Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Smile! by Leigh Hodgkinson

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about smiles, but also with books about good dental hygiene and happiness in general.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Serve your students snacks that promote healthy smiles, such as:

-cheese
-kiwis
-celery
-strawberries
-raisins

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Letter: Ss for smile
Number: 1, because everyone has 1 great smile
Shape: half-circle, like a broad, open-mouthed smile
Color: white, for a healthy white smile (teeth)

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Bead stringing: Give each of your preschool students a length of string and several white beads. Have your students string the beads. then hold one end of the string in each hand, allowing the beads to droop down in between. Ta da! They have made brilliant white smiles!

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!
Happy dance: Play spirited music. Tell your students that you want them to dance until they are happy! Let them dance any way they wish, as long as they stay arms length from other children so as to prevent injuries. Encourage them to smile while they dance!

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Smiling faces: Give your students sheets of manilla paper, markers, crayons and paints. Tell them to make as many happy faces as they can on their papers. Smile, everybody!

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

If You're Happy and You Know It

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

Felt board: Place a red half circle on your preschool classroom's felt board. Set out small white rectangles cut from felt. Have your students roll two dice to see how many teeth (small white rectangles) they need to put on the red half circle (mouth). Have them count out loud as the put the teeth on the mouth.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Smile!

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters S and s lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 1.

For older students, provide an example of the letters S and s and the number 1. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

You might also write the word smile on your preschool classroom's white board. Let your students copy the word smile on the white board, using red dry erase markers.

Now spend a week smiling with your preschool students! And most importantly, send them home smiling after each school day.