Preschool Development Milestones

does anyone have any idea for a preschool lesson plan for 3 and 4 yr olds?

I have an inteview as a prosecpective preschool teacher in a few days and the the director wants me to come up with a lesson plan to teach the children for she can see how well I can interact with them. Im not sure how far the children are up to as far as writing,colors, shapes, etc, so what would be an apporiate lesson plan for them? thx

Pick something that will allow for varying degrees of learning, then you won’t get “caught” by not having a lesson plan that is not accurate.

How about “Plants/ Garden”.

Allow for open ended activities, such as planting a seed in a cup of dirt. Here are some ideas that you could bring along, and expand on (or not) as you need to:

1. Find a poster of a plant growing on Google images that shows roots, stem, leaf, flower. Bring in the picture along with your lesson. Depending on where the children are at in their learning, you can either talk about the picture with them and explain in detail what is happening, or just have the picture sitting by the table where the dirt is.

2. Bring in 3 or 4 packets of seeds in varying sizes and shapes. Pumpkins seeds are huge, many times flower seeds are tiny. Get seeds the kids would know, such as lettuce, carrots, etc. Again, depending on where the children are at, you can do Plan A- which would be to say that you wanted to make sure you had enough seeds. Plan B is to open the seed packets and put a few of one kind onto a paper plate. Have several paper plates lined up with each type of seed, and the seed packet nearby. Let the kids examine the seeds with or without a magnifying glass. This is very open ended. The students could say anything about the seeds, and you can call it “observation”, which is one of the Early Learning Content Standards for Science.

3. For Art and Literature- use a Lois Ehlert book such as “Planting a Rainbow”. They can make a flower out of construction paper, and you can put them all on a bulletin board. Plan A- cut out some large, basic flowers from construction paper and have the children decorate the flowers with paper confetti, mini-shapes, stickers, glitter, etc. Plan B- have the children cut a stem (straight cutting) and/or a large leaf from green construction paper to add to their decorated flower. And also, Tah-dah!! you have an Art/ Literature connection.

This is just my opinion, but if it were me, I would be totally honest with the director about being prepared for various types of students. To make a lesson plan for kids you have never met is hard, and by showing her that you have thought about it and come up with several solutions means you are thinking things through in advance and really putting extra effort into the lesson.

Good Luck!

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