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Health Lessons For Preschool

Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

Need a preschool lesson plan/activity for:?

The theme is Fall and I need a plan for
Movement
Blocks
& Health

I’ve never made lesson plans for Movement, Blocks, or Health, let alone having them be Fall themed so I need some help! Thank you!

I usually break my “fall” into the various parts of fall. Fall Leaves are a biggie! And there is LOTS of ideas on the internet if you search fall leaves and preschool.

I like to use the cloth leaves with the parachute. (Movement)

Place a large green/brown blanket over top of a large seat bean bag. Use lots of cloth leaves. Put some leaves on the blanket and some on the floor. Have childrens’ plastic rakes and encourage them to rake the leaves and “jump” in them. “Erica’s raking the leaves, Erica’s raking the leaves. Hi-Ho the Derry-o, Erica’s raking the leaves.”

Blocks: add brown strips to some of the blocks and fall colored treetops to others. They can create their own “forest” of fall colored trees. An added bonus is vocabulary- tall, short, colors, etc and math—measuring the trees…this tree is so many blocks tall.

Health—Fall time is Thanksgiving time for us and we talk about the food pyramid, health/not healthy foods etc. You could have a tasting lesson with Fall veggies and fruits. Apples are a theme that’s often used in our area during fall. We talk about similarities and differences, colors, what can be made out of apples etc.

Also, kids are starting to get colds so we do a lesson on “catching our sneeze” and washing hands well to help keep the germs away.

Good luck!