BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #1
Lesson Plan #10
Lab Number 3
Hands
Date:
Wednesday, February 10th
Supervisor:
Amy Saunders
Lead Teacher: Mary Catherine Tingle
Pre-assessment and Findings:
The majority of the children in our class have difficulties with using eye droppers.
About half of the children can use scissors while the others struggle.
Children have a hard time stringing beads.
Children do great with using their hands to play with playdough.
When asked what they can do with their hands, Kyler said he could wash them and
play with toys, Simon said he could grab things, Avery R. said that she could use
them to paint.
Children and Learning/Development Goals:
1. Carleigh Broadbent
a. Goal: Better communication; quit talking like a baby.
b. This topic will help Carleigh as we talk with her about things she can do with
her hands during gathering time.
2. Avery Rhodes
a. Goal: Get along well with others.
b. This topic will help Avery as she will be expected to share the fish nets at the
sensory table with other children.
3. Jayda McGary
a. Goal: Recognize letters.
b. This topic will help Jayda as she uses her hands to trace the magnetic letters.
4. Todd Williams
a. Goal: Practice ABCs & numbers
b. This topic will help Todd as he uses his hands to trace the magnetic letters.
5. Kyler Caffey
a. Goal: Overcoming shyness; more interactions with others
b. This topic will help Kyler as teachers encourage him to engage with other
children while playing with the hand puppets.
6. Aaron Eager
a. Goal: Increased gross motor.
b. This topic will help Aaron as he uses his hands to toss bean bags.
Ideas
1.
2.
3.

to be Emphasized:
We use our hands to explore and discover many things.
We can use our hands to cut with scissors.
We can use our hands to use eye droppers.

Preschool Concepts or Skills:

1. Body parts
2. Spatial concepts
3. Quality concepts
Assignments:

Sandra Self-Selected

Amy Floater/Runner/Snack

Mauri Small/Focus Groups

Bridgette Booth/ Photographer

Amy Outdoor play

Sandra Greeter/Walkie-talkie (Lead Teacher)

Bridgette Snack

Mauri Data Collector

Special instructions for the day: While working with the children today please talk to
them about what they are doing with their hands.
SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:20 - 9:50 a.m.
Literacy Activities/ Books:
Hand Talk: Zoo by George Ancona (A9)
Hands! by Virginia L Kroll (K4)
Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson (H24) (B H15)
Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley (B C19)
Activity Name

Description/Activity Objective

Materials, Special Set-up

Creative Art:
Colorful Coffee
Filters*
# of participants:
6

Activity Description:
4-5 containers filled with liquid water color will
be set out on the art table with coffee filters.
Children will use the eye droppers to paint
the coffee filters.
(Place coffee filters on brown trays)
Objective:
IELG: Uses forefinger to thumb to grasp with
precision.
Activity Description:
Children will use their hands to trace the
magnetic letters.
Objective:
IELG: Manipulates small objects with ease.

Coffee filters, 6 brown

trays, liquid water color,
eye droppers RR1

Activity Description:
Wooden sorting boxes and teddy bear counters
will be set out on the table. Children will use
their hands to sort the different colored teddy
bears. Corresponding colored building tubes
will be set up so that children can drop the
teddy bears into the tube that leads to the
sorting boxes.
Objective:
IELG: Tries different ways of doing things.
Activity Description:
A brown tray will be set out on the table. The
tray will be covered in baking soda. Three
cups/containers will be set out they will be
filled with vinegar and liquid water color.
Children will use eye droppers to pick up the
vinegar/color mix and squeeze it onto the
baking soda and watch it erupt.
Objective:
IELG: Uses forefinger to thumb to grasp with
precision.

Wooden sorting boxes

RR2 #154

Manipulatives:
Magnetic Tracing
Letters*
# of participants:
5
Math:
Sorting Teddy
Bears*
# of participants:
4

Science:
Baking Soda
Volcanoes*
# or participants:
4

Magnetic tracing letters

RR1 #55

Teddy bear counters RR2

#147
Building tubes RR1 #9

Brown tray, containers,

liquid water color RR1
Baking soda, vinegar, blue
towel - Kitchen

Sensory Table:
Fishing for Ocean
Animals*
# of participants:
6
Blocks:
Block People*
# of participants:
6

Dramatic Play:
Puppet Show*
# of participants:
5

Activity Description:
The sensory table will be filled with water and
ocean animals. Children will use their hands to
use fish nets to catch the ocean animals.
Objective:
IELG: Pours and dumps water using containers
or simple tools.
Activity Description:
Plastic people and community buildings will be
set up in the block area. Children will use their
hands as they play with the blocks and the
people.
Objective:
IELG: Uses representational block play to
create and recreate experiences.
Activity Description:
Children will use their hands and their
imaginations as they put on a puppet show for
their friends.
Objective:
IELG: Uses dramatic play areas for imaginative
settings and extended play.

Ocean animals RR2 #129

Description:
Children will paint their hands and then stick
their handprints on colored paper. Scissors will
be set out for children if they would like to cut
their hand print out.
Objective:
IELG: Uses a paintbrush.
Description:
Children will use their hands to link the
monkeys together and identify letters.
Objective:
IELG: Puts together and pulls apart
manipulatives with appropriate strength and
precision most of the time.

Paint, paint brushes,

containers RR1

Fish nets RR1

Sensory tools (scoops,
funnels, etc.) RR2
Plastic people RR2 #169
Wooden community
building RR2 #182

Puppet theater GG
Hand puppets WR
cabinets

Alternatives:
Creative Art:
Hand Print Paint*
# or participants:
4

2nd: Linking Letter

Monkeys*
# of participants:
4

Colored paper WR
Scissors - Classroom
Linking letter monkeys
RR1 #48

ROTATING SNACK
9:00-9:50 a.m.
Trail Mix (pretzels, crackers, raisins) and Juice

OUTDOOR PLAY
Playground

9:10-9:50 a.m.

Location: South

Gross Motor:
Bean Bag Toss*
# of participants:
5
2nd: Bowling*
# of participants:
4

Description:
Children will use their hands to toss the bean
bags through the holes.

Clown bean bag toss GG

Description:
Children will use their hands to roll the bowling
balls at the pins.

Bowling set - GG

3rd: Shoveling*

Description:

Shovels - SS

Bean bags WR cabinet 7

# of participants:
4
CLEAN UP

Children will use their hands to hold onto the

shovels and shovel the snow.

9:50-9:55 a.m.

Its clean up time at preschool

Its time for girls and boys
To stop what they are doing
And put away their toys.
Sing 2-3 times.
GATHERING TIME
9:55-10:10 a.m. or 2:55-3:10 p.m.
Transition
If Youre Happy and You Know It
If
If
If
If

youre
youre
youre
youre

happy
happy
happy
happy

and
and
and
and

Sing twice.
Activity Name
1. What Can We
Do With Our
Hands?

2. My Hands Story

3. Hands

you
you
you
you

know
know
know
know

it
it
it
it

clap your hands! (clap clap)

clap your hands! (clap clap)
then your face will surely show it;
clap your hands! (clap clap)

Description
Put felt hands on the board.
What are these?
What can we do with our hands?
Can we use our hands to use eye droppers?
(hold up an eye dropper they used for science
or creative art)
Can we use our hands to cut with scissors?
(hold up a pair of scissors that they will use for
small focus)
I will tell a story about what my hands can do
with visuals. I will have the children act out
what my hands are doing in the story.
Here are my hands.
My hands can wave hello.
My hands help me can catch and throw.
My hands help me to eat my food.
My hands help me to tie my shoes.
My hands can help me cut with scissors.
My hands can help me brush my teeth.
My hands can help me brush my hair.
My hands can help me play with toys with my
friends.
The words describe the actions:
Have everyone stand up.
My hands upon my head I'll place.
Upon my shoulders, on my face,
At my waist and by my side,
Then behind me they will hide.
Then I'll raise them way up high,
And let my fingers fly, fly, fly,
Then clap, clap, clap them--

Materials
Felt hands WR
Cabinets/Drawers The Body
Hands
Felt Board

Visuals - IWP

One - Two -Three!

Now see how quiet they can be.
SMALL FOCUS GROUP
10:10-10:25 a.m.
Group #1
Jayda
Todd
Brock
Harper
Your Activity
Transition to Small
Focus Groups
Tracing and Cutting
Out Our Hands

CLOSING CIRCLE

Group #2
Katherine
Kaybri
Avery K.
Brooklyn

Group #3
Carleigh
Simon
Kinzlee
Kassidy

Description & Objective

Use one of the felt hands to tap the children on the
shoulder.
When the hand touches your shoulder, go to your
teacher.
Description: First, give each child a piece of
paper. Let them either trace their hand
themselves, or teachers can help them if needed.
Then have them cut out their hands. They can just
cut around the fingers instead of in between if that
is too hard for them. Have them write their names
on their hands. Then they can color the hands
however they want. Once that is finished, read the
book at your table. We will hang the hands up on
the wall after lab.
Objective:
IELG: Opens and closes scissors with one hand.

Group #4
Kyler
Aaron
Reice
Kaycee
Avery R.
Materials
Felt hands WR
Cabinets/Drawers
The Body Hands
Paper WR
Markers, crayons,
scissors
Classroom
Books:
1. Hand Talk: Zoo
by George Ancona
(A9)
2. Hands! by
Virginia L Kroll (K4)
3. Hands Can by
Cheryl Willis
Hudson (H24)
4. Clap Your Hands
by Lorinda Bryan
Cauley (B C19)

10:25-10:40 a.m.

Transition Hall of the Mountain King I will begin playing the song and let the children see me get
out the parachute.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
Hall of the
Mountain King
Parachute
Hands Can

While Hall of the Mountain King is playing, we will shake the

parachute slowly during the quiet parts and fast during the
loud parts.
I will read the big book with the children. I will try to read
interactively.

Song IWP

With My Hands

Ask the children to stand up and act out the motions in the
song.
Sung to the tune of 3 Blind Mice

Lyrics - IWP

Here are my hands, here are my hands,

Parachute
Hands Can
by Cheryl
Willis
Hudson (B
H15)

See what I can do, see what I can do.

I can brush my teeth and hair so neat
I can put my socks and shoes on my feet,
I can get my napkin and snack to eat,
With my hands.
What Rhymes?

Where is
Thumbkin?
5 Little Monkeys

Sing twice.
I will discuss with the children what words rhyme.

Have everyone stand up and do motions along with the song.

What
Rhymes bag
WR
cabinets/
drawers
Yellow CD
#1

I will sing 5 Little Monkeys with the children and use the hand
motions.
Five little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator cant catch me.cant catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree
Four little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator cant catch me.cant catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree
Three little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator cant catch me.cant catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree
Two little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator cant catch me.cant catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree
One little monkeys swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator cant catch me.cant catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree
No more monkeys swinging in the tree!

Freeze
Clap Your Hands!

Hand Puzzle

Teachers and children will dance to the song and freeze when
the music stops.
I will read the big book with the children. I will try to read
interactively.

I will work with the children to put together a six-piece puzzle

that is a picture of hands.

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

With My Hands
Sung to the tune of 3 Blind Mice
Here are my hands, here are my hands,
See what I can do, see what I can do.

Yellow CD
#5
Clap Your
Hands by
Lorinda
Bryan
Cauley (B
C19)
IWP

I can brush my teeth and hair so neat

I can put my socks and shoes on my feet,
I can get my napkin and snack to eat,
With my hands.
Hands
The words describe the actions
My hands upon my head I'll place.
Upon my shoulders, on my face,
At my waist and by my side,
Then behind me they will hide.
Then I'll raise them way up high,
And let my fingers fly, fly, fly,
Then clap, clap, clap them-One - Two -Three!
Now see how quiet they can be.
RESOURCES:
Baking Soda Volcanoes
http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com/2011/07/volcano.html

With My Hands

http://www.kidsparkz.com/hands.html
Hands
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/transition-rhymes.htm