BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #27

Lab Number 3
Construction: What they wear, and who does what
Date: Monday, March 27, 2017
Supervisor: Natalie Mackie
Lead Teacher: Kelly Sheehan Lesson 5

Children’s Names and Strengths, Interests, and/or Learning/Development Needs:

1. Asher is independent and if you ask him questions, he can answer. He also does fairly
well at sharing with children. He loves cars and listening to stories. He needs to work
on counting, ABC’s, and his speech. He will be able to work on his ABC’s and counting
at the language and literacy activity, where he will be able to label the letters on the
tunnels the car goes through, and count how many tunnels there are. He will also be
able to work on his speech at this activity by talking about the car rolling through the
tunnels.
2. Dallin is very good at independent and is a good helper. He loves playing with any
sort of vehicle (cars, trucks, etc.), Legos, riding tricycles and scooters, water guns,
playing on slides, and books. He has a goal of working on letters, and numbers. He
can work on letters and counting at the language and literacy and math activities. At
the language activity, he can label the letters on all the tunnels, or the ones the car
goes through. At the math activity, he can count how many tangrams there are.
3. Della can trace letters, is outgoing, friendly, and copies shapes. She loves school, is
interested in art, performing (singing and dancing), and painting. She isn’t very
interested in fine motor activities, so her parents would like for her to work on them.
She can do this at the manipulatives activity, where she will use pincher grasps to
slide the geometric builder pieces together.
4. Erin can be independent at times, and enjoys dolls and books. She has a goal to work
on her English in preschool. She can do this at the dramatic play area as she talks
about what she is doing with the tools.
5. James is very social, likes to make people laugh and is very independent. He loves
sports, climbing, being active and animals. He needs to work on recognizing and
naming letters. He can do this at the language and literacy activity, where he will
practice labeling the letters on the tunnels.
6. Aidyn is smart and eager to question and learn about her surroundings. She loves
princesses and coloring. She has a goal of making friends, and she can do this at the
sensory table, where she can talk to her peers about the pictures in the bin and get
to know them as well.
7. Mollie can recognize most letters, enjoys reading, and can write her name. She loves
books, baby everything, as well as “girly” things. She needs to work on
communicating her wants and needs through verbal communication. She can do this
at sensory table, if she has trouble sharing space with peers, she will use her verbal
communication to let the teachers know about the situation, and inviting the other
child to join her.

Preassessment and Findings:

I asked Mollie, Aidyn and Duke if they knew what construction workers wore. Aidyn replied,
saying “yellow hats on their heads,” whole the other two did not know what they wore. I also
asked this question to McKenzie and Stephen, and Stephen also knew they wore “helmets on
their head.” With this information, it is clear that the children know that construction workers
wear hard hats, but don’t know what they’re called or why they’re worn. They also did not
know what other items workers wear to protect themselves. I then asked Aidyn and Addie if

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they knew what construction workers did, and both knew that they build buildings, but this
was the extent of their knowledge. The children have no knowledge of the different jobs that
construction workers have, nor what else they build, besides buildings.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Construction workers wear different clothes to protect themselves (such as hard hats and
boots), to hold their tools (tool belts), or to inform others that they are working.
2. Construction workers have different jobs and names for what they do, such as a
carpenter, electrician, inspector, etc.

Preschool Concepts or Skills:

1. Protection
2. Through
3. Heat/Warmth

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 BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan #27
Lab Number 3
Construction: What they wear, and who does what
Date: Monday March 27, 2017
Supervisor: Natalie Mackie
Lead Teacher: Kelly Sheehan Lesson 5

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Construction workers wear different clothes to protect themselves (such as hard hats
and boots), to hold their tools (tool belts), or to inform others that they are working.
2. Construction workers have different jobs and names for what they do, such as a
carpenter, electrician, inspector, etc.

Preschool Concepts or Skills:

1. Protection
2. Through
3. Heat/Warmth

Assignments:
___________________ Self-Selected
___________________ Small/Focus Groups
__________ /_________ Outdoor play
_________ /_________ Snack
_______________ Check-in/Check-out
_______________ Handwashing/Cubbies
_______________ Photographer
_______________ Other

OPENING CIRCLE 8:20 – 8:30 a.m.

Activity Name Description Materials
Book: The Pig in The Pig in the Pond will be read with The Pig in the Pond (B W1)
the Pond excitement. As I read, I will ask the children
questions about the characters or pictures, in
order to expand on the story.
Movement Activity: Children and teacher will sing and dance to Kids in Motion (CD Y10)
“The Body Rock” “The Body Rock” song, listening to what the
song says about how they should move their
bodies.
Phonemic Everyone sits in a circle and one child is
Awareness: Moo, chosen to lie down in the middle of the circle
Moo, Where Are and close his/her eyes. Another child will be
You chosen quietly to say “moo, moo.” The child in
the middle has to point to where they heard
the sound. If they get it right, they come out of
the middle and get to choose the next animal
sound.
Music Activity or I will tell the story of five little speckle frogs Frog finger puppets (WR)
Song or Fingerplay: using the frog finger puppets.
“Five Little
Speckled Frogs”
Story (non-book): I will tell the story, Caps for Sale using the felt Caps for Sale felt board
Caps for Sale board pieces. pieces (WR)
Age Appropriate Play Simon Says, and no one gets out.
Game: Simon

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Says!

GATHERING TIME 8:30 – 8:40 a.m.

Activity Name Description Materials

1. Constructio In order to introduce the topic, I will show a Picture of a construction
n workers picture of a construction worker to the children worker (IWP)
wear and ask “boys and girls, does anyone know
different who this is?” If a child answers correctly,
clothes to “That’s right, it is a construction worker,” if
protect not, “This a construction worker. Does anyone
themselves know what a construction worker does or what
(such as they wear?” Our friend, Mr. Mike, works in
hard hats construction and he is here to tell us all about
and boots), the different jobs people have and what they
to hold their wear.” Mr. Mike will come up and discuss these
tools (tool items with the children. IELG D1 G1 (Children
belts), or to will show interest in what they are learning
inform about what people in construction do and why
others that they wear what they wear)
they are
working.
2. Constructio
n workers
have
different
jobs and
names for
what they
do, such as
a carpenter,
electrician,
inspector,
etc.

Transition to Now that we’ve learned some fun and new

Self-Selected things about construction workers and what
they do and wear, let’s put our hard hats on
and find an activity.

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:40 – 10:10 a.m.

Books: Harry Builds a House (R1), Tools (S18), Trucks (B12), Trucks, Trucks, Trucks (S24)
Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up
Creative Art: Activity Description: Tissue paper, Spray bottles (RR1, O7),
Tissue Paper Art construction paper, and spray bottles filled Orange Towels (Kitchen),
(5) with water will be placed on the tables. The Construction paper
tissue paper will be placed on the construction (Classroom), Tissue Paper
paper. Then the spray bottles will be used to (RR1, O17)
spray the tissue and the color will come off
onto the construction paper.
Child Objective: Children will develop

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 creativity as they place the tissue paper on
their papers and spray them to create their
works of art.

Language/Litera Activity Description: Tunnels made out of

cy Activity: paper will be taped to the floor. Each tunnel
Alphabet Tunnels will have a letter of the alphabet written on it.
(3) There will also be cars that the children will
drive through these tunnels. The children will Paper (Classroom), Tape
drive the cars through the tunnels. As the car (Classroom), Cars (RR2,
goes through the tunnel, the children will label B178)
the letter that is on that tunnel.
Child Objective: Children will develop literacy
skills as they name the letters on each tunnel.
IELG D2 G57
Manipulatives: Activity Description: The geometric builder Geometric Builder
Geometric Builder pieces will be placed on the floor for the (Classroom, or RR1, W40)
(3) children to build and explore with.
Child Objective: Children will use and
develop their fine motor and creative skills in
order to slide the pieces of the builder together
to build a house, a friend, or anything else
their imaginations create.

Math: Tangrams Activity Description: Plastic tangrams will be Plastic tangrams (RR2, 146)
(3) set on a table for the children to learn more
about shapes.
Child Objective: Children will develop math
skills as they put the tangrams together to
create other shapes. They will also label the
shapes/colors of the tangrams and count how
many there are. IELG D2 G39 (Children will
use numbers to represent how many tangrams
there are)
Science: Color Activity Description: Three color touch Color Touch Boards (RR1,
Touch Boards (3) boards will be placed on a table. Children will P79)
place their hands or other body parts on the
boards and see how the heat from their bodies
changes the boards.
Child Objective: Children will develop
scientific thinking as they hypothesize what
will happen if they place their hands on the
boards.
Sensory Table: Activity Description: Green shredded paper Green shredded paper
Springtime Peek-a- and pictures of springtime animals, bugs, and (IWP), Pictures of flowers,
boo (4) flowers, will be put into the sensory bin. The bugs and animals (IWP),
children will look through the paper to find the Plastic eggs (IWP), Chick
pictures. Plastic eggs with baby chick glove glove puppets (WR, Cabinet
puppets inside, will also be in the bin. 2 and 3, Shelf 2)
Child Objective: Children will be exposed to
the feeling of the shredded paper on their
hands and will develop their language skills as
they describe the feeling of the paper.
*Blocks: Activity Description: The block and dramatic Plastic tools (RR2, Y224),
Construction Zone play areas will be combined. Plastic tools and Safety Glasses (Classroom),

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(6) safety glasses will be placed with the wooden PVC Pipe (GG)
blocks in the classroom for the children to
“build” with. PVC pipe will also be put out for
them to explore.
Child Objective: Children will use and
develop their dramatic play skills in order to
take on the role of a carpenter, electrician,
plumber, or whatever other job they choose as
they build up the blocks and play with the PVC
pipes.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: Blocks and dramatic Hard Hats (RR2, Y225),
Construction Zone play will be combined. Hard hats, vests, and Plastic tools, vests, and
(6) tools will be put out. Cones and a sign will be cones (RR2, Y224), “Work
set up to establish a “work zone.” Zone” sign (IWP)
Child Objective: Children will don the hard
hats and vests to “become” a construction
worker. They will use and develop their
imaginations and the tools in order to “cut” or
“put” together the blocks, or to “change out”
or “fix” the pipes.
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Description: Black construction will be put Black Construction Paper
Chalk Art out, as well as chalk. Children will create works (WR), Chalk (RR1, O8)
of art on the black paper with the chalk.
2nd: Puzzles Description: Puzzles will be set out for the Puzzles (Classroom)
children to take apart and put back together.

ROTATING SNACK 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Wheat toast, veggies and dip, water

OUTDOOR PLAY 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Location: South Playground

Gross Motor: Activity Description: Tumbling mats will be Tumbling Mats (GG)
Tumbling Mats placed on the grass for the children to do
gymnastic tricks like jump, roll and tumble.
Child Objective: Children will develop gross
motor skills as they jump, roll, and tumble on
the mats. IELG D2 G17 (Children will jump off
of a foam block onto the mats and see how far
they can jump)
2nd: Gardening Activity Description: Gardening tools (i.e. Watering cans, Small rakes,
shovels, rakes, hoes) will be placed in the Back hoes, Shovels (SS)
sandbox for the children to pretend to
“garden.”
Child Objective: Children will be
introduced/re-introduced to tools they can use
in order to plant a garden. They will develop
imaginative skills through their pretend play of
“gardening.”
*3rd: Outdoor Activity Description: The blocks that are Hard hats (RR2, Y225),
Block Building already out on the playground will be used. The Safety glasses (Classroom)
children will construct/deconstruct buildings

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 using the blocks. Hard hats and some safety
glasses will be set out for the “construction
workers” to wear for safety as they’re building.
Child Objective: Children will develop math
skills as they count how many blocks they think
they will need to build their building. They will
also practice scientific thinking about how the
structure of the building should be.

CLEAN UP 10:10 – 10:20 a.m.

We will sing the clean-up song twice.
Transition to Children and teachers will sing and dance to Big Fun (CD Y11)
Small Focus the song “Silly Willies.” In order to dismiss the
Groups children, we will say the poem “Did You Ever
See a Worker?”

SMALL FOCUS GROUP 10:20 – 10:30 a.m.

Miss Kara: Knox, Duke, Miss Natalie: Eli, Tanner, Miss Michaela: Miss Kristy: Dallin,
Erin, Brynlee, Cannon Mollie, Evelyn Stephen, Della, Aidyn, Addie, Hyrum,
James, Asher Charlie, McKenzie
Your Activity Description & Objective Materials
Lego Blueprints Description: Teachers will show the children a 1) Small Legos
picture of a blueprint of a building. They will (RR2, B171),
discuss with the children what a blueprint is. Then Blueprint
the children will use Legos, white paint and blue Pictures (IWP),
pieces of construction paper to create their own Blue
blueprints. The children will dip the Legos into the Construction
paint and then place them onto the paper to make Paper (WR),
their blueprints. IELG D2 G7 (The children will White Paint
stay focused on creating their blueprints) (RR1, O)
2) Books from Self-
Selected

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

Did You Ever See a Worker?
Did you ever see a builder, a builder, a builder?
Did you ever see a builder saw this way and that?
Saw this way, and that way, saw this way, and that way.
Did you ever see a builder saw this way and that?

Did you ever see a painter, a painter, a painter?

Did you ever see a painter brush this way and that?
Brush this way, and that way, brush this way, and that way.
Did you ever see a painter brush this way and that way?

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