The lesson plan is a tool that is used by teacher to develop and enhance skills and abilities of their students. In order to implement a lesson plan in the classroom, teachers use different strategies and techniques to grab the focus developing the interest of their students in their lessons. It is not easy to develop a master assertive lesson plan for the early aged children.One is likely to observe changes in the learning process of the students or early-aged children as soon as the master template for the lesson plan is created and implemented. It is signficant that the lesson plan is backed up or supported by appropriate material. The indication of a well constructed lesson plan works efficiently to clear the concepts of 4 to 6 years age group of students to differentiate between basic things. Currently, there is a large number of kindergarten lesson plans which equally facilitate teachers, homeschooling parent needs andchildrenlearning requirements.
Part-1
An effective lesson plan and a well executed activity creates an amazing classroom experience and will be watering the learning skills. The following game activity is suggested to be performed that will allow kindergarteners to learn the basic counting flow as well as understand the shape of stars.
Objectives
Objective For Teachers`
Counting practice and recognition of the shape of a star by maintaining the excitement level and class room decoram.
For Student
2 large dices
20 star shape counters
2 glass jars
Divide the students into two teams.
Keep the counter jar in between and place one glass jar in front of each team.
Both captains roll their dice and compare the numbers.
The team that gets the higher number after rolling the dice in comparsion with the other one, will get the star. If both the teams get the same number then each team will get one star.
The credit stars must be put in the glass jars.
The team that gets 10 stars first will eventually win the game.
Make sure that the designed activity covers the key concepts i.e. excitement of relevant learning whilefocusing on the ultimate results.
Part-2
It’s a reading room activity in which teachers and parents try to make the students memorize the name of various musical instruments and their respective sounds with the help of storytelling. The story should be based on three musical instrument characters piano,drums and guitar.
Objectives
Objective for Teacher
Objective for Student
Story books
Dummies of instrument
A Music teacher with original instrument to play
Divide the students into 3 groups
Entitled each group with an instrument’s name and put a relevant dummy in front of them.
At the end, the teacher can take a short test concenring the learning process.
Part-3
With the help of various activities, student can build the relationship between science and practicality in the best possible manner. It is merely to clarify the concepts of living things and non-living things and unfold the thinking process.
Objectives
Objective for Teachers
The Teacher should vigilantly build the concept of living things and non-living things among children.
Objective for Student
Learn the fact that the universe is divided into living and non-living things.
2 Chart sheets
Stickers of various living and non-living things
Explain the main concepts of living and non-living things by describing the core features and differences.
Allow children to move around the school and to observe living and non-living things from the environment.
In the classroom, paste two charts on the wall (where one chart must be depicting living things while the other one would depict non-living things).
Show pictures to the children individually and paste it on the relevant chart sheets for continous learning from the class and school environment.
References
Jumpstart Game,Inc. (2014, 1 12). Online kindergarten lesson Plan. Retrieved 7 6, 2015, from www.jumpstart.com: http://www.jumpstart.com/teachers/lesson-plans/grade-based-lesson-plans/kindergarten-lesson-plans
Karper, N. (2010). Lesson Plans Writing. Newyork: Psylon Press.
Schmoker, M. (2011). focus elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning. Newyork: Association of education publishers.
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