Preschool Lesson Plans for Health - Food and Nutrition

Good Morning,

Here are some ideas for you to use in preparing preschool lesson plans for health. Teaching about food and nutrition with your preschoolers is so important. These are lifelong lessons that they can use and we need to start early in discussing ways to eat healthy and to stay healthy.


I love when my students bring in a new or exotic food that my other students may not know about. The other children have the typical reactions such as "what is that" , "yuck" because it is different and unfamiliar, wide-eyed, etc. I make it a point to try and bring in or make new snacks with them at least a couple of times a month.

Here are a couple of lesson ideas for you to try.


How Do I Eat This?
Show a type of food and talk to your class about how you eat that food. Do you have to cut it? Can you eat the entire food or are there parts that don’t get eaten? If everyone in the class wanted a piece, how many pieces would we need? What type of food is this? Is it good for you? Can you think of other types of food like this that are eaten the same way?


Food Safety
Let your students know that some foods can be dangerous if you do not use them properly. There are certain sicknesses they can get if they do not clean up properly when they are finished cooking. Ask students what are some good ways to clean up when they are finished cooking. Brainstorm about washing dishes, wiping off the countertop, keeping cold foods in the refrigerator, using different cutting boards, making the oven or stove hot enough, etc.


Give these a try and expand their food awareness!

If you have ideas you would like to share, just send them to me here and I will post them for all to use.

Thanks so much,

Mary
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Free Preschool Lesson Plans for September - Letter Memory Game

Hi There,

It's the beginning of the school year and there are so many lessons,
activities, and ideas to prepare. If you're looking for free preschool lesson plans for September try this one that was sent to me just this week.

Melinda realizes that when working with preschoolers it is essential to make learning fun and has come up with this way to teach letters and numbers to her kids at home.


Letter/Number Memory

To help with learning letters or numbers my little ones play letter or number memory. I am not sure if they sell it at any store but I just made my own with construction paper. After cutting out 52 3x3 squares I wrote a letter on each square. So you have 2 of every letter. Now your ready for letter memory. It was easier to not use more then 6 letters at a time. (12 cards total) so the little ones don't get confused. Have fun!


How easy is this to make and your children will enjoy playing their game!


If you have ideas you would like to share, just send them to me here and I will post them for all to use.


Thanks so much,

Mary
marys.plans@gmail.com


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Preschool Math- Number Games

Hello,

I hope your school year is off to a great start and that the children are beginning to settle in. One of your goals is to begin teaching preschool math. This essentially means learning numbers and very simple counting.

Here are a couple of preschool number games for finding out just how much your preschoolers already know and then provide you with the information you need to form your lessons.


Finger Numbers
Put up your 1-9 Number chart on the board. Shout out a number and look for the student that can create it using only their hands the fastest. The first student who holds up the correct number of fingers gets to call the next number being created. To keep this fair, if you find that one student is always the first,vary the process by selecting a new person each time.

How Many __ Do You See?
Send students on a hunt throughout the room to find different quantities of items. Tell them they must find 1 of something, 2 of something, etc. until they have items in quantities of 1-9. You can have them do this with partners, individually or in groups.

If you have ideas to share, send them along and I'll post them here for all of us to use and enjoy.

Thanks,

Mary
marys.plans@gmail.com


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