Affective Domain Lesson Plan

Content Area or Developmental Focus: Affective

Age/Grade of Children: 3-4 year olds
Length of Lesson: 30 min.

Goal To give students an opportunity to interact with others and think imaginatively
about their play.

Objective Students will be able to engage in interactive play

Standards Included Domain 3: Social and Emotional Development
2a, 3a, 4a, b, c, 5a,c, 6c
Domain4: Communication, Language, and Literacy
A: 1d, 3a, 6f

Materials Notepad, pencil, plates, utensils, play food

Introduction Ask students what will they need to create a dinner in the Dramatic Play Area?

Lesson Development
Developed by Kristina Bodamer and Jennifer Zaur, Full-Time Faculty, College of Education, ECE/CD Department
1. Observe the child as she plays in the Dramatic Play Area. Without
interrupting, try to find a time when to make a suggestions while
expanding on what she/he is already doing.
2. Suggest if she/he may want to prepare a special dinner in the area (refer
to read aloud: The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk Food).
Discuss things she/he will need to get ready for the meal.
3. Provide a notepad and pencil and invite her/him to make a grocery list
for dinner.
4. Encourage her/him to talk about what she/he wants to make: What is
your favorite healthy food; Who will be coming to your dinner; What
do you think they like to eat?
 5. Encourage another child to see how she/he works with the child during
this experience. Encourage children to extend their play by doing a
grocery store, preparing the ingredients and setting the table.
Suggest that she/he invite others to the dinner.
Differentiation Support students using visual aides of food to create a grocery list
Have pictures of a healthy food and a dinner table
Have reading books available in area The Berenstein Bears and Too Much
Junk Food for discussion and reference
Assessment
(Practice/ Checking for Record the following:
Understanding)
1. What ideas does this child offer to create the pretend play
scenario?

2. How does the child write to represent the grocery list?

3. How does the child interact with others during this experience?

Closing Using pretend/dramatic play and asking open-ended questions throughout I am

helping to promote growth in the affective domain. Using pretend play to
reenact different parts of the story also helps with recalling the story that was
told. The informal observational assessment will allow me to see which
children need further help in this area, and which do not.

Developed by Kristina Bodamer and Jennifer Zaur, Full-Time Faculty, College of Education, ECE/CD Department