Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about poinsettias, but also with books about plants that are popular during the winter holidays season.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Poinsettias are red. Serve your preschool students red snacks during this poinsettia theme. Some ideas for red snacks include the following:

-strawberries
-cherries
-twizzlers
-red Kool-Aid
-red jello

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Letter: Pp for poinsettia
Number: 10 for the 10 letters in the word poinsettia
Shape: oval
Color: red

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Click here for a poinsettia coloring page. As an alternative to using crayons or markers, you might let your preschool students use watercolor paints.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Red streamers: Poinsettias are red. Give each of your preschool students a length of red ribbon to wave as they dance to holiday music.

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Poinsettia painting: Set out a poinsettia for your preschool students to use as an example. Give them each a sheet of white construction paper and a red and green crayon. Encourage them to draw and color a poinsettia free hand.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

(sing to the tune of Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little,
Three little poinsettias.
Four little, five little,
Six little poinsettias.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little poinsettias.
Ten little poinsettias are red!

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

Set out the letters p-o-i- n-s-e-t-t-i-a that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word poinsettia for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word poinsettia. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word poinsettia. Now have your preschool students count out 10 red ovals to set beneath the 10 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Poinsettia

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters P and p 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 P and p and the number 10. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word poinsettia on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word poinsettia on the white board with red dry erase markers.