Reading books about how different people, animals, plants help each other.
Take a walk around your neighborhood looking for live examples of
people helping people, animals, or plants
animals helping people, animals, or plants
plants helping people, animals, or plants
Have pre-k students talk about the feelings and emotions people and animals feel when they help others or they are helped by others
Guide pre-k students in thinking of ways they can help people, animals and plants in their neighborhood.
Mrs. Laura Bush calls on a young member of the audience after reading "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt during a visit to the West Palm Beach Public Library on October 27, 2006. (P102706SC-0469)
Traditions Lesson & Activities
Reading books about the different holidays practiced by different people or cultures.
Have pre-k students identify at least one tradition such as:
Holidays
Bedtime rituals
Religious practices
Have pre-k children write down their favorite tradition at the top a sheet of paper then draw a pictures of what their tradition looks like in the past, present, and future.
Assign a homework activity for pre-k student and family to explore family history to find traditions.
Warm Weather Civics Lesson & Activities
Read books about warm weather activities
Preschoolers will list warm weather activities with safety wear or practices that will make the activity safe such as
Swimming/swimming shoes
Swimming/eye goggles
Playing outside/sunscreen
Take the activity a step further and practice some of these actions in your classroom, outside your school, or at home.
Preschoolers can practice wearing their own warm weather gear, taking warm weather precautions or learning proper hydrating techniques to keep their body safe.
Making a Map Lesson & Activities
Read books about different places around the world.
Have preschoolers draw or paint their physical surroundings such as
their bedroom
inside their house
outside around their house
their neighborhood
After preschooler reproduce their physical map on paper using paint or crayons, talk about map directions and how things are represented on their illustration.
Have a discussion about their drawings and how they stand for actual things and how they relate to one another in their actual surroundings.
