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Monday, February 26, 2018

Lucky Leprechaun Lesson
Featuring a Step 1 Letter "L"

St. Patrick's Day is March 17, (Wear Green)

An Ll finger puppet



Introducing the Letter "L" with one large line and one little line. 
The sound of L goes like...
     la la la la la la la la la l- l (sing the la sound in a scale)
Here is a Lucky Leprechaun (show them the Leprechaun puppet). He found this lucky charm. Circle the large hat that the Leprechaun wore and the little lucky charm. Name which one is large and which one is little.

Have the tot's stand. Show them the arrow left. Have the tots point their hand in the same direction as the sign going left. Switch to the sign that says right. Have them point their hands right. Time to play left and right. Move the signs back & forth from left to right to the "Hokey Pokey" song.. 
(Cut out the 2 arrows and then attach a Craft stick to the back.)

Is it light or is it heavy?
While the tot's are sitting in a circle, have them hold a light object in one hand and a heavy object in another. (potato-pencil, an orange and a feather, a penny and a quarter, a piece of paper- and a box of crayons)

Numbers: (The Lucky Charm had 4 leafs) 
Here is some Lucky Math

 
4 mini concept books
left and right
 

long and short (length)
 

light and heavy

Let the tots hold light and heavy objects. Then have them decide if it is light.

large and little
 




Colors: Play, "Red Light, Green Light"
Place a strip of masking tape at the back of the room. Slide the strip up and down from red to green light. The tot may advance on green, but must stop on red. If they advance to soon, they will go back to the line. 
 



Roll a color Cube to match the green color of a shamrock.
(Cut out and fold on the lines)

Roll and name the colors until you get the color green.

Shapes: What shape was used to make a SHAMROCK?
Spin the shape dial until you get a heart. Name the shapes as you go. You may want to show the shape puppet to each shape that is spun.

 


Music: "I'm Looking Over a 4 Leaf Clover"

Story: 1 Lucky Leprechaun


                 
 

 

 

                               


 Here is the pocket sized mirostrip book for the tot to read along and take home.






Cut out the strips and fold back and forth on the line for a mini book.

Activity to do with the story
 

                              


A Color/Black & White short Leprechaun Book to Take Home



 

Take home craft
You will need green paint or ink pad.
Thumb print the hearts with green.


A Large Leprechaun Hat

Snack: Lucky Dust Pudding, celery, green grapes

(Wear the large leprechaun hats while shaking the pudding up,)


PlayHide the 10 gold plastic coins(Make sure to number them from 1-10)
Place the coins on the gold coin paper and match the number.

Summary: "L" for Lucky Leprechaun, Number 4 (lucky charm leafs), color-green, shape- heart (shamrock leafs are with hearts)
concepts: large & little, long and short lines, left and right direction, things that are heavy and light, 1-10 number in order

Thursday, February 15, 2018

L is for Learning Your Letters 
Little and Large Lion's Lunch




Introduction: Sing the letter in a scale to teach them how to articulate this sound.
1-First have them touch their tongue to the roof of their mouth. (demonstrate). Everyone together sing la-la-la-la-la "Ll".Sing this sound every time you give a word beginning with "L".
 2-Teach them that the large letter "L" is made with 2 lines and the little "l" is made with 1 long line. Have them do the Lines "L"  worksheet.
 3-Play some music and have the tots sit down when the music is no longer loud. They must learn to listen. You could have them listen and name sounds as well.
 4-Teach them what long and short is by having them do the 4 page mini long and short book. (You may want them to measure the length.) Gather light and heavy objects. Let the tots hold them and decide if it is it heavy or if is it light. You could even have them weigh the various things on a scale. You can do the 4 page "Light and Heavy" book.
5. Have them do the "Hokey Pokey" and help them to learn left and right. The story for this lesson will help them to learn large and little as well as who ate less
A lemon is what color? (yellow) and so is the large lion and the Little Leo.




2- Is learning to make an "L" with lines.
(do this worksheet of  the lines lion and the lines "L")
Learn your letters with the letters in the mail.





 




4-long-short, light-heavy 




Here is the Long and short Book along with the left and right book.

 

 

Light and Heavy 4 page book to do along with holding and feeling what is heavy and what is light.
 

Story: "A Large & Little Lion's Lunch"
In this lesson is the large teacher sized book. Copy and laminate. Cut out the 2 lions and mount to the front of a lunch sack. Cut out the portion of the mouths that is outlined. Cut out the "l" lunch food. Have the tot's feed the lions their lunch. The tot will feed the large items to the Large lion and the little food to the little lion through their proper mouth. Do the activity pages and underline the large or little picture as directed. There is a pocket sized book for them to read along with. Or you could have them do the 4 page short summary book. (Be sure to have the finger puppets copied, cut out and ready for use with this lesson.)




 

 


 
These are the lesson cut outs to be used with the 2 lunch sacks. I put a bean bag in the bottom to hold it down.



 
finger puppets
Copy and cut out these finger puppets. Cut out the finger holes ahead of time.


large and little activity






Mini sized Book and a 4 page short summary book


mini 4 page book in color in and black & white


 
 
a lesson follow up book in black and white & color


 


Lace Card Activity
Punch the letters from a-z and then tie a long string around the letter "A" for the tots to lace the lion going from letter to letter.
Music and Verse: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Snack: Make a lunch like Leo's Lunch. You could make fresh squeezed lemonade or  buy it in a pouch. I like to roll out a blanket and eat a sack lunch on it with the tots.

Project take home: Have them color the lion's mask for their project or they can do the lines lion.


Paper Plate Lion mask (attach to a large craft stick)



 
Or

Summary: Letter "L", color, yellow, number 2 for Large & litte, lines (shape) 
concepts: light-heavy, large-little, long-short, less-more, learning to sing the la-la-la "l" sound, listening, and what is in a lunch.

Field trip: go to lunch

Here is a lesson plan bonus