Large Group Lesson Plan

Domain/Subject: Physical or Health

Topic: developing gross motor skills
Name of activity: Shape Hop
Grade Level: Preschool
Objectives:
1. To be able to recognize their shapes
2. The child will be able to engage in gross motor tasks by
hopping to a shape
Goal/standard:

The develop their gross motor skills

Content that will be taught:

There is more than one way to get to a shape. The teacher can
call out different movement directions. (Hopping, skipping, jumping)
Learning Context:
It is working on their recognition of shapes (math skill) and
developing their gross motor skills.
Summary:
The children watch and listen to the teacher as they call out a
shape and a movement and then the child finds that shape by doing
the movement the teacher says.
Materials:
1. Shapes on floor spread out over a big space
2. The children
3. I will be using a Power Point and a game
Opening:
Song: A triangle has 3 sides, a triangle has 3 sides, a triangle
has 3 sides and 3 corners too
A rectangle has 4 sides, a rectangle has 4 sides, a rectangle has
4 sides and 4 corners too.
A square has 4 sides all the same, a square has 4 sides all the
same, a square has 4 sides all the same and 4 corners too
A circle goes around and around, a circle goes around and
around, a circle goes around and around with no corners or sides
Body:

Body:
Say: We just sang a song about shapes lets see if we can find
all these shapes.
Do: Hold up the shapes we just sang about and show them what
they will be finding.
Say: Now let me show you how to hop to a shape. When I hold
it up you will hop to the shape or a movement that I say. Now let me
see you try. And start the game.
Child Engagement: What steps you will take to keep children engaged
during the activity.
I will use different movements to get to a shape. I will also let
children take turns calling out a shape and movement.
Modification/Adaptations:
I can have shapes for them to physically touch.
I can learn the shapes in different languages to accommodate
those children.
Closing and transition: Say: we have had so much fun learning about
our shapes and moving in different ways but it is now time to pick up
the shapes and hand them to a teacher. Let us get into our rocket ships
and when I say blast off let us fly to our rug for circle time.
Allotted time: (usually about 15-20 minutes) 20 min.
Assessment of childrens progress toward meeting objectives:
How did the children do with the different movements? Do we
need to practice more of these movements?
What other activities could be used to help improve these movements?