: Friday June 23, 2017

Supervisor: Alice Anderson
Lead Teacher: Sarah Wade

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Trees we can find in nature include: black hills spruce, green spruce, blue spruce, scotch
and Australian pine trees, amur maple, and yellow birch.
2. Plants that we can find in nature include: day lilies, sage, iris, and holly hocks.

Preschool Concepts or Skills:

1. Expressing ideas
2. Nature
3. Exploration

Assignments:
Lead teacher: Sarah
Check in/check out: Sister Frazier and Sophi
Walkie Talkies: Sarah , Alice, Ruth, and Katie
*All teachers will need to keep a close eye on all the children especially Ihan and Aaron who
would be most likely to run off.

Special Materials to Bring:

Two sets of walkie talkies
Emergency backpack
Whistle (North Lab)
Fanny pack
Camera
Field Trip Name Tags

Special instructions for the day: For nature day, the parents will drop off and pick up their
children on the south end of the Hinckley building. We will have opening and closing circle
there as we wait for all the children to come and leave. The boundaries will be set for the
children so they know which places they can and cannot go. We will have gathering time and
snack for the children in the gardens and a few materials/toys they can use. This lesson is all
about following the children’s lead and having them discover the world around them.
Opening Circle: 1:20-1:35 Materials:
Duck Duck Goose We will play duick duck NA
goose as we wait for children
to arrive.
Pease Porridge Hot We will singing the song
(while clapping our hand)
Pease porridge hot, pease
porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot,
nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it
cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine
days old
Down By the Station Read Down By The Station Down By the Station by Will
Hillenbrand B H10
Three Craws Three craws sat upon a
wa',
Sat upon a wa', sat upon a
wa',
Three craws sat upon a
wa',
On a cauld and frosty
mornin'.

The first craw was greetin'

for his maw,
Greetin' for his maw,
greetin' for his maw,
The first craw was greetin'
for his maw,
On a cauld and frosty
mornin'.

The second craw fell and

broke his jaw,
Fell and broke his jaw, fell
and broke his jaw,
The second craw fell and
broke his jaw,
On a cauld and frosty
mornin'.

Follow The Leader
The third craw, couldnae caw
at a',
Couldnae caw at a', couldnae
caw at a',
The third craw, couldnae caw
at a',
On a cauld and frosty mornin'
The fourth craw was not there
at all Aww
I will be the first leader and I
will do an action and then I
will say follow the leader. I
will then choose another
action and the children will
follow. The children will each
get a turn to be the leader.

Safety Walk: 1:35-2:00

Safety At the end of opening circle, I will set the expectations Whistle
Walk with the childr5en. Boys and girls, today we have a Clip boards with
special day where we will be outside all day for check in sheets
preschool! Before we begin we want to introduce our Pen
parent helpers. (Parents say their names and whose
parents they are) Can we all say thank you. We will take
a minute to make sure that we go to the bathroom and
put on sunscreen. Now that we all have sunscreen on we
are going to show you the boundaries for our nature day.
As we walk around the boundaries we will show you
where is okay to go and where is not okay to go. (I will
walk around the boundaries and end I the big grassy
area). We are free to explore within those boundaries
and when we do we need to not kill the living things. So
don’t take off the leaves or pedals on the flowers or
trees but if you find leaves or pedals on the ground you
can pick them up and use them. And lastly to make sure
we all stay together we are going to have a roll call
every 20 minutes. When I blow the whistle you will stop
what you are doing and come to me so we can do our
roll call. Now we will practice. I will let you play for a
 few minutes and when I blow the whistle, what are you
going to do? Yep stop what you are doing and come see
me right here at this spot. (Do the practice roll call).
Snack will be right here throughout the day for when
you get hungry or want a drink. Now you are free to go
play and we will have our gathering time later today.

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Literacy Activities/ Books:
Insects by Steve Parker P15
Mysteries and Marvels of Nature by Elizabeth Dalby Z26
A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell Depalma D7
A Tree for Me by Nancy Van Laan L11
Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppneheim O4
Zinnia’s Flower Garden by Monica Wellington W7
Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up
*Creative Art: Activity Description: There will be some Paper (classroom)
Nature Draw crayons and colored pencils with paper on the Rulers (RR1 Cabinet B)
grass. Crayons (RR1)
Objective: The children will improve their fine
motor skills as they draw the different plants and
things around them. (IELG D2 G18 CI2).
Intentional Teaching: The teachers will prompt
the children to draw the specific trees and plants
on the paper or even to draw treasure maps to
spark more imagination.
*Manipulatives: Activity Description: Each child will be given a Brown lunch bags for each
My Nature brown bag with their name on It where they can children with their names on
Collection (all) keep different items that they collect on their them (kitchen)
nature day.
Objective: The children will use their senses
such as touch, sight, smell, sounds but not taste to
determine what items to put in their bag. (IELG
D2 G19 CI1).
Intentional Teaching: The teachers can
encourage the children to collect things but also
remind them that they should not take the leaves
or flowers off of the plants but to take the ones
off of the ground. The teachers can also ask them
what they collected and why they collected it.
*Science: Living Activity Description: There will be binoculars Binoculars (RR1 Science 73)
Things (all) and magnifying glasses for the children to use Magnifying glasses (RR1
 outside as they explore various things in nature. Science 74)
Objective: The children will explore a new
setting for preschool with their peers and the
teachers as they use the magnifying glasses and
binoculars (IELG D3 G34 CI1).
Intentional Teaching: The teachers can name
the different trees and plants in the gardens. The
teachers can emphasize that pine trees have two
needles from the same source and spruce needles
only have one.
Other Activities: Activity Description: There will be balls in the Balls (GG)
Balls grass so the children can kick, throw, or use their Cones (small shed)
imagination to pretend it is something different.
Objective: The children will improve their gross
motor skills as they kick and throw the ball.
(IELG D2 G17 CI7).
Intentional Teaching: If children show interest
in the balls and cones the teachers can assure
them that they can play with them and ask what
they can do with the balls and cones and follow
the lead of the child.
Parachute Description: We will bring the big parachute and Parachute (GG)
shake it up and sown with the children and at the
end we will go under. We will also put bean bags
on the parachute and practice keeping the bean
bags on the parachute.
Objective: The children will improve their
cooperation skills as they work together to keep
the bean bags on the parachute. (IELG D3 G31
CI8)
Intentional Teaching: The teachers will also
participate in the parachute activity and model
how to keep the bean bags on. They will also
make sure everyone has a spot on the parachute.

ROTATING SNACK 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Granola bars, crackers, and water

GATHERING TIME 2:55-3:10 p.m.or whenever

Transition: We will sing and dance to the “I love nature song.”
Activity Name Description Materials
1. Trees we Boys and girls, Today we have been exploring Spruce and pine needle
can find in outside in nature. We can find lots of things in (Gardens)
nature nature. What are some things we can find
include: outside? Yeah we can find trees outside.This is
black hills black hills sprusce. A green spruce and a blue
 spruce, spruce. This is an Australian pine tree. You can
green tell the difference between pine and spruce trees
spruce, blue from their needles. Pine needles have two needles
spruce, coming from the same source and spruce needles
scotch and are connected at one source (Hold up an example
Australian of each. Type of needle).
pine trees,
amur
maple, and
yellow
birch.
2. Plants that We can also find plants outside. Here in the
we can find gardens we have day lilies, sage, iris, and holly
in nature bocks. (point to each plant as I say them).
include: day
lilies, sage,
iris, and
holly hocks.
Transition to Alright boys and girls, let’s come together and
Small Focus give a nature cheer before we go back to playing
Groups for 30 more minutes. Let’s all put our hands in
the circle. What should we cheer? Now you can
all go back to playing.
HEAD UP TO THE HINKCLET AT 3:20!
CLOSING CIRCLE 3:25-3:40 p.m.
Transition
I will sing “A Ram Sam Sam” while doing the actions and invite the children to join me.
Activity Name Description Materials
Nature Review I am going to hold up a spruce or pine needle and I want you to Spruce and
tell me what one it is. There are many trees and plants in nature. pine needles
Movement/Music We will sing and dance to We are the Pirates. We are the
We are the Pirates pirates
(kindle)
Story/book We will read the wheels on the bus The Wheels
on the Bus by
Annie Kubler
Music I will sing, “Have you ever worn a boot on your head?” Have you
ever pictures
(Alice)
Phonemic We will read Rhyme Away Boy and the children will guess what Rhyme away
Awareness is next. boy (Alice)
Rhyme Away Boy
Look Around the We will use our knees to keep a beat while we sing,” look NA
Room With Me around the room with me. look around the room with me. Look
around the room with me. I see a girl with sandals on!” And if
 you have sandals on you’re going to wave your hand and say it’s
me! we will try different things like: blue shirt on, name that
starts with L, or a bow in their hair.
A Ram Sam Sam We will sing a ram sam sam (Lyrics below)
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS

A Ram Sam Sam

A ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli guli
Ram sam sam
Repeat
Aravi Aravi
Guli guli guli guli guli
Ram sam sam

RESOURCES:
Sister Frazier, Brother Allen, and Alice Anderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFQldt4faZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx79dLuqPwQ