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Final - Lessons Learned

Lesson Plan

Name: Chelsey Hunter

Chapter 17 Facilitating Pre-Academic
And Cognitive Learning
Age Group: 3-5 year old
Skill: Mathematics, literacy,cognitive and social interactions
Disability Focus: Muscular Dystrophy
The Little Red Hen book and game
Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to allow children to recall the story of The Little Red Hen
with their peers in a board game that requires counting, subitizing, numeral
recognition, story recall, and social interaction skills.

Outcome: The child will meaningfully count up to six or twelve using dice and the spaces on the
board game, recall at least three major events in The Little Red Hen, and cooperatively work
in a small group of up to four children.

Setting: The children will do this activity indoors in a small group of no more than four children at
a table where any child should have accessibility.

Materials:
The Little Red Hen book
The Little Red Hen board game
-A board
-Jumbo foam dice
-4 character pieces

-4 6-piece bread-shaped puzzles

-Questionnaire for guided-learning

Accommodations: The game will be played at a table where all children can reach and see to
participate in the activity. Children who have Muscular Dystrophy would be able to participate since
Muscular Dystrophy only affects them physically. This game is an activity that exercises childrens
mathematical, literacy, cognitive, and social skills. It touches all the academic skills that children
with Muscular Dystrophy are capable of practicing. At their young age, most children with
Muscular Dystrophy are not yet bound to wheelchairs, but if they are, having the game at the table
keeps it accessible to those children. If theyre not, its still easier for them to sit in a chair than to
get down on the carpet.

Lesson:
1. Teacher reads over questionnaire, so many of the questions can be asked during the readaloud.
2. At story time or circle time, read The Little Red Hen aloud to the children, asking
appropriate questions at appropriate times from the questionnaire read beforehand.
3. Explain to the children that they can play a game board for up to four friends that help them
go through the same story of The Little Red Hen. Once you have a complete group of
children to play the game, you explain to them where the start box is, how they can choose
a character token that aligns with the story, and how they can earn puzzle pieces. They must
roll the dice, count the number of dots, and move their token as many spaces as the dice
shows. As they land on or pass a red space, they have to answer a question from the
questionnaire to receive a matching number puzzle piece. This part should be teacher-

assisted. As they collect puzzle pieces, they can match it up on a cheat sheet that shows
where each puzzle piece goes so when they get to the end they have a whole slice of bread
(their puzzle) that they can pretend to feed to the baby chicks at the end of the story game.
Children can play on their own without the questionnaire by just matching up the number
puzzles as they go along their board with their peers.

Assessment:
Ill know when the children get the concept of the game when theyre able to do the game
board on their own or at least direct the activity. The children should be able to remember whose
turn it is, to roll the dice and count or subitize the dots, and move their token the appropriate amount
of spaces. As they go through this game, I would write down notes and anecdotes. Depending on the
children, whether theyre camera shy or not, I would try to get video recordings since its easy to go
back and see how all the children are interacting and what theyre capable of doing without having
to feel rushed to write down all the little observations of their use of the board.

Sources Cited:
This is an original idea, all items of the game board was created by me, Chelsey Hunter didnt
even need Pinterest.