BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #3
Lesson Plan #27
Lab 2
Gravity
Date:
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Supervisor:
Karissa
Lead Teacher: Casie Billmire
Children and Learning/Development Goals:
1. Peyton Taking turns Peyton will take turns while playing at the manipulative tables to
be able to drop the pompom or balls down in the correct spot.
2. Claire Sharing Claire will share with her friends at the creative center taking turns and
passing on her items to throw them down to do the Splat! painting.
3. Tristan Sharing and making friends - Tristan will share with his friends while playing
outside with the water and ramps.
4. Caiden Shapes Caiden will work on shapes while Splat painting as he sees the different
shapes created when the pom-poms and other items are thrown on the ground.
5. Isaac Work on motor skills Isaac will develop motor skills outdoors with the trampoline
and jumping up and down on it.
6. Raleigh Counting consistently Raleigh will count consistently at the manipulatives table
as he counts the number of balls that he drops down the tubes.
7. Cade Gross motor skills - Cade will develop motor skills outdoors with the trampoline
and jumping up and down on it.
Preassessment and Findings:
Many of the children in our class seem to have a lot of interest in the science activities that
we plan so I have chosen aspects of science to focus on. During past lessons children have
made comments like That is so cool, How does that work? What makes it happen?
These comments were made in many different activities like science, math, and outdoor
about objects falling and things moving. I do not remember exactly which activities or which
students said the comments.
Cade made a comment about how things fall down but when asked he couldnt
explain why.
Olivia knows that all things that go up will fall down.
In a conversation with Kennley she said that things fall to the earth because of no
wind.
Cade rolled a basketball down the sidewalk hill and stood at the top looking really
confused. Then he asked Why isnt it coming back up?
Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Gravity pulls on us to keep us here on earth.
2. Whatever goes up must come down.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Short/tall
2. Up/down
3. Heavy/Light

BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

PHASE #3
Lesson Plan #27
Lab 2
Gravity
Date:
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Supervisor:
Karissa
Lead Teacher: Casie Billmire
Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Gravity pulls on us to keep us here on earth.
2. Whatever goes up must come down.
Preschool Concepts or Skills:
1. Short/tall
2. Up/down
3. Heavy/Light
Assignments:
___________________ Self-Selected

_______________ Floater/Runner/Snack

___________________ Small/Focus Groups _________ /_________ Booth/ Photographer

___________________ Outdoor play
_________ /_________ Snack

_______________ Greeter/Walkie (Lead Teacher)

_______________ Data Collector

Special instructions for the day:

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:20 - 9:50 a.m.

Literacy Activities/ Books: I will check these out at the library BYUI Library.
1. I fall Down by Vicki Cobb
2. Gravity by Jason Chin
3. Force and Motion by Peter Lafferty
4. Forces and Friction by Peter Riley
Activity Description: Cup Phones - Cup phones will be put on a table for children to be able to
talk to each other and practice their oral language. I will provide multiple sets of cup phones so
that more than two people can be at the table.
Child Objective: The children will develop their oral language as they get to talk to each other
through the cup phones and listen while another is speaking.
Intentional Teaching: A teacher can supervise this center just to make sure that they do not get
too tangled and that the children are using them properly without tearing them up.
IELG D5:G50:CI11- Communicates in simple conversation with age peers.
Activity Name

Description/Activity Objective

Materials, Special Set-up

*Creative Art:
Splat! Painting (6)

Activity Description: Butcher paper will be

placed on the floor where the art tables are
located and then there will be diluted water
colors for the children to dip the pom-poms
and then throw the on the ground to make
splats!
Child Objective: Children will develop their
cognitive skills as they watch the result of
gravity and force of what happens when the

Diluted Watercolors-RR1
Butcher Paper-RR1
Pom-Poms-RR1 O26
Sponges that are cut into
different shapes-RR1 O18
Smocks-Kitchen

*Manipulatives:
Pom Pom/Ball
Drops (4)

Math: Number
Puzzles (4)

Science: Oil and

Ice (4)@

*Sensory Table:
Metal and
Magnets

pom-poms are dropped.

Intentional Teaching: This center will need
to be supervised and watched over to keep the
painting under control while the teacher
engages with them and talks about what is
happening to extend their cognitive
understanding of why things fall.
Activity Description: A ball drop board will
be set against the wall with a bucket of balls
for the children to take them and drop them
through the tubes.
Child Objective: The children will develop
their fine motor skills as they grasp the balls
and drop them in the tubes to watch them fall.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will take
part in this activity with the children and talk to
them about the fact that it falls down to the
ground. While showing them how to grab the
items and where to put them.
Activity Description: Pictures with numbers
on the bottom will be cut into different strips
for the children to put the numbers in order to
create the full picture.
Child Objective: Children will develop their
cognitive skills as they work on recognizing the
numbers and putting them in order to create a
picture.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher in this
area should engage in play with the children
and be there to help them if it is needed.
IELG D4:G39:C13- Recognizes and names
numerals (pointing to written numerals as they
are named by adult).
Activity Description: On the table will be a
tray filled with baby oil and then ice cubes that
have been colored will be placed in the baby
oil to see what happens.
Child Objective: Children will develop their
fine motor skills as they get the opportunity to
touch the ice and move it around to see the ice
melt in the oil.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher at this
center will engage in play with the children and
be there to make sure the children do not try
to eat any of the baby oil. Show them how to
move the ice around and how it melts in the
oil.
Activity Description: In the sensory table will
be some metal items mixed in with the rice.
The children will have magnets that they can
use to go over the rice to see if it will pick up
the metal items.
Child Objective: Children will develop their
fine motor skills as they grasp the magnets

Pom-Pom/Ball drop - RR2

Bug Tweezers-RR1 P72

Number puzzles-IWP
Trays-RR1

Colored Ice Cubes-IWP

Baby Oil-IWP

Rice-RR2 G35
Paper Clips-Office
Pipe Cleaners-RR1 O40
Magnetic LettersManipulative Cart
Magnet Wands-RR1 P82

*Blocks: Slinkys
and Blocks (6)

Dramatic Play:
Science Lab (6)

and even play in the rice to find items.

Intentional Teaching: The teacher will
engage in play with the children and
participate and encourage social interactions
between themselves and other peers at the
table. While showing children to control the
wand by grabbing it in the right places and
pulling the items off the magnets as well.
Activity Description: The children will get to
play with the slinkys and the blocks to
experiment getting them to go down the
staircase.
Child Objective: Children will develop their
gross motor skills as they move around, get up
and down, and walking back and forth as they
get the slinkys to walk down the steps.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher at this
center will need to supervise that the blocks
are being used properly and not going to fall
over and that the slinkys are being shared.
While supervising it is important for the
teacher to engage in play with the children as
well. The teacher should also encourage them
to get up and down while they get the slinkys
to walk down the steps.
Activity Description: This area will be set up
like a science lab for the children to be able to
act like they are scientist and explore the
materials that are put out.
Child Objective: The children will work on
their cognitive skills as they problem and
explore with the materials that are put out in
the center.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher will be
able to engage in play with the children and
help them to learn about the materials that are
used in a science lab.

Slinkys-RR1 P33
Classroom Blocks
Animals or People-RR2 B

Table Cloths-IWP
Doctor Coats-RR2 Y57
Magnifying Glasses-RR1 P8
Magnets-RR1 P12
Funnel Kit-RR2 G1

Alternatives:
Creative Art:
Pom-Pom
stamping
2nd:
ManipulativesZoob Pieces

Description: There will be pom-poms and

paint out for the children to dip the pom-poms
and stamp them on the paper to create their
own pictures.
Description: The zoob pieces will be layed out
on the table for the children to build and create
with.

Pom-Poms-RR1
Paint-RR1
Paper-Art Cart
Zoob Pieces-RR2 B44

ROTATING SNACK
9:00-9:50 a.m.
Watermelon Slice, Crackers, Water
OUTDOOR PLAY
9:10-9:50 a.m.
Location: South
Playground
(Trikes, structures, sand toys, and percussion are always availabledo not include these)
*Gross Motor:
Description: The trampolines will be set out
Trampolines-GG

Trampoline

*2nd: Bowling Set

Draw bowling lane
and circle to help
with set up on the
sidewalk between
the two
classrooms.

*3rd: Water w/
Ramps
Put w/ Small
Sensory Table

on the grass areas for the children to jump up

and down on.
Objective: Children will develop their gross
motor skills as they use their leg muscles to
jump up and down on the trampoline.
Intentional Teaching: Teachers will need to
be sure of safety that the children take turns
and only one child on the trampoline at a time.
Also the teacher should encourage them to
push themselves and use their leg muscles to
jump a little higher.
IELG D2:G17:CI9-Jumps on two feet and
jumps over small objects with balance and
control.
Description: The bowling set will be set up for
the children to roll the ball down and knock
over the pins and let gravity take care of the
rest.
Objective: The children will develop their
gross motor skills as they use their arms to roll
the ball down and then walk back and forth
setting the pins up.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher at this
center will need to help maintain the center
and that the children are taking turns with the
ball and encouraging the children to set up the
balls to match the template on the ground.
Description: The small sensory table will be
set up with water in it and then have ramps
going into it as well as to the ground for the
children to use the tools to make the water go
down the ramps.
Objective: Children will develop their
cognitive skills as they explore and investigate
with the water trying to get it to go up and
down the ramps.
Intentional Teaching: The teachers at this
center will get to engage in the play with the
children and problem solve with them on
where the water goes and which way it goes.

Bowling Set-GG

Small Sensory Table-GG

Ramps-GG
Sensory Tools-RR2 G3

CLEAN UP
9:50-9:55 a.m.
Its Clean Up Time in Preschool Sung twice.
GATHERING TIME
9:55-10:10 a.m.
Transition
Freeze Dance song with the scarves. I will play it off my phone.
IELG D2:G19:CI3- Demonstrates concepts through movement (e.g. imitates an animal through
movement, sounds, dress, dramatization, dance).
Description
Materials
Activity Name
1. Throwing
After doing the freeze dance I will have them
Scarves (Cabinet in WR)
scarves!
stay standing and hold their scarves. I will then
(Whatever
ask them to hold their scarves to their knees
Goes Up
while I talk. I will then take my scarf and drop it

Must Come
Down)

2. Gravity!!!
(Gravity
pulls on us
to keep us
here on
earth.)

towards the floor and ask them to do the same

with theirs. Once we do this I will have them
pick them up and hold it to their knees again
while I show them what to do next. I will then
toss mine in the air and let it fall and then have
the students repeat. After doing this I will have
the children take a seat and lay their scarves
across their lap or sit on them depending on
how they do. We will then talk about how
objects do not stay in the air and that they
always fall to the ground because of gravity.
I will transition to gravity by asking them about
us and how we stay on the ground to see if
they catch on. I will then mention that gravity
pulls on everything on earth including us. Then
to demonstrate I will have all the children
stand up and jump once. I will ask them if they
floated in the air or fell back to the ground.
Hopefully they will say fall to the ground and
understand that gravity pulls on us too. I will
then ask them what sort of things do float in
the air. They should come up with bugs, birds,
airplanes, and other things that fly. I can then
lead to the fact that gravity works on them too
but they use their wings to stay up in the air.

SMALL FOCUS GROUP

10:10-10:25 a.m.
Group #1
Mia
Hadlee
Tristan
Adalynne
Claire
Your Activity
Transition to Small
Focus Groups

Dropping from the Fort

Group #2
Group #3
Kennley
Charlie
Aurora
Avea
Olivia
Peyton
Caiden
Raleigh
Brigham
Jane
Destiny
Description & Objective
On the back of each of the childrens name tags I
will put a picture of some type of science
instrument. This includes magnifying glass, beaker,
earth, and magnets. The teachers at the head of
the group will have a big picture of each and so the
children will have the opportunity to find the
teacher that matches the picture in the back of
their name tag.
Description: The children will each be given an
object from a ball, to a feather, and a marker. The
group will be split so a few students and a teacher
will go to the top of the fort and drop the items
while the other students watch with another
teacher. After the items are dropped the students
that watched will pick them up and then switch
with the other students to take their turn.
Objective: The children will develop their
cognitive skills as they learn about the gravity and
witness it in action as the items fall from the top of

Group #4
Ashley
Isaac
Cade
Logan
Rose
Materials
4 different pictures
to put in the back of
the name tags
(IWP)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Ball-GG
Feather-Art Cart
Marker-Art Cart
Paper-Art Cart
Crumpled PaperArt Cart
6) I fall Down by
Vicki Cobb (BYUI
Library)
7) Gravity is a
Mystery by

Defying Gravity

CLOSING CIRCLE

the fort.
Intentional Teaching: Two teachers will be
needed during this small focus to have enough
supervision since items will be dropped from the
top of the fort. After this the teacher will direct the
conversation to gravity and how it pulls items to
the ground.

Franklyn B.
Branley and
Edward Miller
(Madison
District Library)

Description: This activity will have paper clips on

string with some magnets. The students will have
the string placed on the table with the paper clip
threaded through. They will then take their magnet
and put it over the paper clip to make it stand
up/defy gravity.
Objective: Children will develop their cognitive
abilities and stretch their minds that there are
certain things that defy gravity and magnetic force
is one of the things.
Intentional Teaching: The teacher at this center
will have to demonstrate what to do and help the
children to accomplish the goal. After which she
will discuss how magnets can make things defy
gravity because of the force.
IELG D1:G8:CI1- Identifies objects that have an
effect on other objects (e.g. dirt makes the water
muddy, the eat's dirty paws leave marks on the
floor, Jelly
makes my hands sticky, chili makes my tongue feel
spicy).

1) String-RR1 O
2) Paper ClipsOffice
3) MagnetsRR1 P12
4) Gravity by
Jason Chin
(BYUI
Library)
5) What Makes
a Magnet?
by Franklyn
M. Branley
and True
Kelley
(Madison
District
Library)

10:25-10:40 a.m.

Transition Weve Got the Whole World in Our Hands-Y5-15 I will begin the song and have the
children come gather around. I will do the actions and the children will follow. I will fade the music
and the children will sit down as it fades.
Description
Materials
Activity Name
Scarf Drop

Animal Action

Phonemic
Awareness

Book

As a review I will pass a scarf to each of the students and we

will repeat the part of gathering time where the children take
the scarf and toss it in the air and let it drop. We will talk
about when things go up they must come back down just like
the scarf did.
The dice will have a different animal on each side with an
action that goes with it. I will begin by rolling the dice and
then giving some of the children some turns to roll it till we do
all of the sides.
Letter b sandwich. I will have pictures of two pieces of
bread for the bottom and top of our sandwich but the only
things that can go in between are words that start with a b.
I will have pictures of different items and the things that start
with b will be placed to between the two pieces of bread to
make our b sandwich.
Read Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar
I will begin by reading the book and because it is a more
repetitive book I will encourage the children to say it with me

Scarves(Cabinet in
WR)
Animal
Action DiceIWP
Pictures of
Bread-IWP
Pictures of
items-IWP
Who Took
the Cookies
from the

so that they learn to catch the patterns.

Color Song
I had a Little Turtle

We will sing the Color Song and have the children do the
actions if they are wearing that color.
Sing the song I Had a Little Turtle.
The children will do the actions while holding the turtle bean
bags.

This is My Spot!

I will have two different colored spots to give the children.

They will set the spot in front of them and we will clap on the
spot saying This is my spot, my spot, my spot. This is my
spot, my spot, my spot. After we do the chant the teacher
will call one of the colors, those children stand up. One color
will spin three times, the other color will hop 3 times when
their color is called.
WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:
Color Song (Tune: If Youre Happy and You Know It)
If your clothes have any red, any red
If your clothes have any red, any red
If your clothes have any red, any red, put your finger on your head,
If your clothes have any red, any red.
Additional Verses:
Bluefinger on your shoe
Yellowsmile like a happy fellow
Brownturn your smile into a frown
Blackput your hands behind your back
Whitestomp your feet with all your might

Cookie Jar
by Bonnie
Lass-BL0
Words on
the bottom.
Words on
the bottom.
Turtle Bean
Bags-RR2
Cabinets
Spots-IWP

I Had a Little Turtle

I had a little Turtle,
His name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub,
To see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water
And ate up all the soap.
And now he's in his bed,
With bubbles in his throat.
Bubble,
Bubble,
Bubble,
Bubble,

Bubble, Bubble,
Bubble, Bubble,
Bubble, Bubble
PoP!

RESOURCES :
http://fun-a-day.com/preschool-art-with-watercolors/
http://www.growinginprek.com/mathcenter.htm
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/06/summer-experiment-with-water-oil.html