Book for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Frith
Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about dogs, but also with books about other types of pets.
Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Dog biscuits: Cut sugar cookies with cookie cutters shaped like dog biscuits.
For added fun, serve the dog biscuit shaped sugar cookies in clean dog dishes.
Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Letter: Dd for dog
Number: 3 for the 3 letters in the word dog
Shape: oval
Color: brown
Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Lacing: Cut dog bone shapes from poster board and use a hole punch to put holes along the outer edges. Give your students a piece of yarn or shoestring and have them string it through the holes in the dog bone.
Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Rolling: Let your students roll like the old man in Knick, Knack, Paddy Whack. Let them roll across your classroom floor or down a grassy hill on the playground.
Cat, Cat, Dog!: Gather your preschool students into a large circle for a variation of Duck, Duck, Goose. Instead of Duck, Duck, Goose, have your students use the words Cat, Cat, Dog!
Art Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Dog bone prints: Bring a box of dog biscuits of various sizes to class. Set the box of dog biscuits out with brown paint on paper plates. Give each of your preschool students a white piece of construction paper. Have them dip the dog biscuits in the brown paint and then make prints on the construction paper.
Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Knick, Knack, Paddy Whack
Old Mother Hubbard
B-I-N-G-O
Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
Set out the letters d, o, g that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word dog for your students to use. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word dog. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word dog. Now have your preschool students count out 3 dog shapes to set beneath the 3 lettered word.
Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Dogs
For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters D and d lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 3.
For older students, provide an example of the letters D and d and the number 3. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.
Write the word dog on your preschool classroom’s white erase board. Let your students copy the word dog on the white board with brown dry erase markers.
