BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #11

Lab 4
Music (Singing)

Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Supervisor: Aubrey
Lead Teacher: Tiffany Shelp (Lesson 2)

Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus:

1. Music has rhythm.
2. Music can help me to recognize my emotions.
3. Today we will learn about how music can help us with our social and emotional
development.

Assignments: I will highlight.

___________________ Self-Selected _______________ Check-in/Check-out
___________________ Small/Focus Groups _______________ Handwashing/Cubbies
__________ /_________ Outdoor play _______________ Photographer
_________ /_________ Snack _______________ Other

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

Books:
Caterpillar Dance by Will Grace (G 11)
Dance, Tonya by Patricia Lee Gauch (G 16)
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley (E 10)
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Smith (S 29)
Morning Sounds, Evening Sounds by Cecile Schoberle (G 8)
Read Along Rhymes for The Very Young by Jack Prelutsky (M 29)
Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman (J 3)
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman (G 34)
Penguin Cha-Cha by Kristi Valiant (P G1)
The Bear Went Over the Mountain and Other Songs by Maggie Swanson (P S12)
Five Litte Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow (C 19)
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern (S 35)

Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up

*Creative Art: Activity Description: Large sheets of butcher Butcher Paper (workroom)
Musical Painting paper will be taped to the table. Paint containers 6 paint brushes (RR1, 11)
(6)@ with yellow, green, blue, and red paint will be set Bells to tie around the
around the table. The paint brushes will have bells brushes (IWP)
tied to them and they will be placed around the
table as well.
Child Objective: Children will use creative

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 expression as they use the paintbrushes and paint
to create pieces of artwork.
IELG Domain 2 Goal 18: Demonstrate strength
and coordination of small motor muscles.
Manipulatives: Activity Description: The marble works will be set Marble Works (RR1, 38)
Marble Works (4) up on the table. Have a few ramps created so
that the children can see what to do.
Child Objective: Children will develop fine motor
skills as they push together the different ramp
items and then roll the marble down them.
Math: Peg number Activity Description: The peg number boards and Peg number boards (RR2,
boards (4)@ pegs will be set out on the table for the children Red, 153)
to see. They will be able to count the number of
pegs as they put them in to the boards.
Child Objective: The children will practice their
math and counting skills as they count the pegs
on each board.
Science: Glow Activity Description: The Glow dome will be set Glow dome (RR1, 75)
Dome (4) out on the table for the children to explore.
Child Objective: The children will use scientific
exploration as they touch and move their hands
around the glow dome and watch what
happens.
Sensory Table: Activity Description: The sensory table will be filled Ocean animals (RR2, Green,
Water Fun (4) up half way with water. The fish nets and ocean 123)
animals will be placed in the water. Fish nets (RR2, Green, 121)
Child Objective: The children will use sensory
exploration in this activity as they use the fish nets
to find the animals in the water.

Blocks: Trains (5) Activity Description: In the block area set part of Train set (RR2, blue, 171)
a train track up and place the rest of the parts
around the area for the children to use and build
with. Place the trains around the area as well.
Child Objective: Children will use fine motor skills
as they build structures with the blocks and train
tracks.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: Set the dramatic play are up Cash register (RR2, yellow,
Concert (6)@ to look like a concert. Use the large blocks to 218)
make the stage and set chairs up in front of that Show time bin (RR2, yellow,
for the audience. Hang a sign that says concert 245)
above the stage. Have a table set up with a cash Musical instruments- egg
register and tickets to the concert for the children shakers, tambourines, etc.
to purchase. Include paper tickets that they can (WR, Cabinet 3)
write on.
Child Objective: Children will use imaginative
play as they take on the different roles in this
concert.
IELG Domain 1 Goal 14: Children participate in
exploratory play.

Alternatives:

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Creative Art: Description: Lay butcher paper on the table and Butcher Paper (workroom)
Stamp Art place 4 stamp pads around the table with stamp Stamp pads (RR1, O11)
shapes. Stamps (RR1, O11)
2nd: Tinker Toys Description: Build structures out of the tinker toys Tinker toys (RR1, W42)
and leave extra pieces next to them.

ROTATING SNACK 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Mini Pumpkin Muffin
4 oz. milk

OUTDOOR PLAY 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Location: South Playground

*Gross Motor: Activity Description: Place the mallets next to the Mallets (child lab office)
Musical Lady Bugs musical lady bugs out on the playground.
(4) Child Objective: Children will use their gross motor
skills to swing the mallets and hit the lady bugs to
hear the sounds that it makes.

2nd: Basketball (2) Activity Description: Set the basketball hoop and Basketball hoop (small shed)
basketballs on the grass area over in front of the Basket balls (Gross garage,
large shed. shelf 7)
Child Objective: The children will use their gross
motor skills to throw the basketballs into the hoop.

3rd: Aluminum Activity Description: Place the aluminum ladder Aluminum ladder (gross
Ladder (4)@ out the grass area right outside of our classroom. garage)
Child Objective: The children will use their  A teacher must be in
climbing gross motor skills to climb up the stairs arms reach in case a
and across the ladder. child falls. Only 1
IELG Domain 2 Goal 17: Demonstrate strength child at a time.
and coordination of large motor muscles.

CLEAN UP 2:50 – 3:00 p.m.

We will play the cleanup song on the kindle.
Small focus necklaces will be passed out before cleanup.
Transition to We will dance to “Shake Your Sillies Out” and Kindle and speaker
Gathering Time follow along doing the actions it says in the song.
When the song is over I will ask the children to sit
behind the tape.

GATHERING TIME 3:00 – 3:10 p.m.

Activity Name Description Materials
1. Rhythm Sticks “Hello boys and girls” Today we are going to Rhythm sticks (WR, Cabinet
(Music has rhythm) learn about rhythm. Does anybody know what 3)
rhythm means?... All music has rhythm. We are
going to practice listening to the rhythm. “Alright
boys and girls I am going to make a rhythm with
my rhythm sticks and I want you to listen very
carefully because after I do it I want you to
repeat the rhythm using your rhythm sticks. The

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 teachers will then pass out the rhythm sticks to
the children and we will do the activity. I will
collect the rhythm sticks when we are done.
IELG Domain 3 Goal 31: Children participate
positively in group activities.
2. When You’re Do you feel happy when you sing? I feel happy
Happy and You when I sing especially when I sing songs that I like.
Know It (Singing Right now, we are going to sing a song called “If
helps me to You’re Happy and You Know It” (the lyrics are
recognize my listed at the end of the lesson plan)
emotions)
Transition to Small The children will go with the teacher who has the
Focus same necklace as them to small focus. As the get
dismissed group by group we will sing one verse
of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” as they are
moving to their groups.

SMALL FOCUS GROUP 3:10 – 3:25 p.m.

Red Squares- Aubri Blue Stars- Sabrina Green Circles- Karmyn Yellow Triangles- Morgan
Emma A. Emma B. Bentley Tyson
Zoe Jacob Braxton Kylie
Jack Andrew Dillon Daniel
Evelyn Simon Teddy Abby
Elijah Ty Xander Grant
Your Activity Description & Objective Materials
Description: The children will play a memory game 1) Son Note Cards
Song Note Memory with the music notes. One child will choose two cards (IWP)
Game to turn over. Then the next child will go. They are 2) Baa Baa Black
trying to turn two over that are the same to make a Sheep by Iza
match. Trapani (S i6)
Child Objective: The children will be using their 3) Do Your Ears
cognitive and memory skills in this game to try and Hang Low? By
remember where the cards are at after the have Caroline Jayne
turned them over. Church (S C1)
IELG Domain 1 Goal 12: Children expand abilities for 4) Five Little
conjecture, hypothesizing, and guessing. Monkeys Jumping
on the Bed by
Elleen
Christeelow (S E1)
5) I’ve Been Working
on the Railroad
by Westcott (S
N2)

CLOSING CIRCLE 3:25 – 3:40 p.m.

Transition to Closing We will sing and dance to “We are the Dinasours” as a group.
Circle
Activity Name Description Materials
Movement Activity I will roll the animal dice and then we will do the Animal Dice (Aubrey’s)
Animal Dice action that it says.

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 Phonemic Awareness The children will look at the pictures of rhyme Rhyme Away Boy
Rhyme Away Boy away boy as I tell the story they will predict what (Aubrey’s)
will happen next. The children will also repeat the
rhyming words throughout the story.
Music Activity or Song The children will each get a frog puppet to put o Frog finger puppets
or Fingerplay their fingers and they will sing a long and do the (workroom, cabinet 1)
Five Little Speckled actions to the Five Speckled Frog song.
Frogs
Story (non-book) The children will look at the pictures as I tell the Brown bear (Aubrey’s)
“Brown Bear, Brown story and they will predict as the story goes along.
Bear”
Age Appropriate The children will pass the crayon around the Crayons (in class)
Game circle while singing the song,
Pass the color Pass, pass, pass the color
This is the game we play
When this little song is through
This colors name we’ll say!
Then whoever is holding the crayon will say the
color of it.
Game As I lay the houses on the floor the children will Mouse in the House
Mouse in the House say the colors of the houses. Then I will hide the (Aubrey’s)
mouse under one of the houses and the children
will guess which house it is under by saying the
color of it.
Book I will the read the book Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Chicka, Chicka, Boom,
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom to the children. I will engage them by Boom (B M3)
Boom asking different questions as we read the story.

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)

If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)

If you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)

If you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, shout "Hurray!" (hoo-ray!)

If you're happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)
If you're happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, do all three. (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)

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