Nampa High School Playschool Lesson Plan

Date: September 16,2014

Head Teacher:
Lead Teacher:

Theme Carnival

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Activities that take place at a carnival, such as: games, entertainment and prizes
2. Food that is eaten at the carnivals
3. The purpose of carnivals

Assignments:
______________ Self-Selected ______________ Floater/Runner/Snack
______________ Small/Focus Groups
______________ Outdoor Play
______________ Snack

Preschool Lesson Plan

Free Play Activities Required:
Creative Arts (1): Pop corn bag Materials
Needed:
Objective: Given paperbag children will decorate the bag
with something that reminds them of the
carnival.
Description/procedures: 1.Give each child a paper bag and some Paper Bag
crayons, markers, or any other decorating crayons
objects. makerers.

2.let child decorate the bag how they would

like, encourage carnival/circus decorating
ideas.

Creative Arts (2): Clown Face Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given a paper plate kids will decorate the plate
into a clown face
Description/procedures: 1.Give each child a plate with the markers, paper plates
Cut tissue paper into google eyes and tissue paper tissue paper
small strip that look google eyes
like hair 2.Tell them to draw a face they think a clown markers
looks like.

3.wait till the plate dries with all the objects on

it.

Math Counting Circus Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given Print outs of objects/animals of carnival,
the children will match to the number.

Description/procedures: 1.Lay out the print outs and numbers in front of Print outs of
Print out the children the number of
animals/carinval objects 2.Tell them to count how many objects are on objects.
print out numbers. the page. then tell them to find the number that Printed
matches. numbers to
match to the
3.Connect them together and continue until object printouts
they to all 10

Fine Popcorn Bin Materials

Motor/Manipulation: Needed:
Objective: Given tweezers and a tub filled with kernels of
popcorn and cotton balls, child will use the
tweezers to pull out the cotton balls from the
kernels.
Description/procedures: 1.Tell the children to pick up cotton balls with Plastic tub
Set Up: tweezers Popcorn
Fill tub with popcorn kernels
kernels and a few cotton 2.Place cotton balls on the blank sheet of paper. Cotton balls
balls throughout the mix. (Will help them identify correct objects) Tweezers
Set piece of paper next to 3. Paper
the bin.

Writing: Chalk Name Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given Chalk, Paper, and Letters, kids will use
the chalk to copy the letter onto the paper.
Description/procedures: 1. Lay the alphabet out in front of the kids and Black
print out names give them letters of their names along with contruction
black paper. paper
Chalk
2.Given them each chalk so they can copy the Name Printed
letters of their name onto the black construction out on paper
paper

Science Making Popcorn Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given popcorn maker kids will place the
kernels the maker and watch it cook. (if not
possible they will just watch the process as a
teacher does it.)
Description/procedures: 1Have kids gather around the popcorn maker Popcorn maker
Kernels
2.Give them each enough kernels for their own
and let them watch the popcorn cook.
(if not possible. ill put the kernels in and they
can just watch)
3.explain how the popcorn cooks because of the
heat

Gross Motor: Obsticle course Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given the the

Description/procedures: 1.take the kids outside to the obstacle course. Catipillar

Lay out the objects in Crawler
an order for the kids to 2.Show the kids how to go through the course Balance Beam,
go from one right to the first Hola hoops
next.
First catapillar, them 3.tell the kids to do it one kid at a time.
balance beams then
hola hoops. 4.have them wait to go through one object
before a child can follow.

Clean-up/Transition song: (Its clean-up time at preschool, its time for girls and boys,
to stop what theyre doing and put away their toys)

SNACK TIME!!!!
Popcorn from science lab, with a little goody bar to add treats. Could add M&Ms, Mini
Marshmallows, Little Hershey's chocolate bits, Animal Graham crackers, or nuts.

Attention Getter/song on theme: teach the song slowly 2-3 times

Circus Song
Sung to: "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
I am walking through the circus,
Happy as can be.
I am walking through the circus,
Just to see what I can see.
I can see the clown laughing.
I can see the elephant, too.
I can see the lion sleeping.
Look out! He sees you.
Phonemic: Rhyming, poems, letters, syllables etc. Materials
Anything that get them to increase their Needed:
language comprehension.
Objective: Given a stack of letters, children will go around
the room and find carnival objects that start
with each letter.
Description/procedures: 1.Gather the children in a group and explain Carnival
that we have all the letters in the alphabet. objects that
have a letter of
2.Say that we are going around the room the alphabet A-
looking for things that have to do with Z
carnivals/circuses. Also that we have to figure Letter Stacks
out what letter it starts with. Basket
tape
3. Once we find and object and the letter it goes
with we will tape them together and put them in
the basket.

4.Do so until every letter has been matched

with an object.

Creative Transition to change activity:

Have the children act like an animal they would see at a carnival or circus to the next
station.

Small Activity Pop Corn Bag

Objective: Given Paper bags children will draw and
decorate the bag
Description/procedures: 1.Give each child a paper bag and some Materials
crayons, markers, or any other decorating Needed:
objects. Pop corn (from
science
2.let child decorate the bag how they would activity)
like, encourage carnival/circus decorating Paper bags
ideas.
Creative Transition to go back to carpets:

Gathering Time: Cupcake walk

Song:
Take Me Out To The Circus

Sung to: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"

Take me out to the circus

Take me out to the show
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks
I don't care if I ever get back

Cause it's clap, clap, clap for the jugglers

and laugh, laugh, laugh for the clowns

For it's one, two, three rings of fun at the old big top.

Activity Name: Carinval Murial Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given a large sheet of paper let kids draw a
murial of the carnival/ circus.
Description/procedures: 1.Set the paper on the ground and set markers Large paper
Set Up: and crayons around the paper from the library
crayons,
2.Let the kids choose a spot on the floor and let markers
them add things to the paper to make a murial
of a carnival or circus

3.

Activity Name: What can we find? Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given tub filled with sand and objects children
 will search and separate the carnival objects
with the non carnival objects.
Description/procedures: 1.put a bed sheet under the tub and gather kids Tub
Fill tub with sand aournd it sand
put objects in sand and 2.Tell them to search for all the objects small carnival
mix around in it objects.
3.Have them separate the object into 2 group, random objects
carnival and non carnival.

Movemnt Game Bean Bag Toss Materials

Needed:
Objective: Given stuffed toys/bean bags children will toss
them into different buckets
Description/procedures: 1.Given each child 3 bean bags and set them in Barrels/Bucket
front of the barrels Stuffed
animals/
2.Have them toss the toys until they get them beanbags
all in

Small activity Materials

Needed:
Objective:
Description/procedures: 1.

2.

3.

4.

Movement Games: Circus Parade Materials

Needed:
Objective: Put in a circle kids will act out characters in a
carnival/circus
Description/procedures: 1.Have kids get into a circle
2. call on a child and tell them to act out as an
animal/person (circus people/animal)
3. When the child does the imitaion, do that with the
rest of the kids til they all have someone to act out
as.
4. After they have all done so in #3 then have the
child go in a circle and at the same time act out who
they are.
 Movement Games: Cupcake Walk Materials
Needed:
Objective:
Description/procedures: 1.Have kids start on a number in the circle. Papers with
Lay out the number in a numbers on it
circle and put enough 2.Tell them when the music plays to go in a Different kinds
for each kids and extra circle onto a different number. When the music of small
in other teacher want to stop they must stop on a number as well goodies/treats
play. Paper strips
3.After the music has stopped, pick a number with number to
from a bucket choose from
bucket
4.when the winner is announced, let them bucket
choose a prize.
(try to make sure everyone has won a treat to be
fair)
Story What the book is about: The Counts Number
Author: Parade.

Additional Songs on Theme:

We are Clowns Now

We are all clowns today
We are all clowns today
Hey Ho the derry O!
We are all clowns today

Carousel
The carousel goes round and round
The horses go up and down
Up and down . . .round and round
I want to ride it, all day long

Resources:
(Internet Sitesyou do not have to source it in any format, just the website used.)

http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/carnival/art.htm -
Pop Corn Bag
http://www.learningtobeamom.com/2012/07/popcorn-sensory-bin.html -
Pop Corn Sensory Bag

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/198228821071636073/
Carnival Face Plate

http://www.sugaraunts.com/2014/06/circus-books-for-kids.html
Carnival Themed books

http://www.delightfullearning.net/2011/06/mirette-on-the-high-wire-fi
%E2%99%A5ar.html
Math, Gross Motor

http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/carnival/songs.htm
Songs

http://www.kidactivities.net/post/circus-and-carnival-theme-for-kids.aspx
Main Song, Movement game, Small Activity