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Spying Neighborhood Helpers Lesson & Activities 

  • Reading books about how different people, animals, plants help each other. 
  • Take a walk around your neighborhood looking for live examples of 
    • people helping people, animals, or plants
    • animals helping people, animals, or plants
    • plants helping people, animals, or plants
  • Have pre-k students talk about the feelings and emotions people and animals feel when they help others or they are helped by others
  • Guide pre-k students in thinking of ways they can help people, animals and plants in their neighborhood.
Mrs. Laura Bush calls on a young member of the audience after reading "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt during a visit to the West Palm Beach Public Library on October 27, 2006.
Mrs. Laura Bush calls on a young member of the audience after reading "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt during a visit to the West Palm Beach Public Library on October 27, 2006. (P102706SC-0469)

Traditions Lesson & Activities 

  • Reading books about the different holidays practiced by different people or cultures.
  • Have pre-k students identify at least one tradition such as:
    • Holidays
    • Bedtime rituals
    • Religious practices
  • Have pre-k children write down their favorite tradition at the top a sheet of paper then draw a pictures of what their tradition looks like in the past, present, and future.
  • Assign a homework activity for pre-k student and family to explore family history to find traditions.

Warm Weather Civics Lesson & Activities 

  • Read books about warm weather activities
  • Preschoolers will list warm weather  activities with safety wear or practices that will make the activity safe such as
    • Swimming/swimming shoes
    • Swimming/eye goggles
    • Playing outside/sunscreen
  • Take the activity a step further and practice some of these actions in your classroom, outside your school, or at home. 
  • Preschoolers can practice wearing their own warm weather gear, taking warm weather precautions or learning proper hydrating techniques to keep their body safe.

Making a Map Lesson & Activities

  • Read books about different places around the world.
  • Have preschoolers draw or paint their physical surroundings such as
    • their bedroom
    • inside their house
    • outside around their house
    • their neighborhood 
  • After preschooler reproduce their physical map on paper using paint or crayons, talk about map directions and how things are represented on their illustration. 
  • Have a discussion about their drawings and how they stand for actual things and how they relate to one another in their actual surroundings.