BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lab #6
Photography
Date: April 1, 2013
Supervisor: Makayla Bair
Lead Teacher: Rachel Nail
Preassessment and Findings:
The children in our lab were very excited when they were able to take pictures with a camera. The teachers talked
about doing a photography theme for the week which we decided to do. I will be focusing on what you take
picutres of. I asked several students about what you take pictures of and Beckham, Carter, Addisen, and Kayla
specifically talked about how we take pictures of people. Beck emphasized how we take pictures of clothes. Kru
told me that he took pictures of his movies, specifically Back to the Sea. Luke didnt really know so he shrugged
his shoulders. Tanner was playing with Mr. Potato Head and he is very interested in Toy Story so he said, Mr.
Potato Head. Addisen and Drake also said that you can take pictures of anything you want. Most of the students
emphasized that you could take pictures of people but not many strayed from people.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. We can take pictures of people doing all kind of things, such as playing, eating, cleaning, and many
other things.
2. We can take pictures of different animals; in the zoo, at home, or anywhere you see them.
3. We can take pictures of things outside; trees, flowers, and rocks.
Assignments:
___________________ Self-Selected
_______________ Floater/Runner/Snack
___________________ Small/Focus Groups _________ /_________ Booth/ Photographer
___________________ Outdoor play
_________ /_________ Snack

_______________ Greeter/Walkie (Lead Teacher)

_______________ Data Collector

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 1:20-2:50 p.m.

Materials, Location,
Special Set-up
*Creative Art: Creating Students will paint a picture of what they want to take a paper
a Picture @ (4)
picture of. From preassessing the children I found that paint
many of them knew that we took pictures of people.
tissue paper
They can draw those things that they have seen their
glitter glue/orange 6/
parents take pictures of or what they have taken
RR1
pictures of.
stickers
Objective: Children will express their feelings by
creating a picture that reflects those things they would
take pictures of. (D4G46)
Teachers will question what students are drawing and
help them to understand why they are drawing the
picture.
Manipulatives:
Students will play with magnetic birds and match up
magnetic bird/yellow
Magnetic Birds (4)
the top of the bird with the bottom.
(w)/ RR1
Objective: Children will use their fingers and fine
motor skills to explore relationships and understand
how things work. (D1G14)
Teachers will make sure that students do not put the
pieces in their mouth and help them to match up the
birds.
Activity Name

Description/Activity Objective

*Math: Matching (4)

Children will match pictures. They will match a monkey IWP

with a monkey, flower with a flower, and so on. Mount
pictures on colored paper to engage the childrens eye.
Objective: Children will match an object with another
object using classifying skills. (D4G41)
Teachers will make sure that students understand the
activity and help them to match the picture with its
partner.
Language/ Literacy: Have bags of gel for students. They will be able to see Gel (in classroom)
(5) Gel tracing
their names through the gel and trace their name with Childs name card
their fingers.
Objective: Children will work at writing their own name
by tracing it. (D5G61)
Teachers will help students to be interested in the
literacy table and encourage them to spell their names.
*Science: Parts of a
Take a real camera and disassemble it. Label all the
IWP
Camera (3)
different parts of the camera and allow students to
explore the camera and see which part requires which
function.
Objective: Children will be able to express curiosity in
looking and labeling a big camera. (D4G42)
Teachers will help students understand the parts of a
camera and how many things work together to make it
work.
*Sensory Table: Hiding Have dirt in the sensory table and hide things in it that Sand/Workroom
in the Sand (4)
people can take pictures of, a dog, flower, mom, dad & Plastic people/blue11
animals.
forest animals/blue25
Objective: Children will engage in using their senses
laminated pictures of
and play with their peers and share toys. (D3G28)
people,places,things
Teachers will stand close to the sensory table to make (IWP)
sure that students keep the sand in the sensory table
and dont throw it at each other.
Blocks: Picture People Put out picture people blocks for students and set up blue 24/ RR1
(4)
hollow blocks for students to build ramps and slide the put pictures of
blocks down the ramps.
students on the blocks
Objective: Children will interact with their peers to
create structures that they can play with together.
Teachers will make sure that students are safe with the
toys and make sure that they are taking turns.
*Dramatic Play: Picture Have all cameras out for children to explore their world cameras/blue
Time! (5)
and take pictures of different things, such as people,
places, or things.
Objective: Children will participate in a group setting
to take pictures and have fun interacting with others.
(D3G31)
Teachers will talk to students about the things that
they take pictures of and help them to understand why
they are taking pictures.
Gross Motor:
Have aluminum ladder out for children to play on.
aluminum ladder/gross
Aluminum Ladder @ 3 Objective: Children will participate in walking on a
garage
ladder using gross motor skills. (G2G21)
Teachers will monitor students to make sure they are
safe and taking turns.
Mark xs for students to stand on and wait.
Alternatives:

Creative Art: Foamy

Pieces

Students will use foamy pieces to create a picture of

their own imagination.

2nd: Puzzles

Have several puzzles out for students to put together. Yellow(F)/RR1

ROTATING SNACK
Use whats left.

2:00-2:50 p.m.

OUTDOOR PLAY
Gross Motor:
Basketball Hoop

2:20-2:50 p.m.




Location: South Playground
Have the basketball hoop out for children to shoot
Basketball hoop and
hoops in and practice their dribbling skills.
balls
Objective: Children will use their large motor muscles
to throw the ball and aim to shoot a basket. (D2G17)
2nd: Number Ball toss The children will throw the correct ball in the correct
Number Ball toss
hole and make a shot. Put pictures on the board for
children to shoot into the monkey or zebra.
Objective: Children will use their large motor muscles
to connect math with physical activity.
3rd: Bowling
Have bowling pins outside for children to knock down Bowling pins
using a ball.
Objective: Children will use their energy to knock
down the bowling pins, throwing the ball from a
distance. (D2G17)
CLEAN UP
2:50-2:55 p.m.
We will sing the clean-up song with students.
GATHERING TIME
2:55-3:10 p.m.
Transition
Play the Come to the Carpet Song for children to know to come to the carpet. Give the children as they
come to circle time, their picture for transitioning to small focus. Ask them what their picture is of and
then proceed to do the action associated with the picture.
Activity Name
Description
Materials
1. We can take pictures I will show students my own personal scrapbook in
My scrapbook
of people doing all kind which I have pictures of myself doing different
Pictures of different
of things, such as
things.Why do I take pictures of myself doing these
actions
playing, eating,
things? What do you take pictures of? Children will
cleaning, and many
identify the different things that I am doing and then
other things.
we will see what other things we can come up with of
what people are doing. When we find a picture of
playing, we will do a playing action. When
2. We can take pictures Show children pictures of different animals. Have them pictures of animals
of different animals; in on the floor in front of you for children to see. Identify doing different things
the zoo, at home, or
the animals and have enough for each child to see
anywhere you see
which animal is which and tell students about how we
them.
take pictures of all different animals in different places.
3. We can take pictures Have pictures of different things in nature and show
Pictures of flowers
of things outside;
children through actual photographs how pretty the
pictures of rocks
trees, flowers, and
pictures are and how different each one is as well. Give pictures of trees
rocks.
each student a picture of something in nature for them
to see.

SMALL FOCUS GROUPS

3:10-3:25 p.m.

Transition
I will have a picture with a specific animal on it for students. Based on which animal they have, they will
be divided into a specific group.
Group Name:
Group Name:
Group Name:
Group Name:
Henry
Kayla
Noah
Drake
Carter
Beckham
Luke
Tanner
Kru
Tabitha
Ryker
Merla
Bristol
Beck
Joy
Addisen
Grant
Your Activity
Description & Objective
Materials
Scrapbooking
For this activity I will have the childrens original
1) childrens pictures
Right corner of the room pictures from the beginning of the semester. Children glitter glue
(By loft)
will glue their picture onto a piece of paper and
foam shapes, tissue
proceed to decorate it as a frame or so to
paper, construction
demonstrate one area that we can use pictures for.
paper, glue
Objective: Children will create their own scrapbook 2) How do Dinosaurs
page and identify by actually doing an activity which
Say Goodnight? by
demonstrates this. (D4G42)
Jane Yolen
Differentiated/Individualized Instruction: This may 3) How do Dinosaurs
be a little boring for those children who always do art
Go to the Doctor?
but for Tabitha and Bristol, pull out lots of different
By Jane Yolen
materials for them to choose from to put on their
picture.
CLOSING CIRCLE

3:25-3:40 p.m.

Transition: Play Criss-cross song for children. Give children a bumblebee to hold as they come to the circle.

Activity Name
1. Review

Description
Review with children what they learned for the day by
showing them the pictures and asking them what they
take pictures of.

2. Five Little Ducks

Sing the five little ducks song with children and do the
actions.
Show children a picture of an animal and have them say
the first sound in the animal. Let children have a
picture and have them hold up their picture.

3. Phonemic Awareness

4. Book

5. Music
6. Dinosaurs Roar

7. Do as Im Doing

Materials

Read with children click, click, photography and show Click, click,
photography by
them all the pictures.
George Sullivan
Play the Everybody has music inside song and have
children shake the maracas to the music.
Sing the Dinosaur Song with children and have them
march in a circle.
Have students select an action and then proceed to
do the action.

8. Red Light, Green Light When there are two or three children left, play stop and
go with them.
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:
Come to the carpet
Use your walking feet

Everybody Has Music

Inside Song

Come to the Carpet

Come to the carpet
Moving to the Beat
Come to the carpet
Be careful not to shout
And dont forget that when you sit
To have a quiet mouth
Criss-Cross Apple Sauce
Criss-cross... apple sauce
Hands on lap... ginger snap
Back straight... chocolate shake
On my rear... root beer
Lips zipped... cool whipped

RESOURCES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5xLpGRvVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=bMfhlMdbzlE

Lab # 6

Photography
Sneak Peek
Monday, April 1, 2013

Wednesday, Date (Lead Teacher)

Friday, Date (Lead Teacher)

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. We can take pictures of people doing
all kind of things, such as playing,
eating, cleaning, and many other
things.
2. We can take pictures of different
animals; in the zoo, at home, or
anywhere you see them.
3. We can take pictures of things outside;
trees, flowers, and rocks.
Self-Selected Activities: 1:20-2:50
CA: My own picture
MN: Magnetic Birds
MT: Matching
WR: Childs Name Card
SC: Labeling A Camera
ST: Hiding in the Sand
BL: Picture Block People
DP: Cameras
Alternatives:
CA: Foam Shapes
2nd: Puzzles
Rotating Snack: 2:00- 2:50

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Second Idea
2.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Third Idea
2.

Self-Selected Activities: 1:20-2:50

CA: Title of Activity (Title Case)
MN:
MT:
WR: Childs Name Card
SC:
ST:
BL:
DP:
Alternatives:
CA:
2nd:
Rotating Snack: 2:00- 2:50

Self-Selected Activities: 1:20-2:50

CA: Title of Activity (Title Case)
MN/:
MT:
WR: Childs Name Card
SC:
ST:
BL:
DP:
Alternatives:
CA:
2nd:
Rotating Snack: 2:00- 2:50

Outside: 2:20-2:50
GM: Basketball Hoop
2nd: Number Toss
3rd: Bowling
Clean-up: 2:50-2:55

Outside: 2:20-2:50
GM:
2nd:

Outside: 2:20-2:50
GM:
2nd:

Clean-up: 2:50-2:55

Clean-up: 2:50-2:55

Gathering Time: 2:55-3:10

Gathering Time: 2:55-3:10
Gathering Time: 2:55-3:10
Attention Getter: Come to the Carpet
Attention Getter:
Attention Getter:
Activities: Looking at Pictures
Activities: Title of Activities
Activities: Title of Activities
Transition: Pictures with Names
Transition:
Transition:
Small Focus Groups: 3:10-3: Small Focus Groups:3:10-3:
Small Focus Groups:3:10-3:
Small Focus Groups: 3:10-3:
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Activity: Scrapbooking
Activity: Title of Activity
Activity: Title of Activity
Activity: Title of Activity
Book: How do Dinosaurs Say Book: Title of Book by Author Book: Title of Book by Author Book: Title of Book by Author
Goodnight by Jane Yolen
Book:
Book:
Book:
Book: How do Dinosaurs go to
the Doctor by Jane Yolen
Closing Circle: 3:25-3:40
Closing Circle: 3:25-3:40
Closing Circle: 3:25-3:40
Attention Getter: Criss Cross Song
Attention Getter:
Attention Getter:
Activity: Review, pictures of animals,
Activity: Title of Activity
Activity: Title of Activity
Dinosaur song, Everybody has music
inside

CA: Creative Art Center

BL: Block Area
ST: Sensory Table

MT: Math Activity

GM: Gross Motor
WR: Writing Center

SC: Science Center

DP: Dramatic Play
MN: Manipulative