Whether you are presenting a theme on nursery rhymes in general, Humpty Dumpty in particular or eggs, you will find many ideas in this article that you can include in your lesson plan.
Book for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty After the Fall by Charles Reasoner
The True Story of Humpty Dumpty by Sarah Hayes
Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again by David Horowitz
Humpty Dumpty and Other Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Cousins
Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about Humpty Dumpty, but also with books about eggs and collections of nursery rhymes.
Snack for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
-hard boiled eggs
– egg salad sandwiches
-deviled eggs
-plastic Easter eggs filled with treats
Note: You will want to make sure that none of your preschool students are allergic to eggs.
Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Letter: Hh
Number: 10
Shape: oval
Color: white
Fine Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Fill your preschool classroom’s sensory table with rice and plastic Easter eggs. Add some spoons and scoops to the table. Let your preschool students open and shut the plastic eggs, filling them with rice and emptying the rice from them.
Gross Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Take your preschool students outside and let them roll across the lawn and down a hill like an egg. Play Humpty Dumpty!
Art Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Provide each preschool student with a large oval cut form white paper. Let them use watercolors to paint the ovals as Humpty Dumpty. If you like, let them cut out construction paper rectangles and glue them on the oval as Humpty Dumpty’s arms and legs.
Songs/Fingerplays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Pre-math Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
Using plastic Easter eggs, instruct your preschool students to put a certain number of beans in each egg. Fill an egg with beans and ask your preschool students to take out 10 beans. How many beans are left in the egg?
Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Humpty Dumpty
For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters H and h lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. do the same with the number 10.
For older students, provide an example of the letters H and h and the number 10. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.
Humpty Dumpty is an entertaining theme for preschoolers. Have fun with it!
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