Lesson Plan

Class: Mrs. Morrell’s Teen Living class, Ririe High School

Grade Level: 10-11

Topic: Meeting Children’s Intellectual Needs

Date: Thursday 01/25/18

Length: 2:17-3:32 (1 hour 15 minutes)

Standards:
- 3. Analyze growth and development of children
- 4. Evaluate parenting practices that guide healthy development of children

Objectives:
1. Students will be able to explain the role of play in intellectual development.
2. Students will be able to describe various enrichment activities that stimulate children
intellectually.
3. Students will be able to list guidelines for selecting toys for children

Notes:
- objectives printed to put on board
- children books for each student
- tape

Materials & Technology:

The song “I Wanna Be Like You” from the Jungle Book will be playing on YouTube as students are
walking in.
The song “Songbird” by Kenny G will be playing on YouTube as students are reading their storybook.
PowerPoint presentation
Lexile Score for article: 1200L - 1300L

Opening Activity (2 min 2:17-2:19): Teacher will handout group division slips and divide class into
groups. Groups will then form their desks into a square. Teacher will ask each member of the group to
share with each other the best part of their day thus far. The teacher will remind students that it is a
simple declarative statement, not a monologue.

Direct Instruction (7 min 2:19-2:26): Teacher will call attention to the front of the class and explain the
purpose of the lesson. “Today we are going to learn about meeting the intellectual needs of young
children. Teacher will reference the slide that defines intellect and stimulate. We will discuss why
letting children play is important to meeting the intellectual needs of children. We will also talk about
various resources to enhance children’s play. (have on paper and put on board)

After defining the terms the teacher will explain that the more stimulation children receive
intellectually when they are young the more successful they will be later in life.

Explain Study
How to stimulate intellectual ability in children? First we will discuss the role of play. There are 3
types of play. (each will be printed on 8X10 paper and have tape on the back)

Play (6 min 2:26-2:34)

Imitative-imaginative play: Teacher will explain that imitative play is when children pretend to be
other people or an object. At this stage children can have an object represent something else. This
begins at age 2.
- classic examples are (hair brush for a microphone, empty toilet paper roll for a telescope)
- Ask class if they have any examples

Dramatic play: a child imitates another person or acts out a situation (alone), Socio-dramatic play
involves several children.
- Groups will have a discussion about the dramatic scenarios they came up with as children.
The person with the closest birthday to today will go first, after that they will go clockwise.
When class is brought back together allow a few students time to share.
- Dramatic play allows children the opportunity to see how things work and to try ideas
- Understand social situations and process emotions, interact with others, problem solving
- Doctors office, dentist, grocery store, parent leaving, having a baby in the family

Toys (14 min 2:34-2:48)

- Dramatic play is enhanced with toys. Toys can also be used independently.
Show video of Jett and Dax with the lawnmower. Explain that it is important that we choose toys that
meet the interests of are children.
- Toys should be age appropriate, match a child’s skill level (you wouldn’t give a 1 year old a
tricycle, but you could give them a walking to)
- Help children grow physically, emotionally, and socially
- Consider child interests
- Toy safety
- Avoid small parts, sharp points, rough edges
- Long cords and strings
- Flammable materials
- Poorly made toys
In partnerships have students name a favorite toy they owned as children. Ask them how the toy
might have helped them develop intellectually. The student with the longest fingernails goes first.

There are thousands upon thousands of toys parents/educators can purchase for their children, many
at high cost. Recent child development research has shown that having less toys in a home may help
children be more engaged.

Hand out article to each student. Briefly introduce article. Ask students to read the article and think of
the following questions: (refer to slide)
What study was conducted?
What was the outcome of the study?
Do you agree that less is more when it comes to toys? Why or why not?

5 min break (2:48-2:53)

Books/Stories (7 min 2:53-3:00)

 - help build vocabulary and communication skills
- can expose to ideas outside of a child’s environment (multicultural books: stories that involve
characters from a variety of racial and ethnic groups)
- show video of Jett and Dax reading story pause when Jett says, “oh know” “What happened”
“he’s going to crash” Dax “b aba ba “

Characteristics of quality story telling:

- identify emotions of characters
- describe the environment (what do you see? Colors, shapes)
- go at the pace of the child.
- Change voice
- Sometimes it is okay to just read the story, other times you can focus on details, go at rate of
the child.

discuss question: When reading with children is it important to get through the entire story? Why or
why not?

Activity: (15 mins 3:00-3:17) Hand out 4 books to each table. While music is playing have students
scan through a book and determine how they would tell that story to a child. Divide groups into pairs,
have them spread out around the room and read the story to their partner.