BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan  

Lesson Plan #​​22 

Lab 3 
Pets 
  
 

Date:  Monday, November 19, 2018 

Supervisor:  Abbye 
Lead Teacher: 2nd Team Plan 
  
Children Receiving Specific Focus Today: 
1. Lars see Gathering time 
2. Mason see manipulatives 
3. Carter see language: FIshing 
4. Issola see dramatic play 
5. Alma see language and literacy 
6. Owen see dramatic play 
  
Preassessment and Findings: 
● Lindee asked Mason “how do we take care of pets?” he said “Give them love and a 
bed” 
● When a new pet was introduced to the class, Lars, Alma, Mason, and Leslie spent about 
15 to 20 minutes just watching to see what the gecko would do. 
● Paisley was asked what the gecko eats and she said “I don’t know… Rocks?” Lars also 
said that he doesn’t know what the gecko eats. 
● ​At the snack table one day, Abbye asked Ruby what the guinea pig eats. She said, “I 
think probably graham crackers.” Alma, who was sitting next to her said “Yeah!” Abbye 
asked the children at snack if they wanted to learn about the guinea pig. Alma, Ruby, 
Ben, Seth, and Sally said yes.  
● Throughout the semester our children have shown a large interest in animals. Ruby, Leslie, 
and Paisley have shown a large interest in horses. Ruby and Whitney have also brought 
their own dogs to class on several occasions. When ever we put stuffed animals out, the 
children will pick them up and carry them around the room the majority of the day. 
Mason always plays with the plastic snakes when they are out as well. Based on our 
children’s interests and our preassessment, we have found that many of the children 
have some misconceptions about what pets eat. They have also shown that dogs and 
cats are the main pets that they know about. We will provide opportunities throughout 
the day where the children will get to see what each animal eats and how they eat it. 
They will also be able to learn more about the pets that we have at preschool.  
  
Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus​​: 
1. Many different animals can be pets.  
2. We have to give different animals different types of food to keep them healthy.  
3. Today we will focus on fine motor skills.  
  
 
  
   
 BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan 
Lesson Plan #​​22 
Lab 3 
Pets 
  
  

Date:  Monday, November 19, 2018 

Supervisor:  Abbye 
Lead Teacher: 2nd Team Plan 
  
  
Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus​​: 
1.  Many different animals can be pets. 
2.  We have to give different animals different types of food to keep them healthy.  
3.  Today we will focus on fine motor skills.  
  
Assignments:   
___________________ Self-Selected  _______________ Check-in/Check-out 
___________________ Small/Focus Groups _______________ Handwashing/Cubbies 
__________ /_________ Outdoor play  _______________ Photographer 
_________ /_________ Snack  _______________ Other 
     

  

OPENING CIRCLE 8:20 – 8:35 a.m. (Paige) 

Activity Name  Description  Materials 

Book ​The Little Red  ​I will read the Little Red Hen with the  ​The Little Red Hen​ (WR B B3) 
Hen  children.  

Movement Activity  ​I will sing the song Once there was a  ​N/A 
Once there was a  kernel to the tune of once there was a 
kernel  snowman, 3 times doing different 
speeds each time.  

Phonemic Awareness  ​I will have the items on a tray and have  Car, cow, block, fish, moose 
Hide an Object  the children guess which one I take off  Tray, and sheet (RR2) 
and replace.  

Music Activity or Song  ​I will do the Tiny Tim Turtle finger play  ​N/A 
or Fingerplay  and song.  
Tiny Tim 

Story (non-book) Pete  ​I will tell the story and use the felt  ​Abbye’s Felt Story (Closet) 
the Cat: Four Groovy  pieces.  
Buttons 
Age Appropriate  ​I will play Listen and move, the children  ​Song and Speaker 
Game Simon Says  will be able to go around the room in a 
circle, following me.  

Other Baby in the Bed  ​I will do the fingerplay for the baby  ​N/A 
Fingerplay  song, getting suggestions from the 
children for what to give the baby to 
stay asleep.  

  

GATHERING TIME  8:35 – 8:45 a.m. (Lindee) 

Activity Name  Description  Materials 

1.​​ Many different  I am going to get their attention by  Printouts of many animals (IWP) 
animals can be pets.  singing a new versio​n of Old McDonald.  Printouts of house, zoo, the wild 
  Boy​s and girls! Today we are going to  (IWP) 
talk about pets! Pets are animals that   
we take care of at home or in our yard. 
What kind of pets do you have at 
home?” Listen to the children say what 
pets they have. “Dogs and cats are 
pets, but there are a lot of other pets 
too! I have pictures here of many 
different kinds of animals and we are 
going to talk about whether or not these 
animals could be our pets or if they are 
only found in the zoo or in the wild” on 
the felt board I will have a picture of a 
house and yard and on the other side 
there will be a picture of a zoo and one 
of the wild. As we act out what the 
animals do, the children will help me 
categorize the animals into the two 
categories (pets or not). 
 
Teachers will help​ Lars​​ with his goal of 
working on pronunciation. They will help 
him slowly say the names of the animals. 

2.​​ We have to give  “Do you see how many different kinds of  Tray (kitchen) 
different animals  pets there are? We need to remember  Fish food (one of the 
different types of  to give different special food to all of  classrooms) 
food to keep them  these different animals! In our classroom  Gecko bugs (Fridge) 
healthy.   today we have a pet gecko, guinea  Apple (IWP) 
pig, and fish! These animals all eat 
 something different. And we are going 
to feed our pets!” I will pull out a tray 
that has bugs/mealworms for the 
gecko, fish food for the fish and sliced 
apples for the guinea pig. The animal 
cages will be in places so many of the 
children will be able to see at once. I 
will start by feeding the gecko and if 
there is time we will feed the guinea pig 
and fish. If not, we will give them the 
food after the transition so the children 
can watch during self selected.  

3. I Have A Pet Song  We will sing the first verse of the ‘I have  Phone 
a Pet’ song from YouTube and the  Speaker (closet) 
children will sing along and do the hand 
motions with me 

Transition to  Okay Boys and girls lets watch our pets    
Self-Selected  eat their food! 

  

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES  8:45– 10:10 a.m. (Darien, Leah) 

Books:  
Big Dog Little Dog ​by P.D. Eastmond (P E7)  
Have You Seen My Cat?​ By Eric Carle (P C3)  
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes ​by Eric Litwin (P L15)  
Finklehopper Frog b ​ y Irene Livingston (P L11)  
The Bravest Fish​ by Matt Buckingham (P B43)  
Down on the Farm ​by Merrily Kutner (P K11)  
The Story of Ferdinand​ by Munro Leaf (PL1)  
Froggy Bakes a Cake​ by Jonathan London (PL18)  
White Rabbit’s Color Book​ by Alan Baker (B4) 
The Mitten b​ y Jan Brett (B28)  
Runaway Bunny ​by Margaret Wise Brown (B47)  
The Mixed Up Chameleon ​by Eric Carle (C18)  

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

Creative Art:  Activity Description: ​The children will have  Tempera paint (RR1 orange)  
Face Painting  the opportunity to paint the teacher’s faces  Brushes (RR1 Cabinet 11) 
(3)@  with tempera paint and brushes. They will  Foldable mirror 
  also be able to paint their own face as they 
look in the mirror. Parents will be notified that 
 we will be face painting beforehand.  

Language/Litera Activity Description: ​Children will sit in a boat  Fishing Rods 

cy Activity:  and use fishing rods and fishing nets to catch  Fishing Nets 
Fishing for Letters  letters.   Boat 
(3)  Child Objective: ​Teachers will help ​Carter  Blue Butcher Paper 
with her goal of letter recognition and  Magnetic Letters (Especially 
spelling her name by modeling out her name  CARTER) 
in the letters, they can challenge children to   
catch specific letters; they can model how to 
fish. Teachers will help ​Alma​​ communicate 
with his peers here as they try to figure out 
how many people should be in the boat at a 
time.  

Manipulatives:   Activity Description: ​The children will be able  Color Plastic Pipes (RR1 W49)  
Lizard Tunnels (3)   to use the colorful plastic pipes to build  Small lizards (RR2 B167)  
tunnels and homes for their small lizards. 
Teachers will help ​Mason​​ with his fine motor 
goals as they assist him in building tunnels for 
his lizards.  

Math: Hammer  Activity Description: ​Children will hammer  Hammers (RR1) 

Time (4)  different colored golf tees into foam pieces,  Nails (RR1) 
or hammer pieces of playdough flat.  Foam Pieces (RR1) 
Children can count how many times they  Playdough (closet) 
hammer a nail, how many nails are in each  Trays (RR1) 
piece of foam, can categorize the different 
nails by color. They can compare the 
different sizes of playdough gobs that they 
hammer, or count the gobs that they smash. 
They can match colored nails to colored 
playdough. 

Science: Raining  Activity Description: ​Children will hang slime  Slime (IWP) 
Slime (4)  from wire racks and will have the opportunity  Wire Racks (RR2 sensory) 
to cut the slime with scissors.  Animal Counters 
  Scissors 

Sensory Table:  Activity Description: ​The sensory table will be  Water Marbles (RR2 G 126)  
Polka Dot  filled with shaving cream that will be sprinkled  Shaving Cream (closet)  
Shaving Cream  with water marbles through out. The children  Scoops and cups (RR2 G 120)  
(4)  can use cups and scoops in the shaving 
cream. 

Blocks:   Activity Description: ​Children will design their  Dollhouse (WR on top of 
Pet Hotel  own house/ hotel for their mini pets. They can  cabinet) 
(5)  use blocks, and the other block furniture to  Animal Counters (RR2) 
 create rooms or other buildings as they  Doll House Furniture (RR2 
would like.   Blocks) 

Dramatic Play:  Activity Description: ​The dramatic play area  Stuffed animals (WR) 
Vet Office (6)  will be set up to look like a vet clinic. There  Doctor tools and costumes 
will be a waiting room area and an exam  (RR2 Y257)  
room area. The space will have several  Pet Care supplies (RR2 Y247) 
stuffed animal pets and doctor equipment  Computer, keyboard, and 
office phone (RR2 Y247) purses 
for the children to examine their animals. 
(RR2 Y216) 
There will be costumes for the children to  Everyday dress up( RR2 Y251 
wear to pretend they are vets.   House)  
The teachers will help ​Issola ​with vocabulary  Weight Scale (RR2 R157) 
here as they give her words and prompt her  tape measures (RR2 R159) 
play. They will say things like pet, vet, sick, fix,  Pet Care ​by Betsy Chessen (P 
and other words as they come up in play.  C21) 
They will encourage her to speak as much as  ​Animals Should Definitely Not 
Act Like People​ by Judy Barret 
possible. Teachers will also help ​Owen ​as he 
(PB2) 
plays here to share materials and calm down 
when a situation doesn't go the way he 
wants. Teachers can have him take a deep 
breath when he becomes too excited, and 
talk him through sharing materials if there is 
an issue.  
Literacy: ​The literacy activity will be 
embedded in dramatic play. There will be 
signs around the office for waiting room, 
exam room, and animal signs with labels. We 
will have notepads and crayons for the 
children to “take notes” about the pets. 
There will also be books in the waiting room 
for children to read and look at as they wait 
for their pet. 
Math​​: The children will use numbers and 
measurement vocabulary such as; tall, long, 
short heavy, light as they use measuring 
tapes and weight scales to measure their 
pets.  

Alternatives: (Diannah) 

Creative Art:  Description: ​There will be white paper and  Dot paint (RR1) 
   dot paint that the children can use to create  White Paper (RR2)  
Dot Paints   a picture with using the dot paints.  
2​​nd​​:  Description: ​The children can build with the  T​ rain set (RR2 176) 
Train set  train set and when they are done building  Plastic people (RR2 175)  
with the train set they can play with the 
trains. There can also be plastic people with 
the train.  

  

ROTATING SNACK  9:00 – 9:45 a.m​​. 

¼ cup trail mix (bugles, craisins, Kix), juice 

  

OUTDOOR PLAY​​ (Diannah) 9:10 – 10:00 a.m.​​ ​Location: ​South playground  

Gross Motor:   Activity Description: ​Outside there will be a  Basketball (SS)  

   basketball hoop and different balls. The  Balls (GG)  
​Basketball   children can shoot hoops. They can also kick 
or throw the balls if the children would like.  

2​nd​
​ ​.  Activity Description:​​ There will be three  Wagons (3)  
Pulling the wagons.   wagons already out that have stuff animals  Stuff animals ( Sister Eagar)   
in them. Sister Eagar will bring the stuff 
animals that can go outside and the children 
can pull them in the wagons.  

3​​rd​​: ​Kangaroo  Activity Description: ​Outside there will be  Kangaroo jumper (GG)  
jumper   kangaroo jumper the children will use their  Bean bags (GG)  
feet on one side and there will be a bean 
bag on the other side and they can see how 
far the bean bag goes.  
Child Objective: ​The children can strengthen 
their gross motor skills and balance with using 
the Kangaroo jumper.  
Intentional Teaching: ​The teachers might 
need to model how to use the Kangaroo 
jumper. They can talk about how far the 
bean bag went.  

  

CLEAN UP  10:05 – 10:15 a.m. (Abbye) 

We will start clean up at 10:05 instead to make sure that we have time for small focus. We will sing 
the clean up song twice, then I will play the clean up song on the speaker. A five minute warning 
will be given. Necklaces will be handed out at the five minute warning.  
Transition to  I will play The Monkey Dance on the speaker  Speaker 
Small Focus  and dance like the animals as the children  Phone 
Groups  gather at the tape. I will have a picture or  Animals (RR2 B or IWP) 
   figurine of a gecko, fish, guinea pig, and dog 
or cat. I will show them to the children and 
then hide them behind my back. I will take 
one away and show them the rest. I will have 
them tell me what one is missing. Then I will 
give the picture/figurine to that teacher and 
dismiss the group. Then they will go sit by the 
pet of what I gave them. I will dismiss fish last.  

  

SMALL FOCUS GROUP 10:20 – 10:30 a.m. (Abbye) 

This is the tentative plan for groups. If we have less children because of the holiday, I will rearrange 
the groups during self-selected so we have around the same amount of children in every group.  

Leah:  Darien:  Lindee:  Diannah: 

Lars  Mason  Carter  Issola 
Whitney  Paisley  Alma  Owen  
Evelyn  Seth  Leslie  Lorelei 
Easton  Ben   Sally  Makyla 
Amelia  Russell  Ruby 

Your Activity  Description & Objective  Materials 

Pet Centers  Description: ​The children will have the  ● Animal 

   opportunity to spend a few minutes in  Information 
   each part of the room with the different  Sheets (IWP) 
pets. We will have the guinea pig in its  ● Radios (office) 
usual place. The gecko in the block area.  ● Signal- Bell (RR2 
We will have a parent volunteer bring a  cabinets) 
pet and it will be located on the tile floor.  ● Animals (CR) 
We will also get to go see the fish in the fish  ● Dog/Cat treat 
tank. Each group will have about 3-4  (check w/ 
minutes in every station. Then I or Paige will  owner) 
ring a bell or make some sort of signal  ● Mealworms for 
noise that we need to move. I or Paige will  gecko 
accompany the groups that go to look at  (Kitchen) 
the fish. We will use radios to signal the  ● Veggies for 
teachers out of the room of when it is time  guinea pig 
to rotate. As the children visit each group,  (Kitchen) 
there will be a treat or some food as well  ● Fish Food (RR1 
as some information about what should be  metal cabinet) 
discussed at each of the groups. The  ● Hand Sanitizer 
teachers will get the animal out or allow  for gecko, 
 the children to observe it inside of it’s  guinea pig, 
cage, depending on time. The children  and dog/cat 
can feed the animals, ask questions, and  (CR) 
make observations about them.    
Objective:​​ The children will learn about  Books: 
what the animals eat and their basic care  ● Fritz’s Fish (E8) 
as they hold, pet, and talk about them in  ● Dogs (H31) 
their groups.   ● Guinea Pigs 
IELG D1G!: Becomes inquisitive; seeks  (M38) 
information and vocabulary to build  ● Give up 
understanding.  Gecko! (M37) 
Intentional Teaching:​​ Teachers will use the 
information provided for each animal to 
guide meaningful conversations with the 
children. They will also talk about what the 
animal eats with the children. They will 
then give some of the treat/food to the 
animal. Teachers will also be responsible 
for helping their children transition from 
one activity to the next in a timely manner. 
They can remind the children that they will 
get to see all of the animals during the 
activity.  

  

CLOSING CIRCLE 10:30 – 10:40 a.m. (Paige) 

Transition to Closing  I will start playing the Goldfish Song to get the  Song and Speaker 
Circle  children’s attention and bring them to the 
   tape.  

​Review:  
1. Read Eating the Alphabet (WR B E3) 
2. Play the song The Cool Bear Hunt 
3. Play the song Shake Your Sillies Out with Egg Shakers 

  
  
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS​​: 
In our class we have some pets 
Yes oh yes we do 
And in our class we have have a gecko 
Yes oh yes we do  
With a “Slurp, Slurp” here and a “Slurp, Slurp” there 
Yes oh yes we do 
 
Sung to tune of old McDonald 
Other verses we will change it to Guinea pig and fish 
 
Once There Was a Kernel: (tune of Once There Was a Snowman) 
Once there was a kernel, kernel, kernel 
Once there was a kernel, small, small, small 
In the heat it grew, grew, grew,  
In the heat it grew, tall, tall, tall…. 
POP!  
  
RESOURCES ​: 
Lindsey Lesson Plan 
Lessons and information from CHILD 230 

How much is that doggie in the window? (arf, arf) 

The one with the waggly tail.  
How much is that doggie in the window? (arf, arf)  
I do hope that doggie's for sale. 
 
(skip the trip to california lyrics) 
 
How much is that kitty in the window? 
(meow, meow) 
The one with the long furry tail, 
How much is that kitty in the window? 
(meow, meow) 
I do hope that kitty's for sale. 
 
How much is that birdy in the window? (tweet tweet) 
The one with the feathery tail. 
How much is that birdy in the window. 
I do hope that he is for sale. 
 
How much is that fishy in the window? 
(gulg, gulg) 
The one with the swishy wish tail. 
How much is that fishy in the window? (glug, glug) 
I do hope that fishy's for sale. 
 
How much is that lizard in the window? Sh, sh, 
The one with the scaley tail. 
How much is that lizard in the window sh, sh 
I so hope that he is for sale.